Witness History Episodes Available now
Charlie Hebdo attack
On 7 January 2015, 12 people were shot dead at a satirical magazine in France
Ceefax: the start of interactive television
In 1974, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ launched the world's first teletext service
Surviving Andes plane crash
In 1972, 16 people survived for two months in the Andes mountains after a plane crash
Peshawar school massacre
In 2014, one of Pakistan’s worst terror attacks took place at Peshawar Army School
The birth of reggaeton
In the 1980s, Leonardo Renato Aulder pioneered a movement in Panama with his friends
The handover of the Panama Canal
In 1999 the Panama Canal was handed over from US to Panamanian rule
The Purple Heart Warriors
In WW2, a Japanese American troop was one of the most decorated army units in US history
'I organised the Cuban thaw'
On 17 December 2014, Barack Obama and RaΓΊl Castro normalised Cuba and US relations
Castro's Cuban revolution attempt
In 1953, Fidel Castro attempted to revolutionise Cuba by attacking military barracks
India’s 1998 nuclear tests
Nalini Malani made an artwork protesting against India's nuclear tests
