01 Dec	1942: Beveridge lays welfare foundations
26 May	1950: UK drivers cheer end of fuel rations
12 Feb	1954: New authority for atomic energy
17 May	1955: Eden takes to the airwaves
05 Mar	1956: US court victory for black students
18 Apr	1956: Macmillan unveils premium bond scheme
07 May	1956: Minister rejects anti-smoking lobby
20 Jul	1957: Britons 'have never had it so good'
30 Oct	1957: Lords to admit first women peers
18 Apr	1960: Thousands protest against H-bomb
19 Mar	1964: 'Ambitious' plans for south east
23 Dec	1964: Beeching to leave British Railways
16 Feb	1965: Beeching plans for 'bloated' railways
18 Jun	1965: Drink-drive limit to be introduced
04 Oct	1965: Immigrants feel at home with BBC
01 Mar	1966: Britain to go decimal in 1971
04 May	1966: Doctors and dentists get huge pay rise
15 Feb	1971: D-Day delivers new UK currency
24 Feb	1971: UK restricts Commonwealth migrants
27 Apr	1971: Protest disrupts Welsh language trial
15 Jun	1971: Councils defy Thatcher milk ban
15 Jul	1971: Seals shot by government decree
20 Jan	1972: UK unemployment tops one million
23 Jun	1972: Chancellor orders pound flotation
06 Nov	1972: Pay and price freeze aims to curb inflation
13 Dec	1972: New offer for Thalidomide victims
01 Jan	1973: Britain joins the EEC
09 Mar	1973: Northern Ireland votes for union
01 May	1973: Thousands strike over pay and prices
24 Jun	1974: Labour rift over nuclear test
15 Dec	1974: New speed limit to curb fuel use
26 Apr	1975: Labour votes to leave the EEC
06 Jun	1975: UK embraces Europe in referendum
09 Jun	1975: First live broadcast of Parliament
19 Jul	1976: Fight for fishing rights in Europe
25 Jul	1978: Motability gets moving in the UK
14 Dec	1978: Labour faces vote of confidence
20 Dec	1979: Council tenants will have 'right to buy'
02 May	1982: British sub sinks Argentine cruiser
31 Jan	1983: British drivers ordered to belt up
28 Mar	1983: Macgregor named as coal boss
01 Apr	1983: Human chain links nuclear sites
08 Dec	1983: Television cameras allowed into Lords
21 Mar	1984: EEC summit collapses over rebate row
20 Jun	1984: O-Levels to be replaced by GCSEs
19 Dec	1984: Britain signs over Hong Kong to China
16 Feb	1985: Falklands' row civil servant resigns
09 Jan	1986: Heseltine quits over Westland
31 Jul	1987: Newspaper caught in Spycatcher row
23 Sep	1987: Ban lifted on MI5 man's memoirs
13 Oct	1988: Government loses Spycatcher battle
20 Oct	1988: New law could erode right to silence
18 Dec	1989: Labour's union U-turn
01 Mar	1990: Secrets act gags whistleblowers
31 Mar	1990: Violence flares in poll tax demonstration
11 Apr	1990: Customs seize 'supergun'
14 Aug	1990: One in five yet to pay poll tax
08 Oct	1990: Britain's first full day in ERM
01 Nov	1990: Howe resigns over Europe policy
10 Dec	1990: Iraq frees British hostages
23 Mar	1991: Tories launch 'citizen charter'
04 Jun	1991: UK army spending to be cut
11 Jul	1991: Anti-poll tax MP jailed
22 Jul	1991: Citizen's charter promises better services
07 Feb	1992: Maastricht treaties make EU official
16 Sep	1992: UK crashes out of ERM
26 Nov	1992: Queen to be taxed from next year
16 Jul	1993: Secret Service goes public
29 Nov	1993: Secret meetings with IRA revealed
01 Feb	1994: MPs condemn sale of Rover
25 May	1994: Camelot wins UK lottery race
06 Jun	1994: Asylum seekers flee detention centre
03 Mar	1995: MPs move to outlaw hunting
09 Mar	1995: Queen marks peace in Belfast
15 Feb	1996: Arms-to-Iraq report published
16 Oct	1996: Handguns to be banned in the UK
06 May	1997: Brown sets Bank of England free
19 May	1997: Labour to stub out tobacco sponsorship
12 Sep	1997: Scots say 'Yes' to home rule
23 Sep	1997: Peace talks wobble after Unionist outburst
29 Sep	1997: Scientists confirm brain diseases link
18 Dec	1997: Dawn of Scottish parliament
10 May	1998: Sinn Fein backs peace deal
23 May	1998: Leaders welcome 'yes' vote for N Ireland
31 Jul	1998: UK imposes total ban on landmines
24 Nov	1998: Queen's speech spells end for peers
06 Jan	2000: Flu outbreak stretches NHS resources
26 Feb	2000: UK Government moves to gag ex-spy
03 Apr	2000: Asylum voucher scheme enforced
04 May	2000: Ken Livingstone voted London mayor
27 May	2000: GM blunder leaves farmers in uproar
07 Jun	2000: Blair 'handbagged' by the WI
01 Jul	2000: Ex-Blair ally attacks prime minister
04 Jul	2000: Litter louts escape the law
27 Jul	2000: Labour publishes plans to revolutionise NHS
14 Jul	2001: NI agreement stalls in Staffordshire
16 Jul	2001: Rebel MPs defeat the government
25 Oct	2001: Crime rates lowest for 20 years
16 Dec	2001: Thousands rally for Scots countryside
23 Jan	2002: Elderly patient sparks Commons row
18 Nov	2003: High security as Bush visits UK