An international group of volunteers travel to Iraq to act as human shields in an attempt to avert an invasion; Iraq is invaded by coalition forces and Saddam Hussein is overthrown
Charles Kennedy steps down as leader of the Liberal Democrats after admitting a drink problem; Slobodan Milosevic commits suicide in his cell during his trial for war crimes.
Hong Kong is handed back to China; Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris, her funeral is watched by one billion people worldwide.
The Allied leadership meets at the Potsdam conference in Germany; the Japanese surrender is taken on board the USS Missouri, ending the Second World War.
The world's population exceeds six billion for the first time.
Gas escapes from the Union Carbied plant in Bhopal killing 2,000 and poisoning 200,000 people; the Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Olympics.
Republican forces surrender, ending the Spanish Civil war; Britain and France declare war on Germany; the Graf Spee is scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate.
Spain and Portugal join the EEC; the Chernobyl nuclear power plant melts down.
The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, creating the European Union; Manchester United become the first winners of the Premiership.
Concorde enters regular passenger service; the Apple II personal computer is introduced; Harold Wilson resigns as Prime Minister.
Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda; sixty-six football supporters lose their lives after a stairway collapses at Ibrox; Apollo 15 astronauts ride in the Lunar Rover on the moon.
Kim Philby defect to the Soviet union; Martin Luther King makes his 'I have a dream' speech; the Beatles top the charts for the first time with 'From Me To You'.
Bolsheviks murder Tsar Nicholas II and his family; the Allies are victorious at the Battle of Amiens, which has a decisive impact on the outcome of war.
Operation Desert Storm liberates Kuwait; Mikhail Gorbachev resigns, Boris Yeltsin becomes the Russian President; the IRA launch a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street.
Mohammed Al Fayed buys Harrods; thirty-eight people are killed in the Heysel stadium by rioting Liverpool fans.
British and Commonwealth forces are repelled by the Turks at Gallipoli; the German Army uses Chlorine gas at the Second Battle of Ypres.
The Six Day War takes place in the Middle East; Che Guevara is captured and shot; San Frncisco experiences the summer of love.
The PLO is founded; the Beatles top the US Charts with 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'; Marin Luther King receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
Willy Brandt is forced to resign as German Chancellor; Haile Selassie is deposed in Ethiopia; Labour wins two general elections under Harold Wilson.
Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity; The Battle of the Somme takes place with unprecedented loss of life; the Easter rising occurs in Dublin.
The Warsaw Pact is established; the first McDonald's restaurant opens, in Des Plains, Illinois.
Anthony Eden resigns over the Suez crisis and is succeeded by Harold Macmillan; Sputnik I is launched; the US and USSR both successfully test ICBMs.
The Treaty of Versailles is signed placing harsh post-war terms on Germany; the Eighteenth Amendment is passed establishing prohibition in America.
Japan annexes Korea; the Union of South Africa is founded; Halley's Comet is photographed for the first time.
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