Witness
Summary: History as told by the people who were there. Witness talks to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events. Broadcast on weekdays.
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During the Lebanese civil war the hotel district in Beirut became a battlefield.
American journalist Terry Anderson was freed in December 1991 after nearly 7 years in captivity. He'd been kidnapped by militants in Lebanon.
She was the first woman to take her seat as an MP in the British parliament on December 1st 1919.
The California sit-in which became the model for student politics throughout the USA.
In 1967 leftists in Hong Kong staged months of protests and riots against the capitalist colonial system. We speak to one of the demonstrators who later went into politics.
The beautiful Ottoman bridge was destroyed by shelling in November 1993.
In the 1950s Australia released the disease myxomatosis to kill off billions of rabbits ravaging the countryside.
In November 1974, West German band Kraftwerk released their seminal album Autobahn.
The Japanese writer and filmmaker killed himself in public on November 25th 1970.
In 1935 a new school opened in India. The Doon School went on to produce some of the country's leading figures including former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and author Vikram Seth. We hear from one of the first pupils, award-winning journalist George Verghese.
The flamboyant English eccentric and gay icon, died on November 21st 1999.
In November 1945, the first major trial of leading Nazis began in Nuremberg. Hear from the US prosecutor who played a key role.
In November 2006 Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death in a Baghdad courtroom.
In November 1994, a French magazine revealed that President Mitterrand had a secret daughter.
The shocking kiilings that became a turning point in the Salvadoran civil war.
