Witness History

A podcast by BBC World Service

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1315 Episodes

  1. Birth of a new language

    Published: 8/2/2023
  2. First dinosaur eggs identified in India

    Published: 8/1/2023
  3. José Mujica: Prison break to president

    Published: 7/31/2023
  4. Mr Bigg's: The birth of Nigeria's iconic takeaway

    Published: 7/28/2023
  5. The 1960 coup against Haile Selassie

    Published: 7/27/2023
  6. The Pope’s controversial Nicaragua visit

    Published: 7/26/2023
  7. Brain: The first personal computer virus

    Published: 7/25/2023
  8. Escaping the Nazis in Greece

    Published: 7/24/2023
  9. The US singer who became the Soviet Union’s Red Elvis

    Published: 7/21/2023
  10. The birth of Barbie

    Published: 7/20/2023
  11. Japan surrenders in China

    Published: 7/19/2023
  12. The ‘Barricades’ of Latvia

    Published: 7/18/2023
  13. Tamoxifen: Breast cancer ‘wonder drug’

    Published: 7/17/2023
  14. Creating the first emoji

    Published: 7/14/2023
  15. When disposable nappies were invented

    Published: 7/13/2023
  16. Inventing Rubik’s Cube

    Published: 7/11/2023
  17. Invention of the ballpoint pen

    Published: 7/10/2023
  18. A right royal night out

    Published: 7/7/2023
  19. When tourism came to the Maldives

    Published: 7/6/2023
  20. The National Health Service begins

    Published: 7/5/2023

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