Witness History Episodes Available now
The Wonder Woman of DC Comics
In 1976 Jenette Kahn became the first female head of DC Comics, home of the superheroes
The invention of superglue
In 1951, Harry Coover noticed a chemical he was working with was sticking to everything
The 'ghost town' of Namibia
In 1908, the first Kolmanskop diamond was found. It's now abandoned, buried in the desert
The father of Ethio-Jazz
In 1966, Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke recorded a new genre of music, Ethio-jazz
Harold Riley鈥檚 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela
A specially commissioned portrait of Nelson Mandela by Harold Riley was unveiled in 2005
The suspicious death of Rear Admiral Durovi膰
In 1991, a Yugoslav People鈥檚 Army commander died in mysterious circumstances
Goodluck Jonathan鈥檚 phone call that changed Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan's call to Muhammadu Buhari to concede election defeat in 2015
The Germanwings plane crash
General David Galtier who led the search operation recalls the 2015 crash
The visionary behind the European Space Agency
In October 2012, a visionary letter about the European Space Agency was sent into space
The historic handshake in space
In July 1975, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts met in space and shook hands
