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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In April 1959, Fidel Castro visited the USA to try to win over critics of the Cuban revolution.
In April 1961, Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi war criminal, went on trial in Israel. The hearings helped reveal the full details of the Holocaust.
It's 14 years since the warring parties in Northern Ireland signed the historic Good Friday peace agreement.
In April 1992, thousands of Bosnians took part in a last attempt to stop their capital being sucked into war.
In 1982, British mothers took to the streets to demand the right to give birth naturally.
In the second Falklands programme, an Argentine soldier gives his account of fighting for the islands in the 1982 war.
It is 30 years since Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands.
How an American asylum programme helped thousands of stranded children escape from the Sudanese civil war.
It is 100 years since the British explorer died returning from the South Pole.
How a young designer became a legend in shoes.
Even as the apartheid system in South Africa was falling away - its enemies were still being targetted.
It is 14 years since the last Papal visit to the communist island
The organisation that sent young American volunteers to work overseas.
In the 1950s the US sent engineers and their families to live in Helmand.
In March 1995 an obscure Japanese cult released nerve gas in Tokyo.
