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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The Berlin Love Parade
On 1 July 1989, 150 dancers set off on a ...
On 1 July 1989, 150 dancers set off on a demonstration for 'peace, love and pancakes'
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Helen Keller
A childhood illness left Helen Keller deaf and blind - ...
A childhood illness left Helen Keller deaf and blind - but she still learned to speak
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The Filming of Jaws
It is 40 years since the blockbuster movie about a ...
It is 40 years since the blockbuster movie about a man-eating shark was released
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Save the Whale
On June 27th 1975 Greenpeace activists launched their first direct ...
On June 27th 1975 Greenpeace activists launched their first direct action against whalers
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James Salter: Writer and Pilot
The acclaimed American author died on 19 June 2015, aged ...
The acclaimed American author died on 19 June 2015, aged 90
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Communist Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR
In June 1948 Marshal Tito shocked the world by shunning ...
In June 1948 Marshal Tito shocked the world by shunning his former Soviet ally, Stalin.
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Air India Flight 182
On 23 June 1985 a passenger plane was blown out ...
On 23 June 1985 a passenger plane was blown out of the sky by Sikh extremists
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Britain's First Black Woman MP
In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected ...
In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament
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The Six Day War: a Jewish Story
After the Six Day War in June 1967 Jews in ...
After the Six Day War in June 1967 Jews in Arab countries like Libya had to flee
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Iran's Cultural Revolution
How Iran's Islamic hardliners shut down universities to drive out ...
How Iran's Islamic hardliners shut down universities to drive out secular groups
