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| | Biographies |
Aguilera, Jaime Roldos
Akhromeev, Sergei Fedorovich
Ali, Muhammad
Allen, Bryan
Amin, Hafizullah
Amin Dada, Idi
Andropov, Yuri
Asad, Hafiz al
Austin, Tracy
Azikiwe, Nnambi
Bakhtiar, Shahpur
Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al-
Barrah, Muhammad Siyad
Bazargan, Mehdi
Begin, Menachem
Benn, Anthony Wedgewood
Berry, Chuck
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali
Biffen, John
Bishop, Maurice
Borg, Bjorn
Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych
Callaghan, James
Carlisle, Mark
Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert
Carstens, Karl
Carter, Jimmy
Cavaco Silva, Anibal
Chadli, Benjedid
Charles Philip Edmund
Charles XVI
Chun, Doo-hwan
Clarke, Joe
Clough, Brian
Coe, Sebastian Newbold
Corbett, Harry "H"
Cuomo, Mario
Curtis, Ian
Dayan, Moshe
Demirel, Suleyman
Desai, Morarji Ranchodji
Devoto, Howard
Dubs, Adolph
Dury, Ian
Evans, Dave
Felldin, Thorbjorn
Field, Frank
Fonda, Jane
Francis, Trevor
Galileo, Galilei
Galtieri, Leopoldo
Gilmour, Dave
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich
Gouldman, Graham
Haig, Alexander Megis
Hamdani, Adnan
Hannett, Martin
Hattersley, Roy
Haughey, Charles
Haya de la Torre, Victor Raul
Heaney, Seamus
Heller, Joseph
Herrera, Luis
Heseltine, Michael
Hewson, Bono
Hinault, Bernard
Hoddle, Glenn
Hogg
Hook, Peter
Howe, Geoffrey
Hume, John
Hurlimann, Hans
Hussein, Saddam
Ingham, Bernard
Jenkins, Roy
Joseph
Kantar, Samir
Karmal, Babrak
Keegan, Joseph Kevin
Khomeini, Ruhollah
King
Kinnock, Neil
Klibi, Chedli
Kreisky, Bruno
Lasch, Christopher
Louly, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould
Mahmoud, Walid
Mailer, Norman Kingsley
Major, John Roy
Martens, Wilfried
McEnroe, John
Mengele, Josef
Mugabe, Robert Gabriel
Museveni, Yoweri Kaguta
Muzorewa, Abel
Neave, Airey
Nkomo, Joshua
Nott, John
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage
Ohira, Masayoshi
Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy"
Oueddei, Goukouni
Pahlavi
Park, Chung-Hee
Peel, John
Peng, Li
Pinto, Mota
Plant, Robert Anthony
Polanski, Roman
Pot, Pol
Reddy, Neelam Sanjiva
Rifkind, Malcolm
Roberto, Holden Alvaro
Romero, Carlos Humberto
Rotten, Johnny
Ruillan, Jean-Marc
Sadat, Anwar
Salek, Mustafa Ould
Samrin, Heng
Santos, Jos‚ Eduardo dos
Schmidt, Helmut Heinrich Waldemar
Sellars, Peter
Sen, Hun
Shakir, Salim
Shawa, Lol Mohamed
Shelley, Pete
Sihanouk
Simon, Robin
Singh, Charan
Smith, Ian Douglas
Soames, Christopher
Steel, David
Straw, Jack
Strummer, Joe
Sumner, Bernard
Suzuki, Daisetsu Teitaro
Taraki, Nur Muhammad
Teresa
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
Townshend, Pete
Ure, Midge
Ustinov, Dmitry
Vicious, Sid
Viljoen, Marais
Walker, Peter
Waters, Roger
Wayne, John
Weller, Paul
Whitelaw, William
Wright, Rick
Xiaoping, Deng
Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad
Ziyang, Zhao
| | Places |
Alma
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| | 1st Channel Crossing Allen, Bryan | |
| 12th June Pedals the flying "Gossamer Albatross" over the English Channel |
| 1st Million Pound Footballer Clough, Brian | |
| 9th Feb Clough signs the 24-year-old Birmingham City FC striker Trevor Francis - Britain's first ś1 million footballer |
| 1st Million Pound Footballer Francis, Trevor | |
