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  1. 2000: Labour publishes plans to revolutionise NHS
  2. 1978: Transatlantic balloonists in trouble
  3. 1982: Seychelles coup leader guilty of hijack
  4. 1996: Bomb rocks Atlanta Olympics
  5. 1965: Heath is new Tory leader
  6. 2005: IRA declares end to armed struggle
  7. 2000: Last prisoners leave the Maze
  8. 1988: Ashdown to lead Britain's third party
  9. 1972: National dock strike begins
  10. 1965: US orders 50,000 troops to Vietnam
  11. 1976: Chinese earthquake kills hundreds of thousands
  12. Puffbox - SINGLE royal wedding witness
  13. 1993: Lawrence murder suspects freed
  14. 1981: Charles and Diana marry
  15. 1993: Israeli court sets Demjanjuk free
  16. 1968: Pope renews birth control ban
  17. 1976: Fire engulfs Southend Pier
  18. Puffbox - SINGLE crispm
  19. 1986: Parents appeal for missing agent
  20. 1966: Football glory for England
  21. 1973: Final deal for thalidomide victims
  22. 1974: Peace deal for Cyprus
  23. 1991: Pavarotti sings in the British rain
  24. 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait
  25. 1980: Bologna blast leaves dozens dead
  26. 1973: Dozens die in resort fire
  27. 1965: Riviera fires force campers to flee
  28. 1984: Euro Court condemns phone-tapping
  29. Puffbox - SINGLE les quayle
  30. 2001: Car bomb in west London injures seven
  31. 2003: Anglican church approves gay bishop
  32. 1990: UK temperatures reach record high
  33. 1978: Queen opens Commonwealth Games
  34. 1957: Rahman to lead independent Malaya
  35. 2000: Queen Mother celebrates centenary
  36. 2002: Police 'concerned' for missing girls
  37. 1972: Governor Wallace's attacker jailed
  38. 1987: Moors murderer claims more killings
  39. 1964: Three civil rights activists found dead
  40. 1973: Athens attack leaves three dead
  41. 1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead
  42. 1983: IRA members jailed for 4,000 years
  43. 1991: Toddler 'poorly' after dog attack
  44. 1975: Deadly tree disease spreads
  45. Puffbox - single/otd/atombombs
  46. 1981: Second killer escapes from Broadmoor
  47. 1999: Kennedy wins Lib Dem leadership
  48. 1969: Film star stabbed in 'ritualistic' killings
  49. 1979: Brighton bares all
  50. 1993: Wounded Bosnian girl flown to UK
  51. 1974: Ford takes over as Nixon quits
  52. 1971: NI activates internment law
  53. 1945: Atom bomb hits Nagasaki
  54. 2001: Hamiltons condemn 'sex assault' arrest
  55. 1977: Tight security for Queen's Irish visit
  56. 1964: Guns fall silent in Cyprus
  57. 1990: Magellan starts mapping Venus
  58. 1988: Mysterious seal disease spreads
  59. 2003: Britain swelters in record heat
  60. 1961: Berliners wake to divided city
  61. 1966: China announces Cultural Revolution
  62. 1977: Violent clashes at NF march
  63. 1985: Heart-lung transplant makes history
  64. 1991: Prince quits in museum design row
  65. 1980: Shipyard Poles strike for their rights
  66. 1969: British troops sent into Northern Ireland
  67. 1941: Secret meetings seal US-Britain alliance
  68. 2001: Setback for NI peace process
  69. 2003: Lights go out across NE America
  70. 1979: Disgraced ex-MP released from jail
  71. 1990: One in five yet to pay poll tax
  72. Puffbox - SINGLE matthew sheahan
  73. 1979: Freak storm hits yacht race
  74. 2000: Rescuers race to save stricken Kursk
  75. 1971: 'V-sign' costs rider victory
  76. 2005: Settlers protest at Gaza pullout
  77. 1950: Princess gives birth to second child
  78. 1945: Allied nations celebrate VJ Day
