26 May	1950: UK drivers cheer end of fuel rations
02 May	1952: Comet inaugurates the jet age
01 Sep	1960: Game on for British betting shops
10 Sep	1963: American Express comes to Britain
01 Dec	1965: Sweeping changes to British farming
01 Mar	1966: Britain to go decimal in 1971
23 Apr	1968: Decimal coins reach the high street
30 Nov	1968: Shops told to stop conning customers
16 Sep	1968: Post Office backs first class service
02 Jan	1969: Murdoch wins Fleet Street foothold
16 Jul	1970: State of emergency called over dock strike
19 Oct	1970: Large oil field found in North Sea
15 Feb	1971: D-Day delivers new UK currency
26 May	1972: Thomas Cook packaged and sold
06 Nov	1972: Pay and price freeze aims to curb inflation
10 Sep	1973: Big Biba opens its doors
03 Nov	1975: North Sea oil begins to flow
05 Apr	1976: Billionaire Howard Hughes dies
06 Jan	1977: EMI fires Sex Pistols
09 Feb	1979: Forest break football transfer record
25 May	1979: Price of milk shoots up
13 Nov	1979: Times returns after year-long dispute
22 Jan	1981: Murdoch bids to take over Times
05 Feb	1982: Laker Airways goes bust
19 Jun	1982: 'God's banker' found hanged
06 Jan	1983: Danes raid British fishing grounds
01 Feb	1984: Halfpenny coin to meet its maker
25 Oct	1984: Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia
03 Mar	1985: Miners call off year-long strike
07 Apr	1986: Sinclair sells computer business
01 Dec	1986: Surprise inquiry into Guinness affairs
01 Jul	1987: Stock-broker guilty of corruption
16 Jul	1987: Great British airline ready for take off
19 Oct	1987: Shares plunge after Wall Street crash
04 Nov	1987: Millionaire's big plans for English landmark
21 Feb	1988: TV evangelist quits over sex scandal
20 Jul	1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange
08 Oct	1990: Britain's first full day in ERM
21 Jun	1991: Anger over chairman's 66% pay rise
05 Jul	1991: International bank closed in fraud scandal
09 Jul	1991: Bank collapse costs taxpayers millions
05 Nov	1991: Publisher Robert Maxwell dies at sea
05 Dec	1991: Maxwell business empire faces bankruptcy
11 Jan	1993: BA dirty tricks against Virgin cost £3m
26 Apr	1993: Recession over - it's official
01 Feb	1994: MPs condemn sale of Rover
25 May	1994: Camelot wins UK lottery race
28 Aug	1994: Sunday trading legalised
02 Dec	1995: Rogue trader jailed for six years
19 May	1997: Labour to stub out tobacco sponsorship
19 Jun	1997: Victory for McDonald's - at a cost
28 Feb	2000: Nuclear chief quits over safety scandal
03 May	2000: Leading stock exchanges plan merger
12 May	2000: Ford quits Dagenham after 70 years
27 May	2000: GM blunder leaves farmers in uproar
12 Jul	2000: British-backed dam threatens ancient lifestyle
17 Jul	2000: Tesco bows to imperial pressure
24 Jan	2001: Mandelson resigns - again
21 Feb	2001: Ban follows foot-and-mouth outbreak
02 May	2001: Sotheby's and Christies chiefs charged
05 May	2001: Sun shines on foot-and-mouth crisis
15 May	2001: UK supermarkets slash price of drugs
17 Sep	2001: Workers return to Wall Street
11 Dec	2001: 30,000 postal jobs 'to be cut'
01 Jan	2002: Celebrations as euro hits the streets
04 Dec	2003: US pulls back from steel trade war