Witness History Episodes Available now
Denmark’s Inuit children experiment
In 1951, 22 Inuit children from Greenland were sent to live with families in Denmark
The Nellie massacre
In 1983, an estimated 3,000 people were massacred in Assam, India
Discovering the structure of haemoglobin
Dr Max Perutz made one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century
Assassination of Malcolm X
In 1965, the controversial black leader, Malcolm X, was assassinated in New York
Murder at the Berlin Wall
In March 1974, Polish man Czesław Kukuczka was shot by a Stasi officer at the Berlin Wall
Bolivia’s first indigenous president
The election of Evo Morales in 2005 was a historic first for the South American country
Bo: The death of a language
In 2010, one of the oldest languages died after the death of its last remaining speaker
The world's longest kiss
In 2013, a Thai couple locked lips for 58 hours and 35 minutes in a world record attempt
Eva Peron: Argentina’s Evita
Eva Peron - or Evita - was an icon in 1940s Argentina, famous for her populist rhetoric
Paul Keating's Redfern speech
In 1992, Australia's prime minister addressed atrocities inflicted upon Indigenous people.
