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1. 1970
  January 1, 1991
Troops shoot students at Kent State. First 'Jumbo' lands at Heathrow. Edward Heath wins election. Oil disaster in North Sea. 'The Beatles' break up.
 
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2. 1971
  January 1, 1991
Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda. First British soldier killed in Ulster. Hot pants arrive. My Lai massacre court martial. Mick Jagger weds Bianca.
 
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3. 1972
  January 1, 1991
Nixon visits China. Arab terrorists seize Olympic hostages. American combat troops withdraw from Vietnam. 'Bloody Sunday' shootings in Belfast. Tutankhamun comes to London.
 
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4. 1973
  January 1, 1991
Peace treaty ends Vietnam war. The Watergate Affair. Yom Kippur War. Britain's three-day week. Princess Anne engaged.
 
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5. 1974
  January 1, 1991
Nixon resigns. Harold Wilson wins election. John Stonehouse disappears. Police search for Lord Lucan. Georges Pompidou dies.
 
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6. 1975
  January 1, 1991
'Thatcherism' is born. Balcombe Street siege. First oil flows from North Sea. Spaghetti House siege. President Ford escapes assassination.
 
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7. 1976
  January 1, 1991
Drought hits Britain. Harold Wilson quits Number 10. Princess Margaret and Snowdon part. Israeli commandos free Entebbe hostages. Death of Mao Tse Tung.
 
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8. 1977
  January 1, 1991
North Sea oil rig disaster. Laker launches 'Sky Train'. Elvis Presley dies. Dutch marines kill train terrorists. Jumbo jets collide and kill 574.
 
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9. 1978
  January 1, 1991
Donald Woods escapes from South Africa. First test-tube baby. Jeremy Thorpe faces trial. Pope John Paul II dies. Red Brigade kidnaps Aldo Moro.
 
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10. 1979
  January 1, 1991
Shah of Iran expelled. Britain's Winter of Discontent. Three Mile Island disaster. US Embassy staff seized in Iran. Murder of Mountbatten.
 
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11. 1980
  January 1, 1991
John Lennon shot. SAS storms Iranian embassy. Ronald Reagan wins US election. Hostage rescue mission fails in Iran. Mount St Helens erupts.
 
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12. 1981
  January 1, 1991
The Royal Wedding. Assassination attempts on Reagan and Pope. Anwar Sadat shot. First space shuttle. Iran releases hostages.
 
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13. 1982
  January 1, 1991
Argentina invades the Falklands. Spielberg creates ET. Laker's 'Sky Train' collapses. Unemployment hits 3 million. Cruise missiles arrive in Britain.
 
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14. 1983
  January 1, 1991
South Korean airliner shot down. Reagan promises 'Star Wars'. Thatcher re-elected. America's first woman astronaut. Grenada invaded by US.
 
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15. 1984
  January 1, 1991
Miners strike begins. Shooting at Libyan Embassy. Brighton bombing. Hong Kong hand-over agreed. 'Band Aid' helps Ethiopian victims.
 
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16. 1985
  January 1, 1991
Gorbachev wins power in Russia. Hijackers seize the Achille Lauro. French sink Rainbow Warrior. Madonna marries. Heysel stadium disasters.
 
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17. 1986
  January 1, 1991
Space shuttle explodes. Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Westland Affair. The 'Big Bang' flops. Irangate scandal begins.
 
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18. 1987
  January 1, 1991
"Herald of Free Enterprise" sinks. Thatcher wins third term. Terry Waite kidnapped. Britain's storm of the Century. Worldwide stock market crash.
 
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19. 1988
  January 1, 1991
Nurses strike for more pay. Bush wins Presidential election. SAS shootings in Gibraltar. Piper Alpha disaster. Mitterand returns as President.
 
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20. 1989
  January 1, 1991
Tienanmen Square massacre. Russia withdraws from Afghanistan. Berlin Wall is opened. Ceaucescu overthrown in Romania. Thatcher longest-serving PM.
 
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21. 1990
  January 1, 1991
Saddam invades Kuwait. Nelson Mandela is freed. Channel Tunnel meets in middle. Frank Bruno marries. Soviet troops pull out of Czechoslovakia. Thatcher resigns.
 
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22. 1991
  January 1, 1991
Gulf War underway. John McCarthy and Terry Waite released. Yeltsin rescues Gorbachev from a coup. IRA bomb Downing Street. Freddie Mercury dies.
 
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Episode 15, "1984"
Synopsis: Miners strike begins. Shooting at Libyan Embassy. Brighton bombing. Hong Kong hand-over agreed. 'Band Aid' helps Ethiopian victims.
Original air date: January 1, 1991
Runtime: 52 minutes
ASIN: B000QD7PBS
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #604,413 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Memories of 1970-1991 Season 1
Synopsis: 22 one-hour programs giving a truly balanced and entertaining perspective of the most exciting, topical and human interest events of 1970 to 1991. There's something for everybody! The politics, fashions, music, stars, personalities, conflicts and the disasters which touched all our lives.
Creator: Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd
Network: Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd
ASIN: B000Q5W5FW
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