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The History Hour Episodes

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    Zambia celebrates independence and the invention of bubble tea

    An African nation is born in 1964 and a new invention changes the tea drinking world

  2. The Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption in Iceland and EpiPen invention

    Icelandic volcano eruption stops European air travel in 2010 and inventing the EpiPen

  3. Pakistani popstars, and the hippo and the tortoise

    An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.

  4. Che Guevara's daughter and marrying Freddie Mercury

    Aleida Guevara on being a doctor in Angola's civil war and Jane Seymour on Fashion Aid

  5. Gezi Park protests and MAD hijack

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes.

  6. Osmondmania! and the launch of Lagos Fashion Week

    Donny Osmond shares his memories of teen hysteria, and the birth of Lagos Fashion Week

  7. The creation of Ghana's flag and the oldest person at primary school

    How Ghana's flag was designed, and the 84-year-old Kenyan man who fought to be educated

  8. Marking 50 years since the 1973 global oil crisis

    Why oil prices spiralled in 1973, plus Amoco Cadiz, one of the world鈥檚 largest oil spills

  9. The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes

    The sinking of a migrant boat 10 years ago, and the world's first cat cafe in Taiwan.

  10. Nazi eugenics and the year of the vuvuzela

    Adolf Hitler鈥檚 order to sterilise people, and the 鈥榳orld鈥檚 most annoying instrument鈥�

  11. Israeli and Palestinian history

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes.

  12. The Chilean coup and Zanzibar鈥檚 most famous singer

    The 1973 military coup in Chile and Zanzibar鈥檚 鈥榞olden grandmother of music鈥�

  13. Historic Korean summit and goat island

    The first inter-Korean summit in 50 years and the Mexican island overrun by goats

  14. Ireland's 'ghost estates' and the first Rose of Tralee

    The Celtic Tiger, the first Rose of Tralee and activist swimmers in Dublin.

  15. Judy Garland's legacy and the Benin Bronzes

    The legacy of Judy Garland and the return of two looted Benin Bronzes stolen in 1897

  16. Presidential diamonds and Tupperware parties

    A duck that toppled a president, a British train robbery and the Tupperware party boom.

  17. Dinosaur discoveries and a Berlin Wall treehouse

    Prehistoric eggs, a dinosaur in court and the treehouse built beside the Berlin Wall.

  18. West African food and computer viruses

    The rise of Mr Bigg's in Nigeria and the man who made the first personal computer virus

  19. Wartime surrenders and the birth of Barbie

    A compilation of this week's Witness History episodes

  20. Five great inventions that changed the world

    The world's first robot dog, the first emoji and the invention of the Rubik's Cube

  21. Tourism arrives in the Maldives and a royal night out

    How tourism began in the Maldives, the start of the NHS in the UK and a royal night out

  22. South Korea store collapse and Lady Gaga's meat dress

    Seoul's department store collapse and the man who made Lady Gaga's meat dress

  23. Somalia's civil war and golf on the moon

    The Somali pilot who defied orders to bomb civilians, and playing golf on the moon

  24. Amazing photographs and the people who took them

    Focusing on Lee Miller in Hitler's bath, a shell-shocked US marine and an unseen Africa

  25. Inuit children taken from families and Le Mans crash

    Why children like Adamie Kalingo were taken from their indigenous communities in Canada

  26. Scaling Everest, the highest mountain in the world

    Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, were the first people to reach the summit of Everest

  27. Bosnian concentration camp photo and hero clown

    A shocking photo from the Yugoslav war and how a clown helped after an earthquake in Peru

  28. Singapore executes Filipina maid and German child evacuees of World War Two

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes

  29. World War Two African victory and 'Kai Tak heart attack'

    The Allies' campaign in North Africa and the last flight out of a Hong Kong airport

  30. The 'Stone of Destiny' and a self-proclaimed Emperor

    The removal of a symbolic royal stone and the former child King turned Prime Minister

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