1968 Day by Day
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1968 Day by Day
The TUC ignores the government pay ceilings and London Transport is accused of racism.
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A stand collapses at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Kempton Park, injuring dozens
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Guitarist Eric Clapton announces the break-up of Cream because of a loss of direction.
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General Westmoreland leaves Vietnam with a bleak prediction for the war's future.
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Press baron Cecil King attacks Harold Wilson. 2001: A Space Odyssey is released in the UK.
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America's Civil Rights Bill is signed by President Lyndon B Johnson.
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Leonard Cohen appears on the BBC's Top Gear radio programme.
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Singer Frankie Vaughan becomes an unlikely mediator between violent Glasgow youth gangs.
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Henry Cooper is involved in controversy at Eton. The Beatles show tensions in the studio.
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The Sorbonne is reopened in Paris. Students riot in Bonn.
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A human rights pilgrimage to Canterbury continues and Blackpool holidays are under threat.
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Riots in Los Angeles leave three dead.
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Southampton busmen protest against pay freezes with a go-slow campaign.
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Daniel Cohn-Bendit arrives in London. The UN approves the nuclear non-proliferation treaty
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In the US, the Poor People's March reaches Washington. Noele Gordon quits Crossroads.
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The first of a series of major Mafia trials begins in Sicily.
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Georgios Papadopoulos, leader of the Greek junta, survives an assassination attempt.
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Seatbelt laws come into effect, leaving 100,000 car owners driving illegally.
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The BBC airs its controversial Students In Revolt programme.
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A general strike brings Paris to a halt. Crucial Vietnam peace talks begin.
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On Easter Sunday, the pope condemns the war in Vietnam.
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Two deputy editors of the Czech Communist party newspaper are suspended.
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Bastille Day sees protestors returning to the streets of Paris.
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Women at Ford's Dagenham plant go on strike.
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US presidential candidates try to woo farmers. A newspaper strike hits the UK.
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Aldermaston marchers reach London and the FBI close in on Martin Luther King's killer.
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Record producer Mickie Most explains the secret of his success.
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Sir Hugh Greene announces his retirement as the BBC's Director General.
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Roy Jenkins warns the House of Lords not to oppose the Commons.
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Reporters witness the aftermath of the Battle of Saigon. Trouble continues in Paris.
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America announces the beginning of the slow process of returning Vietnam to the Vietnamese
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Sixty Roman Catholic Priests join a revolt against the Pope's ban on the pill.
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Americans reinvent football.
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French police retake the Sorbonne from the students. Edward Kennedy speaks to the nation.
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Four die when part of a high-rise block collapses at Ronan Point in London.
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Decimalisation of the UK's currency begins and conductor Sir John Barbirolli retires.
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A BBC programme examines democracy in America.
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President Abdel-Rahman Aref of Iraq is overthrown in Saddam Hussein's coup.
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Fred West, Britain's first heart transplant patient, is critical.
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Robert Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.
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The clear-up begins after the Ronan Point disaster.
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Greeks protest at the ruling junta as the first anniversary of their coup approaches.
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Opposition to the Pope's ruling against artificial birth control mounts.
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Labour narrowly defeat Plaid Cymru's Phil Williams in the Caerphilly by-election.
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Three British protestors are released from a Moscow jail.
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Central London cleans up after Sunday's anti-Vietnam riots.
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Forged tickets cause havoc at the FA Cup Final.
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PM Harold Wilson takes a tough line with the unions.
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Two planes collide over the Norfolk town of Holt.
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Vietnam peace talks take place in Honolulu.
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Nelson Rockefeller joins the Republican race for the US Presidency.
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The Chancellor raises taxes by almost a billion pounds.
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The Cannes Film Festival is abandoned due to protests.
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Robert Kennedy reacts to Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek another term as president.
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Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan calls for an honourable peace in Vietnam.
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Red rain falls over much of Britain.
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One of the last public executioners shows his sensitive side. Biafran peace talks collapse
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On its fortieth anniversary, the Flying Scotsman runs non-stop from London to Edinburgh.
