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American presidents
It's 50 years since Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign
Indonesian’s independence and the last Olympic art competition
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
Nazis in Egypt and Spain's La Tomatina
Nazis in Egypt and the origins of the largest food fight in the world
Space travel and Mary Poppins
Befriending Soviet cosmonauts and why the author of Mary Poppins hated the film
Marriage bars and a Moon mission
The law that banned married women from working and Apollo 13's attempted trip to the Moon
Ethiopian history
It’s 50 years since Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown in a military coup
New Zealand’s first dinosaur and India’s plague outbreak
How New Zealand's first dinosaur was discovered and the pneumonic plague in India