Witness History Podcast
History as told by the people who were there.
Episodes to download
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Chiapas Uprising
Fri 31 Dec 2010
On January 1 1994 indigenous people in southern Mexico began their rebellion.
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Hamlet
Thu 30 Dec 2010
Hamlet - by William Shakespeare - is still popular four centuries after it was written.
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The Great Escape
Tue 28 Dec 2010
One of the Great Escapees from a German prisoner of war camp speaks out
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Jamaica Slave Rebellion
Mon 27 Dec 2010
The rebellion was brutally crushed, but it had a significant impact
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Christmas Truce
Christmas Eve 2010
When British and German troops sang carols, exchanged gifts and played football together
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Andrei Sakharov
Thu 23 Dec 2010
On 23 December, 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow
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Georgia in crisis
Wed 22 Dec 2010
Christmas 1991 was a very difficult time for the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
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Lockerbie
Tue 21 Dec 2010
On December 21 1988 a US passenger plane blew up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
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US invasion of Panama
Mon 20 Dec 2010
It is 21 years since the US invaded the tiny Central American state of Panama.
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Washington Snipers
Fri 17 Dec 2010
It is 7 years since one of the Washington snipers, Lee Boyd Malvo, was convicted of murder
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Operation Desert Fox
Thu 16 Dec 2010
On 16 December 1998 the US and Britain began a four day bombardment of Iraq.
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Siege of Grozny
Wed 15 Dec 2010
In December 1994 Russian forces invaded Chechnya and laid siege to the capital Grozny.
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Capture of Saddam Hussein
Tue 14 Dec 2010
It was on this day in 2003 that Saddam Hussein was finally captured by US forces
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Argentina's disappeared
Mon 13 Dec 2010
On 13 December 1983, the government of Argentina promised to investigate military crimes
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Albert Luthuli Receives the Nobel Peace Prize
Fri 10 Dec 2010
Chief Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Peace - in 1960
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Smallpox Eradication
Thu 9 Dec 2010
It was once one of the most feared diseases in the world - disfiguring and often deadly
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John Lennon
Wed 8 Dec 2010
It is exactly 30 years since the former Beatle, John Lennon, was shot dead in New York.
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Pearl Harbour
Tue 7 Dec 2010
The Japanese attack on American ships in Pearl Harbour forced the US into World War II.
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Kindertransports
Fri 3 Dec 2010
In December 1938 the Kindertransports began, carrying Jewish children to safety in Britain
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El Salvador killings
Thu 2 Dec 2010
On December 2nd 1980 the military in El Salvador killed 3 US nuns, and a layworker.
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Channel Tunnel
Wed 1 Dec 2010
The moment of breakthrough for the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France
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Tomb of Tutankhamun
Tue 30 Nov 2010
In late November 1922 the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was uncovered
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Inca defeat
Mon 29 Nov 2010
How the great Inca empire was brought to its knees - almost 500 years ago.
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Afghan Prison Massacre
Wed 24 Nov 2010
The story of the bloody suppression of an uprising by Taliban prisoners in an Afghan jail
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