|
|
![](att/site1/20050113/xin_430102130911490170523.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 19 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Indira Gandhi, only daughter of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, is to become the country's next leader. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050112/xin_410102121001545095214.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 18 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Six major environmental organisations today added their support to the growing anti-bypass campaign in Newbury, Berkshire. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050112/xin_120102120941717815211.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 17 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
A huge earthquake has rocked Los Angeles, killing more than twenty people. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050112/xin_10010212093205815036.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 16 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The Shah of Iran has fled the country following months of increasingly violent protests against his regime. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050112/xin_500102120926581312413.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 15 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
President Nixon has ordered a halt to American bombing in North Vietnam following peace talks in Paris. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050111/xin_44010211152827610468.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 14 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The foot-and-mouth crisis that began almost 11 months ago will officially end at midnight, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050111/xin_040102111517783325915.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 13 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
American, British and French fighter jets have carried out a series of bombing raids over southern Iraq. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050110/xin_09010210161847844806.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 12 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The carers of an eight-year-old girl who died after being tortured and fed scraps of food like a dog have been found guilty of her murder. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050110/xin_400102101611694296073.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 11 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The first graduates from the Open University (OU) have been awarded their degrees after two years studying from home. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050105/xin_5201020508539221152915.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 10 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Harold Macmillan has accepted the Queen's invitation to become prime minister following the sudden resignation of Sir Anthony Eden. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050105/xin_3201020508496883250512.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 9 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine, has resigned from his Cabinet job in a row with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over the Westland affair. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050105/xin_440102050844046232099.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 8 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
General Charles de Gaulle has been proclaimed first President of the new Fifth Republic in France during a brief ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050105/xin_370102050840610112546.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 7 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been closed to the public for the first time in 800 years amid speculation the structure is on the verge of toppling over. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050105/xin_24010205083639754153.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 6 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
An unknown man brandishing a metal crowbar has attacked American figure-skater Nancy Kerrigan. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20050104/xin_38010204165063291913.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 5 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Israel has airlifted thousands of Jewish Ethiopian refugees out of Sudan, it has emerged. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041231/xin_461201311535542141439.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 4 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Sir Edmund Hillary has reached the South Pole - the first overland explorer to do so since Captain Robert F Scott's expedition in 1912. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041231/xin_311201311531348251936.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 3 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, has made his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041231/xin_011201311528938150093.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 2 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Sixty-six football supporters have been killed following a clash between Celtic and Rangers at the Ibrox Park stadium in Glasgow. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_3712012009060812351128.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
January 1 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Twelve of the European Union's 15 countries have woken to life with a new currency today, as the euro reached the purses of ordinary citizens across the continent. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_3912012009017223124325.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 31 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The British Prime Minister has set off on his trip to America after more than 24 hours of delays. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_3212012008583311898822.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 30 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
A vicious house-to-house battle between rebel guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, and the Cuban army is raging around the town of Santa Clara, the capital of the province of Las Villas. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_071201200855722173919.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 29 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Six people are feared dead after raging storms hit competitors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_531201200851284789416.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 28 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
British customs officials have seized £70m of Columbian cocaine which is thought to be directly linked to the Mafia. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_3412012008481122555313.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 27 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Thousands of people are flocking to cinemas in the UK to watch the long-awaited blockbuster, Star Wars - a movie which is already setting US box offices alight. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_5112012008444251328410.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 26 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said the death sentence on writer Salman Rushdie for alleged blasphemy will remain in force. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_49120120084197295587.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 25 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Charles "Charlie" Spencer Chaplin, the comic genius of silent films, has died aged 88. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041220/xin_491201200837033145654.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 24 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Former UK minister John Stonehouse has been found living under a false name in Australia after apparently faking his own death. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041216/xin_201201161650677238709.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 23 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
Ten thousand people are feared dead after a two-hour earthquake ripped through the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041216/xin_351201161646256242496.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 22 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
The American superstar Madonna has married British movie director Guy Ritchie at an exclusive ceremony in the Scottish Highlands. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
![](att/site1/20041216/xin_14120116164365900043.gif) |
|
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
December 21 |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
General Charles de Gaulle has been elected President of France with an overwhelming majority. |
![](images/675.files/tmd.gif) |
|
|
|
|