Nixon visits China. Arab terrorists seize Olympic hostages. American combat troops withdraw from Vietnam. "Bloody Sunday" shootings in Belfast. Tutankhamun comes to London.
Drought hits Britain. Harold Wilson quits Number 10. Princess Margaret and Snowdon part. Israeli commandos free Entebbe hostages. Death of Mao Tse Tung.
Saddam invades Kuwait. Nelson Mandela is freed. Channel Tunnel meets in middle. Frank Bruno marries. Soviet troops pull out of Czechoslovakia. Thatcher resigns.