09 Jan	Miners strike against government
13 Jan	Ghana PM ousted in bloodless coup
18 Jan	Rhodesia's former leader arrested
20 Jan	UK unemployment tops one million
30 Jan	Army kills 13 in civil rights protest
02 Feb	British embassy in Dublin destroyed
16 Feb	Miners' strike turns off the lights
22 Feb	IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks
25 Feb	Miners call off crippling coal strike
21 Feb	Nixon makes historic visit to China
23 Feb	Hijackers surrender and free Lufthansa crew
08 Mar	TWA jet explodes at Las Vegas airport
31 Mar	CND begins march to Aldermaston
10 Apr	Earthquake kills thousands in Iran
19 Apr	'Bloody Sunday' report excuses Army
20 Apr	Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis
09 May	Israeli commandos storm hijacked jet
18 May	Duke too ill for tea with the Queen
22 May	President Nixon arrives in Moscow
26 May	Thomas Cook packaged and sold
29 May	Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv airport
30 May	Official IRA declares ceasefire
03 Jun	Protestant march ends in battle
05 Jun	Duke of Windsor laid to rest
14 Jun	Pilots threaten worldwide strike
18 Jun	UK's worst air crash kills 118
23 Jun	Chancellor orders pound flotation
10 Jul	Whitelaw's secret meeting with IRA
28 Jul	National dock strike begins
04 Aug	Governor Wallace's attacker jailed
07 Aug	Asians given 90 days to leave Uganda
28 Aug	Prince William killed in plane crash
06 Sep	Olympic hostages killed in gun battle
18 Sep	Expelled Ugandans arrive in UK
19 Sep	Parcel bomb attack on Israeli embassy
06 Nov	Pay and price freeze aims to curb inflation
07 Nov	Nixon takes second term by landslide
26 Nov	Police foil IRA hospital rescue attempt
13 Dec	New offer for Thalidomide victims
14 Dec	Last Moon mission returns
19 Dec	Amin ultimatum to Uganda Britons
22 Dec	Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash
23 Dec	Earthquake wreaks devastation in Nicaragua