15 Aug	1950: Princess gives birth to second child
15 Feb	1952: King George VI is laid to rest
08 Feb	1952: New Queen proclaimed for UK
25 Dec	1952: Queen makes first Christmas speech
16 Apr	1953: Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia
15 May	1954: Queen returns after lengthy voyage
16 Dec	1955: Queen opens London Airport terminal
17 Oct	1956: Queen switches on nuclear power
09 Jun	1958: Queen opens revamped Gatwick
26 Jun	1959: Queen and Eisenhower open seaway
20 Sep	1967: Queen Elizabeth 2 takes to the waves
18 May	1972: Duke too ill for tea with the Queen
14 Nov	1973: Crowds cheer marriage of Princess Anne
03 Nov	1975: North Sea oil begins to flow
25 Oct	1976: Queen opens National Theatre in London
10 Aug	1977: Tight security for Queen's Irish visit
16 Dec	1977: Queen opens 'tube' link to Heathrow
03 Aug	1978: Queen opens Commonwealth Games
05 Jul	1979: Queen oversees Manx millennium
27 Aug	1979: IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten
05 Sep	1979: Mountbatten buried after final parade
13 Jun	1981: Queen shot at by youth
29 Jul	1981: Charles and Diana marry
14 Sep	1981: Queen's 'fantasy assassin' jailed
03 Mar	1982: Queen opens Barbican Centre
23 Jul	1986: Prince Andrew weds Sarah Ferguson
19 Mar	1992: Fergie and Andrew split
20 Nov	1992: Blaze rages in Windsor Castle
26 Nov	1992: Queen to be taxed from next year
29 Apr	1993: Queen to open Palace doors
06 May	1994: President and Queen open Chunnel
09 Mar	1995: Queen marks peace in Belfast
20 Dec	1995: 'Divorce': Queen to Charles and Diana
12 Apr	2000: Queen honours NI police
30 Mar	2002: Queen Mother dies
09 Apr	2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla