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| ABIM Anwar, Ibrahim |  |
| Founds the Islam Youth Movement |
| Admiral Heath, Edward Richard George |  |
| Captains Britain's winning team for the Admiral's Cup |
| Admiral's Cup Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| Captain's Britain's winning Admiral's Cup yachting team |
| Agreement Addis Ababa Nemieri, Jaafar al |  |
| Khartoum Negotiates a settlement with the southern rebels & grants regional autonomy |
| Alliance Gandhi, Indira Nehru |  |
| Supports Bangladeshi freedom fighters (Mukti Bahini) with resources & training |
| ANC Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 17th Dec The African National Council is formed to reject the Anglo-Rhodesia settlement |
| ANC Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa |  |
| Lusaka Africa Appointed Assistant Secretary to the ANC to its Revolutionary Council |
| Arc Light Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| 1st June The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,000 |
| Arrest Rahman, Mujibar |  |
| 22nd Dec Mujibur Rahman is released from prison & becomes President of Bangladesh |
| Arrest Tebbit, Norman | |
| London Pauline Jones had kidnapped a baby after a miscarriage & was given 3 yrs |
| London Tebbit reduces Pauline Jones ' sentence from 3yrs to 21 months |
| Arrest Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali |  |
| 22nd Dec Mujibur Rahman is released from prison & becomes President of Bangladesh |
| Assassination Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 10th Mar Belfast 3 off-duty soldiers are murdered in a public house near Belfast |
| Assassination Tai, Wasfi |  |
| 28th Nov Cairo Assassinated by the Black September in Cairo |
| Aswan Dam Sadat, Anwar |  |
| 15th Jan Aswan Dam Officially opens the Aswan Dam |
| Attica Prison Lennon, John Winston | |
| 1st Nov Attica Prison John Lennon appears at a benefit concert at the Apollo Theater for the families of inmates at Attica Prison |
| Bataille Soc Mollet, Guy Alcide |  |
| Paris Founds La Bataille Socialiste after Mitterand has leadership of the Socialist Party |
| Birth Hall, Jerry | |
| 2nd Mar Birth of Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger, Jerry Hall, gives birth to Mick Jagger's daughter Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger |
| Birth Jagger, Bianca | |
| 21st Oct Birth of Jade Jagger, Bianca Jagger, gives birth to Mick Jagger's daughter Jade Jagger |
| Birth Jagger, Mick | |
| 2nd Mar Birth of Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger, Jerry Hall, gives birth to Mick Jagger's daughter Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger |
| 21st Oct Birth of Jade Jagger, Bianca Jagger, gives birth to Mick Jagger's daughter Jade Jagger |
| Birth Armstrong, Lance | |
| 18th Sep Plano Birth of Lance Armstrong |
| Black Sabbath Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| Black Sabbath release the Album, "Masters of Reality" |
| Black Sabbath release the Album, "Volume 4" |
| Black September Meir, Golda |  |
| 28th Nov 'Black September', which Israel claims is a Fatah front under Ali Hasan Salameh & Salah Khalaf |
| Bombing of Belfast Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 4th Dec Belfast An explosion in a public house in Belfast kills 15 |
| Bombing of India Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| 3rd Dec Pakistan bombs Indian airfields |
| Bombing of India Khan, Yahya | |
| 3rd Dec Pakistan bombs Indian airfields |
| Bombing of Rotterdam Arafat, Yasser |  |
| 14th Mar Rotterdam The PLO blow up fuel storage tanks in Rotterdam |
| Budget Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 30th Mar Child allowances & old age pensions are increased |
| 30th Mar Selective employment tax is halved |
| 30th Mar The top rate of tax is reduced to 75% |
| Burial Amin Dada, Idi |  |
| Amin gives the former King and President Mutesa, who had died in exile, a state burial |
| Capture of Rockall Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 3rd Nov Rockall Britain annexes Rockall |
| Capture of Tchepone Lam, Hoang Xuan |  |
| Mar Tchepone Lam captures Tchepone & destroys PAVN supply caches |
| Ceasefire Sadat, Anwar | |
| 7th Mar The ceasfire expires |
| Ceasefire Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| 16th Dec India orders a ceasfire on the West Pakistan border |
| Ceasefire Khan, Yahya | |
| 16th Dec India orders a ceasfire on the West Pakistan border |
| Central Committee Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich |  |
| Mar Moscow Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Chief Minister Roa, Narasimha | |
| Appointed Chief Minister of the federal state of Andhra Pradesh |
| Commander Arafat, Yasser | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Palestine Revolutionary Forces |
| Company Commander Musharraf, Pervez | |
| Serves as a Company Commander in the SSG Commando Battalion |
| Composition Bolan, Marc | |
| Releases, "Get It On/There Was A Time/Raw Ramp" |
| Releases, "Hot Love/Woodland Rock/King Of The Mountain Cometh" |
| Releases, "Jeepster/Life's A Gas" |
| Composition Bowie, David | |
| Releases Album "Hunky Dory" |
| Releases Album, "The Man Who Sold The World" |
| Composition Clapton, Eric Patrick | |
| Clapton features in "Concert for Bangladesh" |
| Releases Album, "Eric Clapton" |
| Composition Cocker, Joe | |
| Releases Album, "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" |
| Composition Harrison, George | |
| 15th Feb Releases the single, "What Is Life?" in America |
| 28th July Releases the single, "Bangla Desh" in America |
| Composition Lennon, John Winston | |
| London Releases the single & album, "Imagine" |
| 6th June John Lennon & Yoko Ono jam with Frank Zappa at the Fillmore East in New York City, recorded for subsequent release on the Plastic Ono Band album 'Sometime in New York City' |
| 1st July John Lennon cuts 'Imagine' at his home studio, the anthemic title track is inspired by a message in Yoko Ono's book 'Grapefruit' |
| Composition McCartney, Paul | |
| London Releases first solo single |
| Composition Stewart, Rod | |
| Releases "Every Picture Tells a Story" |
| Composition Townshend, Pete | |
| The Who release "Who's Next", using the available "Lifehouse" material, hence ending the project |
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