We've been through the archive and compiled everything we think you need to know about the year. To make it easier
for you to find what you're looking for, everything is organised into categories.
the top stories
66 people died at the Ibrox Park football stadium in Glasgow as crowd
barriers collapsed.
230,000 postal workers went on strike for the first time.
Rolls-Royce declared itself bankrupt.
Apollo 14 landed safely on the moon.
Fashion designer "Coco" Chanel died.
The Government was planning the UK's first 60 commercial radio stations
Unemployment was at 814,819 - the highest figure since 1940.
The Daily Mail appeared for the last time as a broadsheet.
Chelsea won the European Cup Winner's Cup, beating Real Madrid 2-1.
Figures showed that Opportunity Knocks was Britain's most popular television
show with an audience of 6.6 million.
The Government announced that the wearing of crash helmets was to become
compulsory for motorcyclists.
The old one penny and thrupence coins ceased to be legal tender. The Post Office Tower in Central London was
bombed in October.
Princess Anne was named Sports Woman Of The Year.
Micro skirts were just coming into fashion.
Silent film star Harold Lloyd died.
on the chart
The first ever Glastonbury Festival took place.
Michael Jackson made his first solo record "Got To Be There"
at the age of 12.
The best-selling single of the year was My Sweet Lord by George Harrison.
Mick Jaggar married Bianca Perez Morena de Marcias and Abba stars Bjorn
Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog tied the knot.
The Eurovision Song Contest was won by Severine from Monaco with the song
Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue.
on the tv and at the cinema
Columbo, The Two Ronnies, Upstairs Downstairs and The Old Grey Whistle
Test made their UK television debuts.
The top TV shows of the year were Miss World, the Benny Hill Show, the
Eurovision Song Contest, This Is Your Life and Coronation Street. Woody Allen directed his first film Bananas.
Packing in the crowds at the local cinema were Death in Venice, Love Story,
Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Fiddler On The Roof.
Patten won the Oscar for Best Picture.
sports achievements and milestones
Princess Anne was named Sportswoman of the Year.
Henry Cooper retired from boxing.
Arsenal won the First Division title and the FA Cup.
John Newcombe and Evonne Goolagong became the Wimbledon singles' champions.
Specify won the Grand National.
Jackie Stewart was the Formula 1 world champion.
The Open Golf Championship was won by Lee Trevino.
and finally
New words included artificial intelligence, no-go area and oil spill.
Twin-bladed razors, Nike trainers and pocket calculators were available
in the shops for the first time.
The UK changed over to the new decimal currency as old fashioned pounds,
shillings and pence ceased to be legal tender.
your memories
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