BRITAIN AND THE WORLD SINCE 1953
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| Jan1 | Britain, Ireland and Denmark became members of the EEC. |
| Jan23 | The volcano Helga Fell erupts in Iceland |
| Jan27 | Vietnam ceasefire agreement signed |
| Feb5 | Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War |
| Feb12 | The first release of American prisoners of war from theVietnam conflict took place. |
| Mar2 | Federal forces surround Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which is occupied by members of the militant American Indian Movement who are holding at least 10 hostages. |
| Mar8 | I.R.A. detonate bombs in Whitehall and the Old Bailey the first on the mainland since the Troubles began |
| Mar26 | The first woman stockbroker set foot on the floor of the London Stock Exchange. |
| Mar29 | The last U.S. troops leave South Vietnam but U.S. bombing of Cambodia continues as prisoners of war are repatriated and President Nixon vetoes a Senate measure that would halt the bombing. American casualties have now reached 45,958. |
| Apr1 | VAT introduced in Britain for the first time |
| Jun3 | At the Paris air show, the Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashed, killing 15 people. |
| Jul30 | An eleven year battle for the victims of the drug Thalidomide ends with compensation payments of £20 million |
| Aug2 | Flash fire kills fifty-one people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Aug5 | Black September Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, killing three and injuring 55 people. |
| Sep20 | Jim Croce singer/songwriter (Time In A Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown), dies in a plane crash at 30 |
| Sep20 | Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in a battle-of-sexes tennis match |
| Oct6 | Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel |
| Oct9 | Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after six years of marriage |
| U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion. | |
| Oct17 | Arab oil producers increased oil prices and cut back production in response to U.S. support of Israel in the Yom Kippur war. |
| Oct20 |
The Sydney Opera House opened. Designed by architect Jørn Utzon the building took 15 years to complete. The main concert hall has a maximum seating capacity of 2679 and regularly features the Sydney Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| Oct26 | Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus |
| Oct29 | Klaus
Altmann, wanted in France for war crimes under the name
of Klaus Barbie, was released after nearly eight months
in a Bolivian jail. |
| Nov25 | Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos |
| Dec14 | John Paul Getty II was set free by his kidnappers after his oil tycoon grandfather paid a $750,000 ransom. |
| Dec31 | Energy crisis - Three-day week (till 9 Mar 1974) to conserve power |
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