26 May	1950: UK drivers cheer end of fuel rations
03 May	1951: King George opens Festival of Britain
30 Sep	1951: Festival closes to applause
05 Feb	1953: Sweet rationing ends in Britain
21 Apr	1955: Fleet Street papers back after strike
14 May	1957: Cheers as petrol rationing ended
20 Feb	1958: Historic Sheerness docks to close
26 Jun	1959: Queen and Eisenhower open seaway
25 May	1963: African states unite against white rule
14 May	1964: Nasser and Khrushchev divert the Nile
17 Jun	1964: Japan trade fair floats into London
01 Dec	1965: Sweeping changes to British farming
01 Mar	1966: Britain to go decimal in 1971
22 Aug	1966: ICI announces big nylon job losses
23 Apr	1968: Decimal coins reach the high street
24 Jun	1968: Rail go-slow begins
16 Sep	1968: Post Office backs first class service
19 Oct	1970: Large oil field found in North Sea
15 Feb	1971: D-Day delivers new UK currency
26 May	1972: Thomas Cook packaged and sold
28 Jul	1972: National dock strike begins
26 Mar	1973: Stock Exchange admits women
07 Jan	1976: Iceland and Britain clash at sea
19 Jul	1976: Fight for fishing rights in Europe
25 May	1979: Price of milk shoots up
25 May	1982: Dozens killed as Argentines hit British ships
01 Feb	1984: Halfpenny coin to meet its maker
01 Dec	1986: Surprise inquiry into Guinness affairs
04 Feb	1988: Defiant seamen strike on
30 May	1990: France bans British beef imports
08 Oct	1990: Britain's first full day in ERM
06 Jul	1992: Riot police confront French truckers
17 Jul	2000: Tesco bows to imperial pressure
11 Dec	2001: 30,000 postal jobs 'to be cut'
01 Jan	2002: Celebrations as euro hits the streets
04 Dec	2003: US pulls back from steel trade war