Witness History Episodes Available now
Doomed hero of Brazilian democracy
The death of Brazil's president-elect Tancredo Neves.
Mikhail Gorbachev: Release of Irina Ratushinskaya
The imprisonment and release of dissident poet Irina Ratushinskaya
Mikhail Gorbachev: Perestroika
Reform in the Soviet Union, known as Perestroika, was launched in 1987
Princess Diana dances with John Travolta
Princess Diana dances at the White House with the star of Saturday Night Fever
The 'Last Indian'
The story of a Native American called Ishi who spent decades in hiding
Marikana Massacre
On 16 August 2012, police shot dead 34 striking miners at a platinum mine in South Africa
India's onion election
In 1980 Indira Gandhi came into power in India, it became known as the "onion election"
The 'Nixon Shock' and the end of the Gold Standard
In 1971, the US president, Richard Nixon, abandoned the gold standard.
The Gay Games
The first ever Gay Games were held 40 years ago
Hundreds die in Darayya
The siege of the Darayya, Syria, in which hundreds of people died
