• 1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbour

• 1944: "D-Day" landings in France

• 1945: End of 2nd World War

• 1946: USA tests atom bomb at Bikini Island

• 1947: Sound Barrier broken

• 1948: NHS founded

• 1950: Korean War starts

• 1951: Suez "Crisis"

• 1953: Queen Elizabeth II crowned

• 1954: Bannister runs 1st 4 minute mile

• 1955: Glynde Place opened to the public

• 1955: ITV starts broadcasting

• 1957: 1st dog in space

• 1958: Gatwick Airport opened

• 1959: M1, the 1st motoway, opened

• 1961: 1st man in space

• 1963: US President Kennedy assassinated

• 1965: Post Office Tower opened

• 1966: England win World Cup

• 1967: 1st heart transplant

• 1968: Martin Luther King assassinated

• 1969: 1st men on the moon

• 1970: North Sea Oil discovered

• 1971: Decimal coins introduced

• 1972: "Bloody Sunday", 13 killed in Derry

• 1974: US President Nixon resigned

• 1976: Harold Wilson resigned as PM

• 1978: 1st "Test Tube" baby born

• 1979: Margaret Thatcher elected, UK's 1st woman PM

• 1981: Prince Charles married Lady Di

• 1982: Falklands War

• 1984: Miners' Strike starts

• 1985: Live Aid concert

• 1987: Hurricane lashes South Coast

• 1987: "Black Monday" Stock Market crash

Littledene Sale Particulars 1966

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