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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week\u2019s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

First, we hear how a young Irishwoman called Maureen Flavin Sweeney drew up a weather report that delayed the date of D-Day.

Then, 99-year-old former field medic, Charles Norman Shay, shares his remarkable account of landing on the Normandy beach in France codenamed Omaha on D-Day.

Next, we also talk to Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi who hurled his shoes at the President of the United States.

Plus, we hear about China gifting Taiwan two giant pandas, in a practice known as \u2018panda diplomacy\u2019.

Finally, it\u2019s the 40th anniversary of the popular computer game Tetris being invented.

Contributors:

Edward Sweeney \u2013 Maureen Flavin Sweeney\u2019s son.\nCharles Norman Shay \u2013 former field medic in the United States Army.\nMuntadhar al-Zaidi \u2013 Iraqi journalist.\nEve Chen \u2013 curator of the Giant Panda House at Taipei Zoo. \nAlexey Pajitnov \u2013 Russian engineer.\nHenk Rogers \u2013 American businessman.

(Photo: U.S Troops rushing to the Normandy beaches. Credit: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)