09 Jan	Bullimore rescued after five days
13 Jan	Shots heard at besieged embassy in Peru
15 Jan	Princess Diana sparks landmines row
21 Jan	Carers accused in child abuse inquiry
06 Feb	Widow allowed dead husband's baby
14 Feb	Lawrence 'killed by racists'
19 Feb	China's reformist Deng Xiaoping dies
21 Feb	'Bridgewater Three' freed
22 Feb	Dolly the sheep is cloned
06 Apr	Fault cuts short space shuttle mission
08 Apr	BBC TV newsman turns politician
12 Apr	Bosnian bomb plot fails to stop Pope
13 Apr	Tiger Woods wins Masters at 21
22 Apr	Troops storm embassy in Peru
02 May	Labour routs Tories in historic election
06 May	Brown sets Bank of England free
19 May	Labour to stub out tobacco sponsorship
12 Jun	Straw to reconsider Bulger killers' fate
19 Jun	Victory for McDonald's - at a cost
06 Jul	Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet
15 Jul	Versace murdered on his doorstep
19 Jul	IRA declares ceasefire
25 Aug	East German leader guilty of Berlin Wall deaths
31 Aug	Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
01 Sep	Diana driver was 'drunk and speeding'
04 Sep	Suicide bombings put peace visit in doubt
05 Sep	Mother Teresa dies
06 Sep	Diana's funeral watched by millions
12 Sep	Scots say 'Yes' to home rule
19 Sep	Six dead in Southall train disaster
26 Sep	Earthquakes rock central Italy
29 Sep	Scientists confirm brain diseases link
31 Oct	British au pair guilty of murder
03 Nov	Angry truckers blockade French ports
10 Nov	British au pair freed after appeal
12 Nov	'Great Train Robber' escapes extradition again
22 Nov	Michael Hutchence found dead in hotel
18 Dec	Dawn of Scottish parliament
19 Dec	Tory leader weds
22 Dec	BSE inquiry to be 'far-reaching'
24 Dec	Minister's son arrested in drug probe
27 Dec	Loyalist leader murdered in prison