  79. 1965: Los Angeles riot toll keeps rising
  80. 1998: Dozens die in Omagh bombing
  81. Puffbox - SINGLE omagh witness
  82. 1985: Virgin voyage ends in disaster
  83. 1952: Flood devastates Devon village
  84. 2004: Dozens stranded in Cornish floods
  85. 1977: Rock and roll 'king' Presley dies
  86. 1984: DeLorean cleared of drugs charges
  87. 2003: 'War criminal' Idi Amin dies
  88. 2001: Diana butler charged with theft
  89. 1998: Clinton admits Lewinsky affair
  90. 1987: Hitler's deputy found dead
  91. 1999: Turkey hit by huge earthquake
  92. 2000: Prince William makes the grade
  93. 1978: US balloonists' record Atlantic crossing
  94. 1969: Woodstock music festival ends
  95. 1964: South Africa banned from Olympics
  96. 1992: Serbian prison camps condemned
  97. 1989: Man U sold in record takeover deal
  98. 1971: British Army shot 'unarmed' disabled man
  99. 1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing
  100. 1992: Duchess of York in photos row
  101. 1992: Iraq jails 'lost' Briton
  102. 1978: Two dead after El Al crew ambushed
  103. 1989: Marchioness river crash 'kills 30'
  104. Puffbox - SINGLE prague witness
  105. 1968: Russia brings winter to 'Prague Spring'
  106. 1973: 'Bloody Sunday' inquest accuses Army
  107. 1986: Hundreds gassed in Cameroon lake disaster
  108. 1983: Filipino opposition leader shot dead
  109. 1986: Giant glacier threatens eco disaster
  110. Puffbox - SINGLE kenyatta witness
  111. 1978: Kenya's founding father dies
  112. 1972: Rhodesia out of Olympics
  113. 1986: Police chief cleared of misconduct
  114. 1999: Man in custody after burglary shooting
  115. 1966: ICI announces big nylon job losses
  116. 1990: Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage show
  117. 1991: Gorbachev punishes coup plotters
  118. 1961: Couple found shot in A6 lay-by
  119. 1985: West German spy chief defects to East
  120. 1979: Kurdish revolt grows in Iran
  121. 1993: Michael Jackson accused of child abuse
  122. 1985: Sleeping boy killed in police raid
  123. 1990: Irish hostage released in Lebanon
  124. 1954: Brazilian president found dead
  125. 1967: Penguins cool off in heat wave
  126. 1959: US to 'stand by' West Germans
  127. 1975: Rhodesia peace talks fail
  128. 1985: Budd smashes 5,000m record
  129. 1994: Man gets 'bionic' heart
  130. 1962: Abortion mother returns home
  131. 1950: Television crosses the Channel
  132. 1967: Beatles' manager Epstein dies
  133. 1990: 'Guinness Four' guilty
  134. 1979: Soldiers die in Warrenpoint massacre
  135. 1987: Maclennan replaces Owen in SDP
  136. 1979: IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten
  137. 1963: King's dream for racial harmony
  138. 2003: Blair gives evidence to Hutton
  139. 2004: Second gold for Kelly Holmes
  140. 1994: Sunday trading legalised
  141. 1972: Prince William killed in plane crash
  142. 1985: East Germans charged with espionage
  143. 1976: Notting Hill Carnival ends in riot
  144. 1980: Polish workers win trade union rights
  145. 1982: PLO leader forced from Beirut
  146. 2001: Milosevic to face genocide charge
  147. 1968: Princess Marina laid to rest
  148. 1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
  149. 1994: IRA declares 'complete' ceasefire
  150. 1959: Anglo-US TV debate makes history
  151. 1977: Smith keeps power in Rhodesia
  152. 1989: Royal couple to separate
  153. 1957: Malaya celebrates independence
  154. 1939: Germany invades Poland
  155. 1983: Korean airliner 'shot down'
  156. 1997: Diana driver was 'drunk and speeding'
  157. 1976: Water crisis deepens