| 1st Feb Clough signs the 24-year-old Birmingham City FC striker Trevor Francis - Britain's first ś1 million footballer |
| Abdication Pahlavi | |
| 16th Jan Tehran Deposed while "on holiday" |
| 16th Jan Tehran Due to inflation, isolation & resistance by an older generation of religious zealots |
| Action Directe Ruillan, Jean-Marc | |
| Helps found the terrorist organization Action Directe |
| Afghan Revolutionary Central Committee Karmal, Babrak | |
| 27th Dec Kabul The AfghanRevolutionary Central Committee elects as head of Government former Deputy Prime Minister Babrak Karmal |
| Arab League Sadat, Anwar | |
| Cairo Suspended from the Arab League for making peace with Israel |
| Arab League Begin, Menachem | |
| 31st Mar The Arab League suspends Egypt following its treaty with Israel |
| Arrest Amin, Hafizullah | |
| 14th Sep Kabul President Taraki tries to have Amin assassinated but fails, Amin has him arrested |
| Arrest Taraki, Nur Muhammad | |
| 10th Oct Kabul Officially dies under arrest for trying to assassinate Prime Minister Hafizullah Amin |
| Arrest Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 4th April Bhutto, who had returned to Pakistan after completing her studies, is placed under house arrest in the wake of her father's imprisonment and subsequent execution |
| Assassination Taraki, Nur Muhammad | |
| 10th Oct Kabul Officially dies under arrest for trying to assassinate Prime Minister Hafizullah Amin |
| 10th Oct Kabul The Kabul Times announces Taraki's death |
| Assassination Neave, Airey | |
| 30th Mar London Killed by a car bomb in the House of Commons |
| Assassination Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 29th Aug Belfast Visits the people of Belfast after the assassination of Lord Mountbatten & 18 soldiers |
| Assassination Hamdani, Adnan | |
| 22nd July Death of Adnan Hamdani, executed by Hussein |
| Assassination Mahmoud, Walid | |
| 22nd July Death of Walid Mahmoud, tortured & executed by Hussein |
| Assassination Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 27th Dec Kabul A broadcast from a facility in Soviet Uzbekistan announces that the execution of Hafizullah Amin was carried out by the AfghanRevolutionary Central Committee |
| 27th Dec Kabul At 7:15, the storm of Tajbeg Palace begins, with the clear objective to depose or kill President Hafizullah Amin, the operation ends with the death of Amin, and lasted 45 minutes |
| Assassination South Chun, Doo-hwan | |
| In charge of military intelligence during Park's assassination |
| Assassination South Park, Chung-Hee | |
| Assassination of Chung-Hee Park |
| Assassination Haig, Alexander Megis | |
| 25th June Escapes an assassination attempt by the reconstituted Baader-Meinhof Group |
| 25th June Survives an attempt on his life near the NATO HQ in Belgium |
| Birth Charles Philip Edmund | |
| 13th May Stockholm Birth of Charles Philip Edmund, eldest son of Charles XVI |
| Birth Charles XVI | |
| 13th May Stockholm Birth of Charles Philip Edmund Bertil, Charles XVI's son |
| Bombing of Nahariya Begin, Menachem | |
| Nahariya Samir Kantar kills three Israelis in the northern city of Nahariya |
| Bombing of Nahariya Kantar, Samir | |
| Nahariya Samir Kantar kills three Israelis in the northern city of Nahariya |
| Budget Clarke, Joe | |
| Quebec Clarke's budget proposal's are defeated & he is forced to call an election |
| Budget Thatcher, Margaret Hilda </ | | |
