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  1. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  2. The clean up of Chernobyl

    The story of the efforts to clean-up the world’s worst nuclear accident in April 1986

  3. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  4. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  5. 20/04/2026 GMT

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  6. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  7. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  8. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  9. Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

    In 1993, the Irish writer Roddy Doyle won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction

  10. 13/04/2026 GMT

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  11. The turtle freed after 41 years in captivity

    In 1984, Jorge became trapped and was moved to an aquarium in Mendoza

  12. Khula Manch, the victory rally

    In 1970, people gathered in Kathmandu to celebrate multi-party democracy in Nepal.

  13. Hitler's teeth

    In 1945 a search begins for Hitler's dentist to prove the Führer's corpse is genuine.

  14. Marcel Duchamp and the urinal that changed art

    In 1942, the French artist featured in New York's first major surrealist exhibition

  15. Straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa

    In 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened to the public after an 11-year closure.

  16. The first commercially successful electronic cigarette

    In May 2004, pharmacist Hon Lik's vape went on sale in China

  17. Spain welcomes Picasso’s Guernica

    In 1981 the iconic painting, Guernica, was finally handed to Spain after a 44-year exile

  18. New Nordic Cuisine

    In 2004, Danish food entrepreneur Claus Meyer launched a revolution in Nordic cooking

  19. The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck

    In 2012, a team of researchers discovered one of the most famous polar shipwrecks

  20. Echo and the elephants

    In 1972, the world’s longest-running study of wild elephants was first launched in Kenya

  21. Anthony Bourdain's Don't Eat Before Reading This

    In April 1999, Anthony Bourdain's essay Don't Eat Before Reading This was published

  22. The first Great Wall of China trek

    In May 1984, three friends set off on an epic trek along the Great Wall of China

  23. How a Maasai community in Kenya overcame a deadly drought

    In 2013, after losing most of their cattle, herders in Kajiado County came up with a plan

  24. The only Pope to visit New Zealand

    In November 1986, Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand as part of a six nations tour

  25. The reunification of Germany

    The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 paved the way for East and West Germany to reunite

  26. Women's rights in independent Tunisia

    In 1956, Tunisia gained independence and soon gave new rights to women

  27. The 'Cyprus Emergency'

    In 1955, a paramilitary group called EOKA rebelled against British colonial rule

  28. Oslo's anti-racism demonstration

    In 2001, an anti-racism rally was held in Oslo after a teenager was murdered by neo-Nazis

  29. The L'Amicale Four

    A Mauritian man jailed for two decades shares his story of what happened in Port Louis

  30. The nuclear mango deal

    On 2 March 2006, India and the United States finalised a controversial nuclear deal

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