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Enoch Powell delivers his notorious Rivers of Blood speech.
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Soviet troops begin their invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Jane Asher announces that she has split from Paul McCartney.
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Vice President Hubert Humphrey launches his campaign for the US presidency.
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The Duke of Edinburgh allows himself to be interviewed live on television.
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Strikes spread across France. No public transport is running and tourists are heading home
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In Trafalgar Square, 5,000 people protest against the military junta in Greece.
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Czechoslovakia wakes to the news that Soviet troops are occupying its major cities.
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A protest against the Vietnam war erupts into violence in London's Grosvenor Square.
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French election campaigns draw to a close. Yehudi Menuhin bows out of the Bath festival.
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Trouble flares in the Middle East and troop numbers in Vietnam are dramatically increased.
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The Nigerian army captures the Biafran stronghold of Port Harcourt.
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Steel workers strike in support of Enoch Powell.
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Demonstrations take place as opposition to the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia mounts.
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An inquiry by Sir John Newsome into the education system publishes its recommendations.
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Barbara Cartland proposes a novel solution to the UK's productivity crisis.
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Prime Minister Harold Wilson faces student protests and heavy fighting continues in Biafra
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French workers are on strike, with violence erupting between Nationalists and Communists.
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Dockers march on Parliament in support of Enoch Powell. Decimal coins are introduced.
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Czechoslovak workers strike in protest against the Soviet invasion.
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An El Al flight en route to Tel Aviv is hijacked by three Palestinian militants.
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The first round of elections takes place in France.
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Yippies take over Grand Central Station in New York.
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French student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit is sent back to his native Germany.
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The International Olympic Committee withdraws South Africa's invitation to Mexico City.
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Concern grows over the whereabouts of Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek.
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Widespread rioting erupts in Cleveland, Ohio, after two unarmed police officers are shot.
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A work-to-rule by unions brings chaos to Britain's railways.
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Labour loses the Nelson and Colne by-election.
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Harlem senator Adam Clayton Powell warns of racial civil war in the US.
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The Kray brothers are charged with conspiracy to murder. The Liverpool bus strike ends.
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Ethnic minorities speak out against Enoch Powell.
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Thousands attend a rally for Czechoslovakian freedom in London's Hyde Park.
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A man is found crucified on Hampstead Heath. Strangely, there is no bleeding.
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Foot and mouth restrictions are lifted in the UK. Violence erupts on Glasgow's streets.
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Aer Lingus flight 712 crashes in the Irish Sea killing 61 people.
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Reporters witness the aftermath of violent street battles across France.
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The American base at Khe Sanh in Vietnam is shown not to be as safe as previously thought.
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The Democratic Party convention opens in Chicago.
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Mick Jagger celebrates his 25th birthday with a preview of the new Rolling Stones album.
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Civil service reforms are announced.
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Paul McCartney returns from meditating in the Himalayas.
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Anarchists in London try to storm the French embassy.
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Martin Luther King's widow delivers his 10 Commandments on Vietnam.
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Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek returns from Moscow and broadcasts an emotional plea.
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Preliminary peace talks between Nigeria and breakaway Biafra end inconclusively.
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Celebrations and protests mark 50 years of female suffrage in the UK.
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There is student unrest in Germany. Welsh nationalist extremists set off another bomb.
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Martin Luther King leads a protest in Memphis that ends in disaster.
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Thousands march through London to protest against Enoch Powell.
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The Democrats choose Hubert Humphrey as their candidate for the White House.
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Eldridge Cleaver, civil rights activist and US presidential candidate, makes a speech.
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John Tusa looks back at the news 40 years ago. Welsh extremists strike again.
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Douglas Bader returns to Bomber Command. Students take over Hornsey College of Art.
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The UK sees a landslide Tory victory in the by-elections.
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Ralph Abernathy delivers his first speech since taking over from Martin Luther King.
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The former ambassador to Czechoslovakia tells of his lucky escape from a Russian tank.