  158. 2003: Widow tells Hutton Kelly felt 'betrayed'
  159. 1969: Bloodless coup in Libya
  160. 1960: Game on for British betting shops
  161. 1945: Japan signs unconditional surrender
  162. 1979: Ripper suspected of 12th murder
  163. 1984: Seven killed in Sydney biker shootings
  164. 1951: Designers prepare to dazzle Venice
  165. 1994: Roy Castle loses battle with cancer
  166. 1959: UK's first trunk call from a pay phone
  167. 1979: Mountbatten buried after final parade
  168. 1975: London Hilton bombed
  169. 1997: Mother Teresa dies
  170. 1986: Karachi hijack ends in bloodshed
  171. 1965: Indian Army invades W Pakistan
  172. 1952: Dozens die in air show tragedy
  173. 1970: Hundreds held in series of hijacks
  174. 1972: Olympic hostages killed in gun battle
  175. 1997: Diana's funeral watched by millions
  176. 1940: London blitzed by German bombers
  177. 1992: Troops kill 24 at ANC rally
  178. 1952: Egyptian army ousts prime minister
  179. 1978: Callaghan accused of running scared
  180. 1984: Epidemic 'spreads to second hospital'
  181. Puffbox - September 11 index promo
  182. 2001: US declares war on terror
  183. 1977: Steve Biko dies in custody
  184. 2005: England win the Ashes
  185. 1970: Hijacked jets destroyed by guerrillas
  186. 1959: Soviets launch rocket at the Moon
  187. 1997: Scots say 'Yes' to home rule
  188. 2003: Johnny Cash dies
  189. Puffbox - ultra - other 14sept
  190. Puffbox - strap - other 17sept
  191. Puffbox - Deborah Jackson Beirut - SINGLE
  192. Puffbox - ultra Sept 20
  193. Puffbox - ulra sept 22
  194. Puffbox - witness - deal
  195. Puffbox - ultra sept 23
  196. 1975: First Britons conquer Everest
  197. 1980: Iraq bombs Iran as hostilities increase
  198. 1976: White rule in Rhodesia to end
  199. 1992: Mellor resigns over sex scandal
  200. 1988: Gold for Johnson in 100m sprint
  201. Puffbox - SINGLE doug scott
  202. Puffbox - ultra sept 24
  203. Puffbox - ultra sept25
  204. 1973: Concorde slashes Atlantic flight time
  205. 1997: Earthquakes rock central Italy
  206. 1984: UK and China agree Hong Kong handover
  207. 1960: Kennedy and Nixon clash in TV debate
  208. 1944: Airborne troops retreat from Arnhem
  209. Puffbox - ultra Sept26
  210. Puffbox - ultra - sept27
  211. Puffbox - ultra September28
  212. Puffbox - ultra Sept 29
  213. Puffbox - single pope ALSO
  214. 2002: Dozens killed in Bali nightclub explosion
  215. 1986: Reykjavik summit ends in failure
  216. Puffbox - ultra - oct 12
  217. 2000: Suicide bombers attack USS Cole
  218. 1984: Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast
  219. 1978: Sex Pistol Vicious on murder charge
  220. Puffbox - single ALSO china
  221. Puffbox - SINGLE storm witness
  222. 1989: Earthquake hits San Francisco
  223. 2000: Four dead in Hatfield rail crash
  224. 1980: Pope welcomes Queen to the Vatican
  225. 1968: Black athletes make silent protest
  226. 1978: Grey seal cull dramatically reduced
  227. Puffbox - single ALSO nuclear
  228. Puffbox - ultra ALso Oct 19
  229. Puffbox - single cnd
  230. 1986: UK cuts links with Syria over bomb plot
  231. 2003: End of an era for Concorde
  232. 1983: Nilsen 'strangled and mutilated' victims
  233. 2001: Swiss tunnel ablaze after head-on crash
  234. 1945: United Nations Organisation is born
  235. 1984: Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia
  236. 1983: US troops invade Grenada
  237. 2001: Crime rates lowest for 20 years
  238. 1964: President Kaunda takes power in Zambia
  239. 1976: Queen opens National Theatre in London