22 Jul	1965: Sir Alec steps down from top of Tory tree
16 Dec	1969: MPs vote to abolish hanging
19 Jun	1970: Shock election win for Heath
20 Jan	1972: UK unemployment tops one million
06 Nov	1972: Pay and price freeze aims to curb inflation
09 Dec	1973: Sunningdale Agreement signed
07 Feb	1974: Heath calls snap election over miners
06 Mar	1974: Miners' strike comes to an end
28 May	1974: Strikes topple NI power-sharing body
11 Oct	1974: Labour scrapes working majority
22 Oct	1974: Bomb blast in London club
11 Feb	1975: Tories choose first woman leader
10 Dec	1990: Iraq frees British hostages