15 Jan	Benn back on road to Westminster
27 Jan	Michael Jackson burned in Pepsi ad
14 Feb	British ice couple score Olympic gold
26 Feb	US troops withdraw from Beirut
29 Feb	Trudeau resigns as Canada's PM
12 Mar	Miners strike over threatened pit closures
14 Mar	Sinn Fein leader shot in street attack
17 Mar	Boat race halted before starting
21 Mar	EEC summit collapses over rebate row
04 Apr	Greenham Common women evicted
09 Apr	Dozens arrested in picket line violence
12 Apr	Scargill vetoes national ballot on strike
17 Apr	Libyan embassy shots kill policewoman
26 Apr	Reagan arrives in China
27 Apr	Libyan embassy siege ends
23 Apr	Scientist finds Aids virus
08 May	Moscow pulls out of US Olympics
29 May	Miners and police clash at Orgreave
06 Jun	Troops raid Golden Temple in Amritsar
20 Jun	O-Levels to be replaced by GCSEs
09 Jul	Historic York Minster engulfed by flames
23 Jul	Sellafield 'not linked' to cancer cluster
02 Aug	Euro Court condemns phone-tapping
11 Aug	Zola Budd in race trip controversy
16 Aug	DeLorean cleared of drugs charges
02 Sep	Seven killed in Sydney biker shootings
03 Sep	Typhoon batters Philippines
07 Sep	Epidemic 'spreads to second hospital'
20 Sep	US embassy blast kills 20
21 Sep	Maltby picket sparks violence
26 Sep	UK and China agree Hong Kong handover
28 Sep	Pit dispute 'illegal' says judge
05 Oct	Essex police make record drugs haul
12 Oct	Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast
25 Oct	Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia
30 Oct	Pro-Solidarity priest is murdered
31 Oct	Indian prime minister shot dead
01 Nov	Violence follows Gandhi killing
05 Nov	Sandinistas claim election victory
07 Nov	Four more years for Reagan
12 Nov	Quid notes out - pound coins in
23 Nov	London tube fire traps hundreds
03 Dec	Hundreds die in Bhopal chemical accident
14 Dec	Court fines Scargill for obstruction
16 Dec	Gorbachev visit to Britain a 'success'
19 Dec	Britain signs over Hong Kong to China
29 Dec	Rajiv Gandhi wins landslide election victory