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| 1st Colour Pictures Shah, Eddie |  |
| 3rd Mar Today becomes the 1st national daily to carry colour pictures |
| Ambassador Zamyatin, Leonid Mitrofanovich |  |
| London Appointed Ambassador to Britain |
| Amnesty Aquino, Maria Corazon |  |
| 27th Feb Announces an amnesty for all political prisoners |
| Archbishop of Church of Kenya Kuria, Manasses |  |
| Appointed Archbishop of the Church of Kenya |
| Archbishop of Sth Africa Tutu, Desmond Mpilo Boy |  |
| Appointed Archbishop of the Church of Sth Africa |
| Arrest Sison, Jose Ma | |
| Released in an attempt to force the NDF to lay down its arms s |
| Arrest Shcharansky, Anatoly | |
| 11th Feb Released during an exchange for 5 East Europeans |
| Arrest Sisulu, Zwelakhe | |
| 26th June Sth African journalist Zwelakhe is Sisulu arrested |
| Assassination Besse, Georges |  |
| Besse is assassinated by Action Directe |
| Assassination Gandhi, Indira Nehru |  |
| 22nd Jan 3 Sikhs are sentenced to death for the assassination of Indira Gandhi |
| Award Kissinger Kissinger, Henry Alfred |  |
| Awarded the Medal of Liberty |
| Big Audio Dynamite Jones, Mick | |
| Strummer collaborates with ex-bandmate Mick Jones on BAD's second album, No. 10 Upping St., co-producing the album and co-writing seven of its songs |
| Big Audio Dynamite Strummer, Joe | |
| Strummer collaborates with ex-bandmate Mick Jones on BAD's second album, No. 10 Upping St., co-producing the album and co-writing seven of its songs |
| Bombing of Libya Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 9th April Agreed due to USAsupport in the Falklands & Article 51 of the UN treaty |
| 9th April Agrees to President Reagans request to use USAaircraft based in Britain to bomb Libya |
| 14th April Carried out by 16 F1-11s based in the UK on 5 terrorist targets |
| 14th April The USAconfirms that it will be using British bases to bomb Libya |
| Bombing of Tripoli Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 15th April Tripoli The USAuses Britain as a base to launch an 11 minute attack on Gadaffi's HQ in Tripoli |
| Bombing of Tripoli Gaddafi, Muammar Muhammed |  |
| 15th April Tripoli Carried out by 16 USAF1-11s based in the UK on 5 terrorist targets |
| 15th April Tripoli Survives an American bombing raid, some members of his family become casualties |
| Booker Prize Kingsley Amiss, Kingsley | |
| Winner of the Booker Prize |
| Books Botha, Pieter | |
| Pretoria Africa Pass books are abolished |
| Budget Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Cuts basic rate of income tax by 1 penny |
| London Introduces Personal Equity Plans to encourage personal investment |
| Capture of Fao Khomeini, Ruhollah |  |
| Fao Peninsular Iran occupies the Fao Peninsular |
| Capture of Fao Hussein, Saddam |  |
| Fao Peninsular Iran occupies the Fao Peninsular |
| Capture of Faw Khomeini, Ruhollah | |
| 19th Feb Faw Iran captures the port of Faw & gains control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway |
| Capture of Faw Hussein, Saddam | |
| 19th Feb Faw Iran captures the port of Faw & gains control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway |
| Central Committee Bakatin, Vadim Viktorovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Central Committee Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich | |
| June Moscow Appointed Candidate Member of the Central Committee |
| Chairman FPO Haider, Jorg |  |
| Vienna Appointed Chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party |
| Chancellor Vranitzky, Franz | |
| 16th June Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term |
| Channel Tunnel Mitterand, Francois | |
| 19th Jan Lille Mitterand & Thatcher agree to undertake the Channel building project |
| Channel Tunnel Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 19th Jan Lille Mitterand & Thatcher agree to undertake the Channel building project |
| Chief of Staff Ramos, Fidel | |
| Feb Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Committee Privileges Patil, Pratibha | |
| Appointed Chairman, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha; Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha |
| Composition Hutchence, Michael |  |
| Sydney INXS release the Album, "Falling Down the Mountain" |
| Composition Burchill, Charlie | |
| Simple Minds release "Live in the City of Light", UK no 1 Album |
| Composition Bush, Kate | |
| Records the Album, "The Whole Story" |
| Composition Gabriel, Peter | |
| Gabriel achieves his greatest popularity with th So album, highlights being "Sledgehammer" (a #1 smash in the US, knocking Genesis 's Invisible Touch off of the top spot), "Big Time" & "Don't Give Up" with Kate Bush |
| Composition Kerr, Jim | |
| Simple Minds release "Live in the City of Light", UK no 1 Album |
| Composition Laswell, Bill | |
| Public Image Limited released Album (also known as Compact Disc and Cassette). Most of the tracks on this album were written by Lydon and Bill Laswell |
| Composition Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| Bark At The Moon and The Ultimate Sin are certified platinum |
| Ozzy releases The Ultimate Sin - which became his first Top 10 LP in the USAand had the favorite "Shot In The Dark |
| Composition Page, James Patrick "Jimmy" | |
| Page reunites temporarily with his Yardbirds bandmates to play on several tracks of the Box of Frogs album Strange Land |
| Composition Rotten, Johnny | |
| Public Image Limited released Album (also known as Compact Disc and Cassette). Most of the tracks on this album were written by Lydon and Bill Laswell |
| Composition Strummer, Joe | |
| Joe Strummer releases the first of his solo albums, "Earthquake Weather", which was neither a commercial nor critical success |
| Composition Winwood, Steve | |
| Tops the Billboard Hot 100 with "Higher Love" |
| Composition Madonna | |
| 7th June Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1 |
| Composition Springstein, Bruce | |
| Releases "Live: 1975-1985", No 1 USAAlbum |
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