Witness History Episodes Available now
The invention of the βBabyβ computer
In 1948, the first stored-program computer the βBabyβ was invented
The woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto
Polish aid worker Irena Sendler saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto in WW2
The Shah of Iran's party
In 1971, the Shah of Iran, celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian Empire
In exile from Iran
Former empress Farah Pahlavi and social scientist Rouhi Shafi speak about leaving Iran
Iran hostage crisis
In 1979, Barry Rosen was held hostage after the US embassy in Tehran was stormed
Siegfried and Roy tiger attack
In 2003, illusionist Roy Horn was attacked by a tiger live on stage.
Brazilβs electronic voting
In 1996, an electronic voting system in Brazil was used for the first time
Ken Burns
In 2002, the 'Ken Burns effect' was created
Jean Batten: New Zealandβs record breaking aviator
Jean Batten was nicknamed the Queen of the Skies for her pioneering flights of the 1930s
The creation of Greenwich Mean Time
Experiments by John Flamsteed in the 17th Century led to the time zone being created
