Witness History
En podkast av BBC World Service

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1416 Episoder
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Kristallnacht: The night of broken glass
Publisert: 30.9.2024 -
The Estonia ferry disaster
Publisert: 27.9.2024 -
South Africa’s first inter-racial marriage
Publisert: 26.9.2024 -
Arrested for "immorality" in South Africa
Publisert: 25.9.2024 -
Why Tupac was fired from Menace II Society
Publisert: 24.9.2024 -
India's Mars Orbiter Mission
Publisert: 23.9.2024 -
Designing the Google logo
Publisert: 20.9.2024 -
The discovery of New Zealand’s first dinosaur
Publisert: 19.9.2024 -
India’s plague outbreak
Publisert: 18.9.2024 -
Camouflaging Leningrad
Publisert: 17.9.2024 -
The invention of the CT scanner
Publisert: 16.9.2024 -
When Italy gave back Ethiopia’s stolen obelisk
Publisert: 13.9.2024 -
Abebech Gobena: Africa's 'Mother Teresa'
Publisert: 12.9.2024 -
Ardi: The oldest skeleton of a human ancestor
Publisert: 11.9.2024 -
Haile Selassie in Bath
Publisert: 10.9.2024 -
Emperor Haile Selassie overthrown
Publisert: 9.9.2024 -
Giant Gonzalez: from NBA star to WWE wrestler
Publisert: 6.9.2024 -
Apollo 13
Publisert: 5.9.2024 -
The end of the Irish marriage bar
Publisert: 4.9.2024 -
Ramesses II's 'mummy makeover'
Publisert: 3.9.2024
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.