Which Year Did King Edward VIII Abdicate From The Throne To Marry Wallis Simpson? 

Rupert Murdoch Bought Ownership Of The News Of The World
George Jones Married Tammy Wynette
In This Year Marilyn Mason Was Born
Two Little Boys By Rolf Harris Was Number One In This Year 

The VCR First Becomes Available For Home, Abba Win The Eurovision Song Contest
Edward Heath Returns From His Trip To China With 2 Giant Pandas
Paper Lace Had A Hit With Billy Dont Be A Hero
Richard Nixon Becomes The First US President To Resign 

Abba Win The Eurovision Song Contest
Turkey Invades Cyprus
Boxings Rumble In The Jungle Takes Place

Margaret thatcher beats Ted Heath For leadership Of the conservatives
Charlie Chaplin Was Knighted By Queen Elizabeth 2nd In This Year
This Is The Year That Jamie Oliver Was Born & PJ WoodHouse Died
The Song “Stand By Your Man” Tammy Wynette Was (No.1 for 3 weeks) 

The City Of Saigon Surrenders Ending The Vietnam War
Billy Gene King wins Wimbledon in Straight Sets
The Movie One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest wins 4 Oscars
Home Video Tape Machines Go On Sale In Japan
Play Rod Stewart Sailing and ask which year it was number one 

Concorde Took Off For It's First Commercial Flight
The First Laser Printer Was Introduced By IBM
The Film Taxi Driver Was Released In The Cinemas
Play song The Real Thing You To Me Are Everything 

This Year British Prime Minister Harold Wilson Resigned
This Was The Year That Pat Phoenix Returned To The Role Of Elsie Tanner In Coronation Street After A 3 Year Absence
The Film Rocky Starring Sylvestor Stallone Was Released This Year And Finally This Song Spent 2 Weeks At No.2 In This Year 

Trevor Francis Becomes The Worlds First Million Pound Footballer

Kramer Vs Kramer Wins The Best Film Osca
Former Liberal Party Leader Jeremy Thorpe Goes On Trial Accused Of Conspiring To Murder His Former Male Lover
The Actor John Wayne Dies At The Age Of 72
The Song "YMCA" By Village People Was A UK No.1 And The Police Had A UK Hit With Roxanne

Hewlett Packard Announces The Release Of It's First Personal Computor
Spain And UK Agree To Reopen The Border Between Gibraltor & Spain
The Movie Airplane Was Released In this Year
Also the Song There's No One Quite Like Grandma by The Winifred's School Choir Was Number One For 2 Weeks In This Year 

The Falklands War Began
Time Magazine's Man Of The Year Award Was For The First Time Given To A Non Human It Was Given To A Computer
Tootsie Starring Dustin Hoffman Was Released This Year
Also Musical Youth Was Number One This Year With Pass The Dutchie 

Mark Thatcher Goes Missing In The Sahara During The Paris Dakar Rally
XTC Had A Hit With The Song Senses Working Overtime
The Film Chariots Of Fire Is A Huge Hit At The Box Office
The Rubiks Cube Becomes A Worldwide Craze, And The IRA detonate A Bomb In Londons Hyde Park 

It Became Compulsory To Wear Seatbelts In The UK
Neil Kinnock Was Elected Leader Of The Labour Party
Return Of The Jedi Was Released This Year
Michael Jackson Was Number One For 1 Week With Billie Jean 

Nintendo Released Its First Ever Video Game Console (The NES / Famicom)
Billy Fury, Karen Carpenter & Dick Emery All Died In This Year
Movies Released In This Year Were Trading Places And Wargames
Culture Club Scored A UK Number One With The Song Karma Chameleon 

In This Year British Journalist John McCarthy Was Kidnapped In Beirut
British Actor Cary Grant Dies Aged 88
Nintendo Released The first Game In It's Legend Of Zelda Series 
Halley's Comet Last Flew Past The Earth
The Spitting Image Chicken Song Was A UK No.1 

In This Year The Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded Shortly After Launch Killing all 7 of its crew 
In This Year The Most Successful Box Office Hit Was The Movie Aliens 

In This Year The Pet Shop Boys Achieved Their First Uk Number 1 , With The Song West End Girls 

Wallis Simpson The Duchess Of Windsor For Whom Edward 8th Abdicated Dies In Paris Aged 89 
The Damned Release The Song Eloise, Clint Eastwood Becomes Mayor Of Carmel In California 
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Disaster Occured In This Year, As Did The Explosion Aboard The Space Shuttle Challenger

This year Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson got married
Also Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican Church in S.Africa
Nintendo released the video game The Legend Of Zelda in this year

The film Jumping Jack Flash starring Whoopie Goldberg was in the cinemas this year
Living Doll by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones was Number One for 3 weeks 

The first ever Lethal Weapon film was released in the cinema
This was the year that Fred Astaire died but Hilary Duff was born
This was the year the digging of the Channel Tunnel Commenced
Play Star Trekkin by The Firm- Also this song was at No1 for 2 weeks 

