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Witness History

History as told by the people who were there.

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The boy who discovered a new species of human ancestor

The boy who discovered a new species of human ancestor

On 15 August 2008, nine-year-old Matt Berger tripped over a fossil that would lead to one of the most important discover... Read more

14 Aug 2023

10mins

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Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene

Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene

In the early 1980s, the young black graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat took the New York art world by storm. Soon, his... Read more

11 Aug 2023

10mins

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's diamonds scandal

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's diamonds scandal

In 1979, French journalist Claude Angeli and his colleagues discovered Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the French President, r... Read more

10 Aug 2023

10mins

Ranked #4

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Sarajevo’s haven of peace

Sarajevo’s haven of peace

After the collapse of former Yugoslavia, Bosnian Serb forces laid siege to the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, in 1992. More ... Read more

9 Aug 2023

9mins

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The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery

On 8 August 1963, a gang of thieves held up a British Royal Mail train on its journey from Glasgow to London. They stole... Read more

8 Aug 2023

10mins

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Brownie Wise: The creator of Tupperware parties

Brownie Wise: The creator of Tupperware parties

In the 1950s, self-made businesswoman Brownie Wise transformed the fortunes of Tupperware by inspiring thousands of hous... Read more

7 Aug 2023

9mins

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Dinosaur in court

Dinosaur in court

In 2012 a dinosaur skeleton became the subject of both a restraining order and a court case.Mongolian palaeontologist, D... Read more

4 Aug 2023

10mins

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Treehouse on the Berlin Wall

Treehouse on the Berlin Wall

In the 1980s, a Turkish worker in Germany, Osman Kahlin, provoked controversy when he turned a patch of disputed land ag... Read more

3 Aug 2023

9mins

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Birth of a new language

Birth of a new language

In the early 1980s deaf children in Nicaragua invented a completely new sign language of their own.It was a remarkable a... Read more

2 Aug 2023

10mins

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First dinosaur eggs identified in India

First dinosaur eggs identified in India

In 1982, nests of dinosaur eggs were identified for the first time in India. They were found in Jabalpur, on a historic ... Read more

1 Aug 2023

10mins

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