23 Jan	Express train crashes killing 14
10 Feb	US evacuates Pacific islands
22 Feb	American tennis star 'Little Mo' to quit
24 Feb	Britain's big freeze
11 Mar	Farewell to scientist who discovered penicillin
05 Apr	Sir Winston Churchill resigns
18 Apr	Albert Einstein dies
21 Apr	Fleet Street papers back after strike
05 May	Dr Salk promotes polio vaccine in UK
09 May	West Germany accepted into Nato
14 May	Communist states sign Warsaw Pact
27 May	Election victory for Tories under Eden
11 Jun	Le Mans disaster claims 77 lives
23 Jun	Queen Elizabeth sails on schedule
13 Jul	Ruth Ellis hanged for killing lover
17 Jul	Moss claims first Grand Prix victory
21 Sep	Britain claims Rockall
22 Sep	New TV channel ends BBC monopoly
30 Sep	James Dean killed in car smash
31 Oct	Princess Margaret cancels wedding
01 Dec	Black woman challenges race law
07 Dec	Attlee steps down as Labour leader
14 Dec	Gaitskell elected Labour leader
16 Dec	Queen opens London Airport terminal
20 Dec	Yugoslavia wins UN vote