Pan Am Flight 103 Crashes Into The Scottish Town Of Lockerbie, A Free Nelson Mandella Concert Is Held At Wembley
CD's Outsell Vinyl For The First Time, McDonalds Opens It's First Restaurant In The Soviet Union
Films Released In This Year Were Big, Beetlejuice, A Fish Called Wanda, Die Hard, Rain Man, The Accused
UK No.1's In This Year Were Tiffany / I Think Were Alone Now, Kylie Minogue / I Should Be So Lucky, Bros / I Owe You Nothing  

CelebsA Riot Occured In London After A Protest Concerning The "Poll Tax" Turned Ugly
Margaret Thatcher Resigns As British Prime Minister
Movies Released In This Year Were Edward Scissorhands, Goodfellas, Rocky V And Total Recall
UK No.1's In This Year Were Snap / The Power, Madonna / Vogue And Sinead O Connor / Nothing Compares 2U

1990

France Bans Imports Of British Beef As The BSE Crisis Surfaces
England Crash Out Of The World Cup Losing To Germany On Penalties
Madonna Scores A Massive Hit With The Song Vogue
Nelson Mandella Is Freed After 27 Years In Prison, Silver Screen Actress Greta Garbot Dies In New York

1990

The Queen Begins To Start Paying Income Tax
Graham "The Turnip" Taylor Resigns As England Manager, Intel Unveil Their Pentium Processor
UK No.1's In This Year Were Mr Blobby, Take That / Pray, Meatloaf I'd Do Anything For Love
Movies Released In This Year Were Jurassic Park, Indecent Proposal, Schinders List, The Fugitive

1993

This was the year that Fred West committed suicide whilst in Prison
O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of killing his former wife
The film Jumanji starring Robin Williams was released this year
The Song Cotton Eye Joe by the Rednex was at Number One for 3 weeks in this year 

The Computer Deep Blue Defeated Gary Kasparov
The First Ever Cloned Sheep Dolly Was Born In This Year
The Movie Independence Day Was Released
Play Breakfast At Tiffanys and ask what year was it a hit 

Take That Go Their Seperate Ways And Split
Singer Eva Cassidy Sadly Dies Of Cancer
Prince Charles And Princess Diana Divorce
Alan Shearer Becomes The Worlds Most Expensive Footballer After Being Sold To Newcastle Utd For 15 Million Pounds

1996

Mother Teresa Dies, Dolly The Sheep Is Cloned, Martina Hingis Wins Her One And Only Wimbledon Title
Louise Woodward Went On Trial For The Murder Of Matthew Epen
UK No.1's In This Year Were Puff Daddy / I'll Be Missing You, Aqua / Barbie Girl, Hanson / Hmm Bop
Film Released In This Year Were Men In Black, Air Force One, The Full Monty, Face Off  

1997

George Michael Gets Arrested For Lewd Conduct In California
Bill Clinton & Monica Lewinsky Feel The Heat After Their Affair Is Made Public
Google & Sky Digital Are Both Launched In This Year, The Sega Dreamcast Goes On Sale In Japan
Movies Released In This Year Were Saving Private Ryan, Godzilla And Sliding Stores
Cher Scores A Surprise UK Number One With The Song "Believe"  

1998

Jill Dando Is Shot And Killed Outside Her Home In London, The Sega Dreamcast Games Console Goes On Sale
LFilms Out In This Year were The Blair Witch Project, Fight Club, The Green Mile
UK No.1's In This Year Were Ricky Martin / Livin La Vida Loca, Fatboy Slim / Praise You

1999

Monica Lewinsky's book went on sale in America
Jill Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham
David Beckham and Victoria Adams were married
The film Candyman was released at the cinema
Also Chocolate Salty Balls by Chef was number 1 in this year 

1) Harold Shipman was sentenced to life in prison for murder
2) Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones married this year
3) Sir Alec Guinness Died This Year Aged 86
4) The Song Don't Call Me Baby was at number one for 1 week in this year 

Moors Murderer Myra Hindley Dies Aged 60
Take That Member Mark Owen Wins Celebrity Big Brother
The Star Wars Movie Attack Of The Clones Was Released In This Year
Ian Huntley Is Charged With The Murders Of Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman 

2002

Celebs That Died In This Year Were Richard Harris, Dudley Moore, Princess Margaret, Hohn Thaw
Ian Huntley Commits The Murders Of Holly Wells And Jessica Chapman
Movies Released In This Year Were Spiderman, Moulin Rouge, Star Wars 2 (Attack Of The Clones)
Will Young Wins Britains Pop IdolAnd Kelly Clarson Wins American Idol

2002

Blu Ray Discs Go On Sale For The First Time In This Year,  Pluto Is De-Classified As A Planet
Tv Presenter Steve Irwin Is Tragically Killed By A Stingray
Movies Released In This Year Were Happy Feet, The Queen, Borat, Cars
Take That Reformed And Had A UK Number One With The Song "Patience"

2006