Assassination of JFK
Tokyo Olympics
Death of Winston Churchill
England wins football World Cup
Six-Day War
Student riots in Paris
First Moon landing
Beatles split up
Decimalisation introduced in UK
Start of Watergate scandal
Marriage of Princess Anne to Mark Philips
Resignation of Richard Nixon
Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
Bicentenary of the US Declaration of Independence
‘Star Wars’ released
First test-tube baby born
Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister of UK
John Lennon assassinated
First London Marathon
Falklands War
Michael Jackson releases ‘Thriller’ video
Los Angeles Olympics
Miners’ strike ends in UK
Chernobyl nuclear disaster
‘Black Monday’ on NY stock exchange
Pan Am 103 bombed over Lockerbie
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Reunification of Germany
First Gulf War ends
Maastricht Treaty on European Union signed
Bill Clinton inaugurated as US president for the first time
Opening of the Channel Tunnel
Bosnian War ends
Divorce of Charles and Diana agreed
Death of Princess Diana
Clinton admits Lewinsky affair
NATO strikes on Serbia
Dot Com bubble bursts
Al Qaeda attacks on World Trade Centre
Queen Elizabeth II’s golden jubilee
Capture of Saddam Hussein
Tsunami hits Indian Ocean; Banda Aceh devastated
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans
Launch of Twitter
Gordon Brown becomes UK Prime Minister
Barack Obama elected as first black US President
Worldwide swine flu outbreak
Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupts in Iceland
Tunisian government overthrown at start of Arab Spring
Olympic Games return to London for the third time