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 November the 10th 1979 a freight train carrying hundreds of tonnes of explosive and poisonous chemicals crashed just outside Toronto.
In November 1953 Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York aged just thirty-nine.
In November 1975, more than a quarter of a million Moroccans marched into a Spanish colony in the African desert.
In 1963 the first multi-racial school in southern Africa was opened.
In 1937, the Nazis staged an exhibition to ridicule modern art - they called it Degenerate Art.
How an English clergyman set up the first phone helpline for people considering suicide.
On October 31st 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot dead by her Sikh bodyguards.
One trader recalls the record plunge in share prices on the New York Stock Exchange on Black Monday.
In 1963 Erik de Mauny became the first BBC correspondent based in the Soviet Union.
In Burundi's civil war, Marguerite Barankitse, the Angel of Burundi, came to symbolise hopes for peace.
On 23 Oct 1983, hundreds died in suicide attacks on US and French troops stationed in Beirut to help end the Lebanese civil war.
In October 1991, one of East Berlin's most famous poets was revealed to have been an informer for the secret police.
In October 1973 Sydney Opera House finally opened its doors to the public.
In Oct 1983, the killing of Maurice Bishop, the leftist leader of Grenada, triggered a US invasion of the Caribbean island.
In 1931 nine black American teenagers were falsely convicted of the rape of two white girls.
