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1976
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1977
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1978
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9.7.1978
While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella. |
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1979
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12.21.1979
Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara. |
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1980
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5.5.1980
Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege. |
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1981
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6.13.1981
At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II. |
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7.29.1981
A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London. |
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1982
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6.3.1982
The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed. |
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6.19.1982
The body of ''God's Banker'', Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
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7.20.1982
Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. |
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1983
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11.26.1983
Brink's-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport. |
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12.17.1983
The IRA bombs Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people. |
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1984
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4.17.1984
Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building. |
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1985
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7.13.1985
The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. |
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1986
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7.23.1986
In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. |
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10.9.1986
The musical ''The Phantom of the Opera'' has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
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1987
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11.18.1987
King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station at King's Cross St Pancras. |
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1990
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3.31.1990
200,000 protestors take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
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1991
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2.18.1991
The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London. |
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1996
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2.9.1996
The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by the explosion of a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf. |
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1997
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7.10.1997
In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which support the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. |
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1999
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7.1.1999
The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. |
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10.5.1999
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
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2001
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3.4.2001
4 March 2001 BBC bombing: a massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 1 person. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
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8.3.2001
The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, UK injuring seven people.
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2006
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11.11.2006
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army. |
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