Witness History Episodes Available now
The first CIA-backed coup in Latin America
President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala was overthrown in a revolt sponsored by the US
Dignitas: Founding an assisted dying society
In 1998, Swiss lawyer Ludwig Minelli set up the controversial organisation Dignitas
Sagrada Familia: Completing Gaudi鈥檚 vision
How architects carried on building Barcelona's basilica after the death of designer Gaudi
The expulsion of the Sudeten Germans
Sudeten Germans were expelled by the Czechoslovak government after World War Two
Kawarau Bridge: The first bungee jumping site in New Zealand
In 1988 AJ Hackett brought bungee jumping to paying customers
The first mega cruise ship
In 1988, the world鈥檚 largest passenger ship set sail on her maiden voyage from the USA
The beginning of Benidorm
How one man grew a sleepy Spanish town into one of the world鈥檚 biggest holiday resorts
How Canc煤n became a tourist destination
In 1969, Antonio Enr铆quez Savignac started building Canc煤n
The first budget transatlantic flights
In 1955, an Icelandic airline slashed the cost of flying across the Atlantic
Orelh茫o: Brazil's iconic egg-shaped telephone booth
In 1971, a Chinese architect called Chu Ming Silveira created Orelh茫o
