Witness History Episodes Available now
Russian Revolution
It is 95 years since the October Revolution which led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
Howl
Allen Ginsberg first read his poem Howl, in San Francisco in October 1955.
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Showdown
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev finally offered to withdraw nuclear missiles from Cuba
The Iran-Iraq War
In the autumn of 1980 one of the longest wars of the 20th Century began.
The Wall Street Crash
On 24 October 1929, the New York Stock Exchange began to plummet.
The Moscow Theatre Siege
It is 10 years since Chechen rebels took an entire theatre full of people hostage.
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Missiles
The gradual build up of weaponry - Soviet built ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads
The Guggenheim Bilbao
It's 15 years since an extraordinary building was opened in a Spanish industrial city.
The death of Hanns Martin Schleyer
35 years ago a German industrialist was kidnapped and killed by the Baader Meinhof Gang.
Colombia Peace Talks
The last serious attempt to end Colombia's long civil war was more than a decade ago.
