Witness History Episodes Available now
Reagan and Gorbachev: The Geneva Summit
In 1985, US President Ronald Reagan met Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Switzerland
When Maldives' ministers met underwater
In 2009, ministers from the Maldives held the first underwater cabinet meeting
Bataclan attack in Paris
On 13 November 2015, 90 people were shot dead at the Bataclan theatre in France
Prosecuting Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials
Eighty years ago, in the aftermath of World War Two, a major war crimes trial took place
Birth of the G7
In November 1975, leaders of six nations met in France to solve an economic crisis
Breaking the sound barrier
In 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound.
Discovering the largest dinosaur ever
In 2012, a shepherd uncovered a bone belonging to a new dinosaur in Argentina
The ‘father of e-books’
In 1971, there was a key moment in the digital revolution of e-books
The creation of Miffy
The children's book character Miffy was created by Dick Bruna in 1955
President Clinton is impeached
In 1999, US President Clinton was impeached over a relationship with a White House intern
