Witness: Archive 2011

In 1996 over a thousand prisoners were killed at Abu Salim jail in Tripoli.Many people see the killings as the spark that eventually led to the uprising against Colonel Gaddafi's government.When protestors first went on the streets of Benghazi in February this year it was to demonstrate against the arrest of a lawyer who was investigating the killings.Photo: AP

It is 10 years since protests against a G8 summit turned violent on the streets of Genoa, Italy.Many police and demonstrators were injured - and one protestor was killed.Bill Hayton covered the events for the BBC - he talks to a campaigning journalist who was badly beaten by police.

Rupert Murdoch's career in the media began in the Australian town of Adelaide in the early 1950s.From there, he went on to build one of the largest media empires in the world.

In July 1967 British cyclist Tom Simpson, rode himself to death on the Tour de France.His team-mate talks to Witness about Tom and the Tour.This programme was first broadcast in 2010.

In July 1955 the first ever Disney theme park was opened in California.The opening day wasn't entirely successful. We hear from two people who were there. One a Disney employee, the other, a seven year old boy.

A graphic account of one of the major events in the history of the Middle East.The conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders more than 900 years ago.

Through the BBC's Archive footage Alan Johnston pieces together the story of a Battle of Britain fighter pilot who was shot down during a dogfight and badly burnt before parachuting from his stricken aircraft.We hear how Richard Hillary then had to prepare to die as he drifted for hours in the North Sea.Photo: Press Association

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys.They had taken refuge in the UN 'safe area' of Srebrenica - but peacekeepers there were unable to protect them. Wim Dijkema (right) was one of the Dutch soldiers in the town at the time.

In 1989, the people of Liverpool began boycotting Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper over its reporting of the Hillsborough football disaster. The Sun later apologised, but sales in the city have never recovered.Witness speaks to a Liverpudlian involved in the boycott, and to a local radio journalist who remembers the city's anger.PHOTO: Press Association

It is more than 30 years since the launch of the first space shuttle.Milton Silveira has been involved in the programme since the very beginning - long before the first shuttle ever took off.He talks to Witness.

It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England.There were running battles between police and young British Pakistanis.Mohammed Amran was on the streets throughout. Photo: Press Association

On July 6 1988 167 people died in a fire on an oil rig in the North Sea. Roy Carey is one of the survivors.In a programme first broadcast last year he spoke to Witness.Photo: VT Freeze Frame

In 1985 the Royal couple made their first joint visit to America.The highlight of the tour was a gala dinner at the White House where the young Princess danced with John Travolta.Photo: Associated Press

We take you back more than 40 years to the height of the war in Vietnam. Alan Johnston talks to the former US Marine and peace activist Ron Kovic about two moments that changed his life forever - one on the battlefield, and one at anti-war protest in Washington.

In 1975 he became the first African-American man to win the tennis tournament.His friend and agent, Donald Dell, talks about that memorable match - and about what else Ashe might have achieved if he had not died young.Photo: Ashe at Wimbledon in 1975

Flamenco singing was dwindling in popularity in Spain until the appearance of Camaron de la Isla.Thousands lined the streets at his funeral in Andalucia in 1992.Witness speaks to a guitarist called Marcos - one of Camaron's biggest fans and the author of a recent biography.Photo: Getty Images

In the 1960s British mercenaries joined the fighting in Yemen's civil war.They trained local tribesmen to fight against Egyptian troops. Their activities were never officially sanctioned by the British government.

The little boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana. When armed US agents stormed his relatives' home in Miami a photographer, Alan Diaz, captured the fear on his face.He talks to Witness about the family, the Pullitzer prize-winning shot and about Elian.Photo: Associated Press

The Irish author, Colm Toibin remembers President Kennedy returning to the land of his forefathers and being taken to the nation's heart as if he were one of its own.Photo: JFK in Co.Wexford, PA Wire.

Fourteen years ago the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.Much of the south of the island was covered with ash and 19 people died.Hear Rose Willock, broadcaster and 'voice of Montserrat' as she remembers the 25 of June 1997.(Photo: BBC)