Witness
Summary: History as told by the people who were there. Witness talks to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events. Broadcast on weekdays.
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On Dec 21st 1988, an American airliner was blown out of the sky over Scotland.
In December 1973 the Spanish Prime Minister was killed in a bomb attack.
In December 1975, East Timor was invaded by its neighbour Indonesia.
How the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for ransom for two days.
In 1998, the Russian and American space agencies came together for the birth of the International Space Station.
In 1995, one year after Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa, the country hosted the Rugby World Cup.
In 1976, South African police opened fire on black schoolchildren marching through the township of Soweto.
In 1961, the African National Congress decided to take up arms against South Africa's Apartheid government.
In 1961, the ANC leader became the first black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the 1950s, South Africa's racist Apartheid laws were put in place.
In December 1993, Hindu activists demolished a Muslim holy site.
It's 80 years since the end of prohibition, during which it was illegal to distribute alcohol in the USA.
In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association took homosexuality off the list of mental illnesses.
After the end of the Vietnam War more than a million people fled the country by boat.
How 3 American nuns and a layworker were abducted and murdered by Salvadoran soldiers in December 1980.
