Witness History Episodes Available now
The Khmer Rouge take power in Cambodia
In April 1975 the four-year rule of the brutal Khmer Rouge began in Cambodia
The invention of the white LED lightbulb
In 1993, a lightbulb moment led to the invention of the first white light emitting diode
The Bali Nine drug smuggling case
In 2005, nine Australians were caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia
Germany鈥檚 鈥楪reen Belt鈥�
In December 1989, environmentalists met to secure the future of Germany鈥檚 鈥楪reen Belt鈥�
Oklahoma City bombing
On 19 April 1995, a huge truck bomb killed 168 people in a US government building
Liberia鈥檚 women in white who helped end civil war
In 2003 the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace began protests calling for peace
The Reichstag fire
In February 1933, the home to the German Parliament in Berlin was burned down.
The UN retreat from Somalia
In 1995, a United Nations mission to restore peace in Somalia ended in disaster
Resusci Anne: the world鈥檚 first life-saving resuscitation dummy
In May 1960 a Norwegian toy-maker unveiled a life-sized, life-like training manikin
JFK鈥檚 1963 Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech
The US President spoke at the newly constructed Berlin Wall at the height of the Cold War
