05 Dec	1950: Pyongyang taken as UN retreats
07 Sep	1952: Egyptian army ousts prime minister
24 Aug	1954: Brazilian president found dead
02 Mar	1956: King of Jordan sacks British general
26 Jul	1956: Egypt seizes Suez Canal
06 Nov	1956: Allied forces take control of Suez
23 Dec	1956: Jubilation as allied troops leave Suez
14 Jul	1958: Coup in Iraq sparks jitters in Middle East
01 Jun	1958: De Gaulle returns to tackle Algeria
27 Nov	1961: RAF flies aid to flood-stricken Somalia
28 Oct	1962: World relief as Cuban missile crisis ends
30 Jun	1969: Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra
17 Sep	1970: Civil war breaks out in Jordan
25 Jan	1971: Idi Amin ousts Uganda president
01 Mar	1973: Palestinian gunmen hold diplomats in Sudan
06 Oct	1973: Arab states attack Israeli forces
21 Jul	1974: Cyprus conflict spills into London
23 Jul	1974: Greek military rule gives in to democracy
16 Jan	1979: Shah of Iran flees into exile
28 Mar	1979: Nuclear leak causes alarm in America
17 Jul	1979: Sandinista rebels take Nicaraguan capital
04 Nov	1979: Militants storm US embassy in Tehran
21 Nov	1979: Mob destroys US embassy in Pakistan
25 Apr	1980: Tehran hostage rescue mission fails
21 Jan	1981: Tehran frees US hostages after 444 days
26 May	1981: Italy in crisis as cabinet resigns
20 Oct	1983: Grenada's prime minister 'assassinated'
25 Oct	1983: US troops invade Grenada
27 Apr	1984: Libyan embassy siege ends
08 Mar	1985: Beirut car bomb kills dozens
07 Oct	1985: Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner
24 Nov	1985: Commandoes storm hijacked plane
05 Apr	1986: Berlin disco bombed
15 Oct	1987: Fiji one step closer to a republic
03 Jul	1988: US warship shoots down Iranian airliner
16 Sep	1992: UK crashes out of ERM
06 Mar	1993: Angolans die in battle for Huambo
23 Feb	1981: Rebel army seizes control in Spain
12 Jul	1990: Yeltsin resignation splits Soviet Communists
12 Jan	1991: US Congress votes for war in Iraq
13 Jan	1997: Shots heard at besieged embassy in Peru
22 Apr	1997: Troops storm embassy in Peru
04 Feb	1998: 4,000 feared dead in Afghan earthquake
25 Nov	1998: 'Corrupt' Turkish government falls
09 May	1999: Chinese anger at embassy bombing
12 Oct	2000: Suicide bombers attack USS Cole
16 Jan	2001: DR Congo President Kabila shot
01 Jun	2001: Nepal royal family massacred
23 Nov	2002: Riots force Miss World out of Nigeria
14 Aug	2003: Lights go out across NE America
20 Nov	2003: British targets bombed in Istanbul
04 Dec	2003: US pulls back from steel trade war
27 Dec	2004: Yushchenko wins Ukraine election re-run
29 May	2005: French say 'non' to EU constitution