Witness History: Archive 2012

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First Successful Sex Change

It is 60 years since newspapers in the US announced the successful operation of Christine Jorgensen. Once a soldier called George, she transformed herself into a woman and a glamorous Hollywood star.

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  The Death of Steve Biko

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  John Howard Griffin: Black Like Me

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  The Los Angeles Riots

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  The Stolen Generation

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  African Troops During WWII

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  Pong and the birth of the computer game

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  Big Brother - the beginning of reality TV

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  Maitatsine

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  Vietnam War - Christmas bombing campaign

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  The Execution of the Ceauşescus

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  Dusty Plays South Africa

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  Mad cow disease - CJD

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  Libya and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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  The last men on the moon

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  Piltdown Man

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  The M Room