Witness History Episodes Available now
The longest plane hijacking in Latin America
In 1973, two men pretending to be Colombian guerrillas hijacked a plane for 60 hours
The speech that inspired the Law of the Sea
In November 1967, the Maltese diplomat, Arvid Pardo, gave a historic speech at the UN
South Africa’s nuclear weapons
In 1989, South Africa became the first country to make and then dismantle nuclear weapons
Cambodia war crimes
Kerry Hamill mistakenly sailed into Cambodian waters and was killed by the Khmer Rouge
Kristallnacht: The night of broken glass
In 1938, the Nazis launched a violent anti-Jewish attack, known as Kristallnacht
The Estonia ferry disaster
In 1994 the Estonia ferry sank off Finland in one of Europe's biggest shipping tragedies
South Africa’s first inter-racial marriage
For almost 40 years, marriage between people from different ethnic backgrounds was banned
Why Tupac was fired from Menace II Society
In 1993, the Hughes brothers released their debut movie
India's Mars Orbiter Mission
India placed a satellite into orbit around Mars on its first attempt in 2014
Designing the Google logo
Brazilian artist and designer, Ruth Kedar’s story of designing the Google logo.
