07 Jan	Iceland and Britain clash at sea
05 Jan	Ten dead in Northern Ireland ambush
12 Jan	Crime writer Agatha Christie dies
29 Jan	Explosions rock London's West End
11 Feb	John Curry skates to Olympic gold
04 Mar	Guilty verdict for 'Maguire Seven'
09 Mar	Scores die in cable car tragedy
16 Mar	Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns
19 Mar	Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon to split
05 Apr	Callaghan is new prime minister
05 Apr	Billionaire Howard Hughes dies
07 Apr	Government crisis as Stonehouse quits
09 Apr	Young Liberal leader cleared of robbery
06 May	Huge earthquake rocks Italy
07 May	More bodies found after Italy quake
02 Jun	Piggott celebrates 7th Derby victory
11 Jun	Mercenaries trial begins in Angola
16 Jun	Soweto protest turns violent
20 Jun	Westerners evacuated from Beirut
28 Jun	Death sentence for mercenaries
04 Jul	Israelis rescue Entebbe hostages
07 Jul	British grandmother missing in Uganda
19 Jul	Fight for fishing rights in Europe
20 Jul	Pictures of Mars from Viking ship
28 Jul	Chinese earthquake kills hundreds of thousands
29 Jul	Fire engulfs Southend Pier
30 Aug	Notting Hill Carnival ends in riot
01 Sep	Water crisis deepens
09 Sep	Chairman Mao Zedong dies
03 Sep	Hull prison riot ends
23 Sep	British warship blaze kills eight
24 Sep	White rule in Rhodesia to end
04 Oct	New train speeds into service
11 Oct	China's 'Gang of Four' arrested
13 Oct	Bolivian plane crashes in Santa Cruz
15 Oct	UDR men jailed for Showband killings
18 Oct	Funeral of Mafia boss held in NY
25 Oct	Queen opens National Theatre in London
29 Oct	Duchess opens massive Selby coalfield
03 Nov	Carter wins with 'Trust me' slogan
16 Nov	Bank robbers jailed for 100 years
04 Dec	'Genius' composer Benjamin Britten dies