Witness History Episodes Available now
Star Wars - the film
It is 35 years since one of the biggest movie franchises of all time hit cinema screens.
Mount St Helens
On May 18th 1980 there was a huge volcanic eruption in Washington state in the USA.
The South Asia nuclear standoff
In May 1998 a nuclear arms race began in South Asia.
The execution of Anne Boleyn
In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband Henry VIII.
The Anschluss
In March 1938 Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany - one Vienna resident remembers.
Michael Apted and the 7 Up TV series
In 1964, a TV documentary series introduced a group of seven-year-olds to British viewers
The assassination of a Prime Minister
On May 11th 1812, the British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, was killed.
Paris 1968
How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government.
The Psychiatrist and Rudolf Hess
How a British psychiatrist examined the deputy Nazi leader after his flight to Scotland.
Attack on Fela Kuti
The Nigerian military stormed the musician's compound in Lagos, Kalakuta Republic