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The BBC screens the futuristic drama The Year of the Sex Olympics.
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Missing round-the-world yachtsman Alec Rose comes back into radio contact.
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A Kennedy loses for the first time. Daniel Cohn-Bendit sneaks back into France.
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Snow covers Britain and two bombs placed by the Baader-Meinhof group explode in Frankfurt.
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As talks continue, demonstrators in Prague call for greater Czech sovereignty.
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Yorkshire County Cricket club beat the touring Australians by an innings and 69 runs.
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Anti-Vietnam War protests erupt in Delhi. Andy Williams makes his UK debut.
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In France, Nanterre University is closed. Israel celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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Yuri Gagarin is buried and Czechoslovakia's new president is sworn in.
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Police break up the student uprising at Columbia University.
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Several of Eugene McCarthy's staff are beaten after Chicago police raid their headquarters
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The Archbishop of Canterbury disagrees with the Pope's recent ruling on contraception.
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A victory for President de Gaulle's party in the second round of the French elections.
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General De Gaulle is in a defiant mood. Manchester United win the European Cup.
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Lyndon Johnson signals the end to his presidency and riots break out in Japan.
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Nigerian leader Yakubu Gowon signals that the Biafran conflict could soon be over.
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The first ever episode of Dad's Army is aired on BBC TV.
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Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe gets married.
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Dr Martin Luther King delivers a speech in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Sirhan Sirhan appears in court, accused of the murder of Senator Bobby Kennedy.
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Mixed marriages come under the spotlight.
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Andy Warhol is shot. Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland split up.
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The US and North Vietnam finally agree where to hold peace talks.
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The assassination of Dr Martin Luther King in Memphis marks a dark day in American history
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US sprinter Tommy Smith backs a boycott of the Mexico Olympics by black American athletes.
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The round-the-world yachtsman Alec Rose returns from his 354-day journey.
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Scientologists are turned away from the UK. De Gaulle borrows millions from the IMF.
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Britain's first heart transplant patient wakes and people in Beirut take to the streets.
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Riots rage in America following the death of Dr Martin Luther King.
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Peace talks commence in Addis Ababa between Nigeria and breakaway Biafra.
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With John Tusa. Rod Laver beats Tony Roche to win Wimbledon in straight sets.
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Robert Kennedy is shot. Police hold gunman Sirhan Sirhan.
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Parisian students take to the streets. Harold Wilson talks about race relations.
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Sammy Davis Jnr pleads for the rioting to stop in America.
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Residents Associations fight attempts to rehouse Ronan Point victims in tower blocks.
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As 150,000 face starvation, ten tons of relief supplies are airlifted into Biafra.
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Robert Kennedy dies. Chay Blyth embarks upon a circumnavigation of the world.
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Spain closes its border with Gibraltar. The Virgin Mary is seen by thousands in Cairo.
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Palm Sunday is declared a day of mourning for Martin Luther King as rioting continues.
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Ukranian students in London demonstrate against political arrests in the USSR.
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Anti-racism marchers clash with Enoch Powell supporters in Whitehall.
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ETA carry out their first assassination.
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Sikh candidates from both Labour and Conservative parties canvass in local elections.
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Hanoi and Washington enter into talks. A Boeing 707 plane crashes at Heathrow.
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Richard Nixon wins the Republican Party's nomination for the presidential election.
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The Bank of England announces a large international loan to stave off financial problems.
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Martin Luther King's killer is caught at Heathrow. Edward Kennedy delivers Bobby's eulogy.
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The Krays are arrested. SNP trounce Labour in Scottish council elections.
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Martin Luther King's funeral takes place. Labour details the Race Relations Bill.
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48 passengers die as a British airliner carrying holiday-makers to Austria crashes.
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Australian police continue to lay siege to Sydney gunman Wally Mellish.
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President Tito concedes to angry students. Jimmy Savile improves Anglo-French relations.
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Labour suffers losses in local elections. John Barbirolli announces his last performance.