04 Feb	Soldiers and children killed in coach bombing
07 Feb	Heath calls snap election over miners
08 Feb	Americans end outer space marathon
14 Feb	Russian author charged with treason
15 Feb	No hope of survivors from missing Gaul trawler
03 Mar	Turkish jet crashes killing 345
06 Mar	Miners' strike comes to an end
11 Mar	'Anti-IRA spies' break out of jail
15 Mar	Architect jailed over corruption
25 Apr	Rebels seize control of Portugal
15 May	Teenagers die in Israeli school attack
16 May	Dozens die as Israel retaliates for Ma'alot
17 May	Bombs devastate Dublin and Monaghan
19 May	Giscard d'Estaing voted French president
28 May	Strikes topple NI power-sharing body
15 Jun	Man dies in race rally clashes
17 Jun	IRA bombs parliament
24 Jun	Labour rift over nuclear test
29 Jun	First female president for Argentina
12 Jul	Shankly quits Liverpool
17 Jul	Bomb blast at the Tower of London
21 Jul	Cyprus conflict spills into London
23 Jul	Greek military rule gives in to democracy
24 Jul	Nixon 'must hand over Watergate tapes'
30 Jul	Peace deal for Cyprus
08 Aug	President Nixon to resign from office
09 Aug	Ford takes over as Nixon quits
25 Aug	Human cannonball misses target
29 Aug	Rock fans clash with police at festival
02 Oct	Cannabis 'causes brain damage'
05 Oct	Four dead in Guildford bomb blasts
11 Oct	Labour scrapes working majority
16 Oct	Maze prison goes up in flames
22 Oct	Bomb blast in London club
28 Oct	Minister's wife survives bomb attack
04 Nov	M62 bomber jailed for life
08 Nov	Police hunt Lord Lucan after murder
08 Nov	Man jailed for forging PM's signature
21 Nov	Birmingham pub blasts kill 19
24 Nov	Six charged over Birmingham pub bombs
15 Dec	New speed limit to curb fuel use
18 Dec	Compensation for Bloody Sunday victims
22 Dec	Heath's home is bombed
24 Dec	'Drowned' Stonehouse found alive
25 Dec	Cyclone Tracy leaves Darwin devastated