04 Jan	Thin Lizzy star dies
09 Jan	Heseltine quits over Westland
28 Jan	Seven dead in space shuttle disaster
24 Jan	Leon Brittan quits over Westland
03 Feb	Pope and Mother Teresa feed the sick
15 Feb	Printers and police clash in Wapping
20 Feb	Soviets launch space station Mir
22 Feb	Filipino coup leaders tell Marcos to go
28 Feb	Swedish prime minister assassinated
31 Mar	Greater London Council abolished
02 Apr	Bomb tears hole in airliner over Greece
05 Apr	Berlin disco bombed
07 Apr	Sinclair sells computer business
08 Apr	Eastwood voted mayor by landslide
15 Apr	US launches air strikes on Libya
28 Apr	Soviets admit nuclear accident
29 Apr	Simple funeral rites for Duchess
03 May	Bomb kills 21 in Sri Lanka
19 May	South African raids wreck peace bid
10 Jun	Magee convicted of Brighton bombing
12 Jun	Labour expels Militant Hatton
24 Jun	Ian Paisley's battle cry condemned
26 Jun	Branson on course for Blue Riband
27 Jun	US guilty of backing Contras
29 Jun	Branson beats Atlantic speed record
12 Jul	Orange Parade sparks riots
23 Jul	Prince Andrew weds Sarah Ferguson
30 Jul	Parents appeal for missing agent
21 Aug	Hundreds gassed in Cameroon lake disaster
21 Aug	Giant glacier threatens eco disaster
22 Aug	Police chief cleared of misconduct
29 Aug	UK's oldest twins turn 100
05 Sep	Karachi hijack ends in bloodshed
08 Sep	Pinochet survives rebel ambush
16 Sep	Kinross Miners 'killed where they stood'
19 Sep	Two dead in Midlands rail crash
12 Oct	Reykjavik summit ends in failure
24 Oct	UK cuts links with Syria over bomb plot
26 Oct	Archer quits over prostitute allegations
28 Oct	'Evil' Bamber jailed for family murders
01 Nov	Chemical spill turns Rhine red
02 Nov	US hostage freed in Beirut
06 Nov	Oil workers die in helicopter crash
17 Nov	French car chief shot dead
20 Nov	Police renew hunt for Moors victims
01 Dec	Surprise inquiry into Guinness affairs
11 Dec	BBC Aids slogan angers church
23 Dec	Sakharov comes in from the cold
29 Dec	Harold Macmillan dies
30 Dec	Coal mine canaries made redundant