18 Apr	1960: Thousands protest against H-bomb
19 Feb	1961: Lumumba rally clashes with UK police
31 Jul	1962: Violence flares at Mosley rally
03 Jul	1966: Arrests in London after Vietnam rally
27 Oct	1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters
10 Jan	1969: Civil rights protesters defiant
24 Jan	1969: LSE closes over student clashes
27 Jan	1969: Rebel students take over LSE
21 Sep	1969: Police storm squat in Piccadilly
26 Jun	1970: Violence flares as Devlin is arrested
12 Jan	1971: British minister's home bombed
27 Apr	1971: Protest disrupts Welsh language trial
31 Mar	1972: CND begins march to Aldermaston
03 Jun	1972: Protestant march ends in battle
15 Jun	1974: Man dies in race rally clashes
17 Jun	1974: IRA bombs parliament
21 Jul	1974: Cyprus conflict spills into London
16 Oct	1974: Maze prison goes up in flames
25 Mar	1975: National Front rallies against Europe
30 Aug	1976: Notting Hill Carnival ends in riot
17 Oct	1978: Grey seal cull dramatically reduced
03 Oct	1979: Anti-racists tackle South African rugby tourists
17 Jun	1980: Government announces missile sites
19 Jun	1980: Gunbattle at British embassy in Iraq
12 May	1981: Second IRA protester dies in jail
11 Apr	1981: Brixton ablaze after riot
03 Oct	1981: IRA Maze hunger strikes at an end
24 Oct	1981: CND rally attracts thousands
25 Nov	1981: Brixton riots report blames racial tension
16 Jun	1982: Welsh miners back health workers
30 Nov	1982: Animal activists bomb Downing Street
01 Apr	1983: Human chain links nuclear sites
22 Oct	1983: CND march attracts biggest ever crowd
04 Apr	1984: Greenham Common women evicted
29 May	1984: Miners and police clash at Orgreave
28 Sep	1984: Pit dispute 'illegal' says judge
12 Oct	1984: Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast
01 Jun	1985: Hippies clash with police at Stonehenge
28 Sep	1985: Riots in Brixton after police shooting
01 Oct	1985: Riots erupt in Toxteth and Peckham
31 Mar	1986: Greater London Council abolished
17 Feb	1987: Tamils strip off at Heathrow
31 Jul	1987: Newspaper caught in Spycatcher row
20 Jan	1987: Police crack down on soccer hooligans
31 Mar	1990: Violence flares in poll tax demonstration
14 Aug	1990: One in five yet to pay poll tax
03 Jan	1991: Britain expels Iraqi diplomats
07 Dec	1993: Activists lose battle over chestnut tree
06 Jun	1994: Asylum seekers flee detention centre
20 Jun	1995: Shell makes dramatic U-turn
13 Dec	1995: Riots break out in Brixton
18 Jan	1996: Green groups join bypass battle
26 May	1998: Veterans reject Japanese 'sorrow'
18 Jun	1999: Anti-capitalism demo turns violent
01 May	2000: May Day violence on London streets
08 Sep	2000: French fuel protests spread to UK
15 Sep	2000: UK fuel protesters go back home
14 Nov	2000: Fuel protesters rally for tax cut
07 Jul	2001: Two stabbed in Bradford race riots
16 Dec	2001: Thousands rally for Scots countryside
18 Nov	2003: High security as Bush visits UK