Witness
Witness - history as told by the people who were there. Five days a week we will be talking to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events.
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Partition
British India was divided into two new countries - India ...
British India was divided into two new countries - India and Pakistan - in August 1947
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The Liberation of Paris
French and US forces freed Paris from German occupation in ...
French and US forces freed Paris from German occupation in August 1944
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Zimbabwe's Rebel Writer
Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera died of an AIDS-related illness on ...
Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera died of an AIDS-related illness on 18 August 1987
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Carlos the Jackal
The terrorist 'Carlos the Jackal' was arrested in the Sudanese ...
The terrorist 'Carlos the Jackal' was arrested in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in 1994
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The Plot to Kill Franco
The Scottish anarchist and the plot to kill General Franco
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The Wizard of Oz
The cast and crew remember one of the most popular ...
The cast and crew remember one of the most popular Hollywood musicals of all time
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The Supremes
The Supremes had their first hit 'Baby Love' in August ...
The Supremes had their first hit 'Baby Love' in August 1964, 50 years ago
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Marooned in Stalin's Russia
How thousands of Polish citizens tried to flee the USSR ...
How thousands of Polish citizens tried to flee the USSR after being freed in August 1941
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Internment in Northern Ireland
In 1971 the British Army detained hundreds of suspects without ...
In 1971 the British Army detained hundreds of suspects without trial in Northern Ireland.
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The Resignation of President Nixon
On 8 August 1974 Richard Nixon became the first US ...
On 8 August 1974 Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign.
