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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On February 7 1985 a US drug enforcement agent was kidnapped in Guadalajara.
How Britain mourned the death of King George VI in February 1952.
The great Egyptian singer died in February 1975.
It's 30 years since thousands of Syrians were killed as government troops put down an uprising in the city of Hama.
It is 15 years since a British woman won the right to use her dead husband's sperm to have a baby.
In February 1842 the great English novelist toured America for the first time.
It is 40 years since 13 civil rights marchers were killed by British soldiers in Northern Ireland.
In January 1986 a space shuttle launch went tragically wrong.
In January 1933 Communists rallied against Hitler for the last time.
He remained in hiding for 27 years after the end of World War II.
It is 100 years since the great American abstract painter was born.
Its 70 years since Nazis met at Wannsee and agreed a plan to annihilate Europe's Jews.
In 1973 a landmark case legalised abortion across the USA.
On January 18 1943 German soldiers began a final drive to rid Warsaw of Jews.
In 1950 eleven men carried out the biggest ever cash robbery in the US so far, and they almost got away with it.
