25 Mar	1950: Ski jumpers soar over Hampstead Heath
20 Jul	1952: Zatopek wins gold at Helsinki
03 Apr	1954: Oxford wins 100th Boat Race
06 May	1954: Bannister breaks four-minute mile
13 Oct	1954: Chataway beats 5,000m world record
22 Feb	1955: American tennis star 'Little Mo' to quit
11 Jun	1955: Le Mans disaster claims 77 lives
17 Jul	1955: Moss claims first Grand Prix victory
01 Sep	1960: Game on for British betting shops
25 Feb	1964: Cassius Clay crowned world champion
21 Jan	1966: Future of Monte Carlo rally in doubt
21 May	1966: Cooper loses to world champ Clay
04 Jan	1967: Campbell killed during record attempt
25 May	1967: Celtic win European Cup
28 May	1967: Sir Francis Chichester sails home
07 Apr	1968: Jim Clark killed in car smash
29 May	1968: Manchester Utd win European Cup
04 Jul	1968: Alec Rose sails home
17 Oct	1968: Black athletes make silent protest
14 Jan	1969: Matt Busby retires from Man United
22 May	1970: South Africa cricket tour called off
20 Aug	1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing
26 Dec	1970: 'Golden girl' of British athletics dies
02 Jan	1971: Sixty-six die in Scottish football disaster
06 Aug	1971: Sailor's record 'wrong way' voyage
15 Aug	1971: 'V-sign' costs rider victory
05 Jul	1975: Ashe's Wimbledon win makes history
01 Oct	1975: Muhammad Ali wins 'Thrilla in Manila'
29 Nov	1975: Graham Hill killed in air crash
02 Jun	1976: Piggott celebrates 7th Derby victory
01 Aug	1976: Lauda fights for life after Grand Prix crash
02 Apr	1977: Hat trick for Red Rum
13 May	1977: Cricket captain sacked over 'circus'
08 Jun	1978: Woman takes world sailing record
19 Jun	1978: Botham bowls into cricket history
14 Aug	1979: Freak storm hits yacht race
03 Oct	1979: Anti-racists tackle South African rugby tourists
10 Dec	1979: Daredevil Kidd's 80ft river jump
25 Mar	1980: Britain will go to Moscow Olympics
29 Mar	1981: Triumph at first London Marathon
12 Jan	1982: Mark Thatcher missing in Sahara
09 Feb	1983: Police hunt Shergar's kidnappers
14 Feb	1984: British ice couple score Olympic gold
17 Mar	1984: Boat race halted before starting
08 May	1984: Moscow pulls out of US Olympics
26 Aug	1985: Budd smashes 5,000m record
11 May	1985: Fans killed in Bradford stadium fire
31 May	1985: English teams banned after Heysel
07 Jul	1985: Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17
15 Sep	1985: Europe wins Ryder Cup
23 Oct	1987: Lester Piggott jailed for three years
09 Dec	1987: Gatting row halts play in Pakistan
06 May	1988: Hick makes cricketing history
09 Sep	1988: Indian cricket tour 'cancelled'
24 Sep	1988: Gold for Johnson in 100m sprint
19 Jan	1990: Rebel cricketers face storm of protest
28 Mar	1991: Family anger at Hillsborough verdict
27 Sep	1988: Johnson stripped of Olympic gold
09 Oct	1991: Sumos size up Royal Albert Hall
05 Mar	1993: Johnson gets life ban from athletics
03 Apr	1993: Grand National ends in 'shambles'
30 Apr	1993: Tennis star stabbed
13 Jul	1993: Green light for Manchester Olympics
06 Jan	1994: Mystery assailant attacks top US skater
01 May	1994: Race ace Senna killed in car crash
15 Dec	1994: Modahl banned for drug taking
09 Jan	1997: Bullimore rescued after five days
13 Apr	1997: Tiger Woods wins Masters at 21
24 May	1999: Drugs row Dallaglio goes
23 Sep	2000: Redgrave wins fifth Olympic gold
12 Jan	2001: Swedish 'Iceman' starts England job
22 Nov	2003: England win Rugby World Cup
07 Feb	2005: MacArthur sails into record books
18 Feb	2005: Ban on hunting comes into force
12 Sep	2005: England win the Ashes