Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Construction of the Sydney Opera House is completed
Pablo Picasso paints 'Guernica'
Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years
The Beatles play live at New York's Shea Stadium
156 years of British rule in Hong Kong comes to an end
Indira Gandhi's third term as Prime Minister of India finishes
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, is launched
Hirohito is born, the 124th Emperor of Japan
'Casablanca', starring Humphrey Bogart, is released
Mao Zedong becomes leader of the Chinese Communist Party
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the UK's monarch
The first human-to-human heart transplant takes place
Pan Am Flight 103 crashes on Lockerbie in Scotland
Woodrow Wilson is elected as President of the USA
The Wall Street Crash occurs and the Great Depression begins
Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun
Marconi sends the first radio transmission from the USA to Britain
The Battle of Britain is fought over the skies of England
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