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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Podcasts:
The man who discovered the diamonds which transformed Botswana's economy
The Marxist Sri Lankan rebel died in government hands in November 1989.
An Afghan interpreter who had to flee his homeland after working for British forces
An insider's account of the crisis which saw oil prices rise by over 400%
On October 31st 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot dead by her Sikh bodyguards.
In October 1964 thieves carried out an audacious jewel robbery at the American Museum of Natural History.
In October 1973 Egypt launched a short-lived war against Israel.
Ivo Herzog remembers the death of his father, the leading Brazilian journalist Vladamir Herzog, killed by the secret police in Oct 1975.
In 1999 the leader of Turkey's Kurdish rebel group was arrested.
In 1984 Ethiopia suffered one of its worst ever famines. The pictures shocked the world.
In October 1986, the campaigning Nigerian journalist, Dele Giwa, was assassinated in Lagos.
In 1996 a play called The Vagina Monologues was first performed in a small theatre in New York.
In 1889 a strike by London dock workers politicised the workforce in Britain and eventually led to the formation of one of the country's main political parties.
In October 1989 tens of thousands of people demonstrated against Communism in East Germany's second city.
On October 14th 1964 Moscow announced that the Soviet leader was stepping down. His great granddaughter speaks to Witness.
