April
2nd Red Rum wins Grand National for third time

3rd Egyptian Leader Anwar Sadat arrives in US for Middle East peace talks

15th Miners demand an end to the "Social Contract" (trade union law was liberalised and in return unions were expected to respect the principle of wage restraint in the battle to cut inflation) as industrial unrest grows throughout the country

15th Row breaks out after Great Train Robber Ronald Biggs attends a drinks party on a Royal Navy ship

23rd National Front and anti-Nazi league clash in demonstrations in London

25th King Hussein of Jordan arrives in US for Middle East peace talks

May
11th Ex-police pornography squad chief Wallace Virgo found guilty of taking bribes from Soho vice bosses

15th Liverpool win the League Championship for the 10th time

21st Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 in the FA cup final

June
1st The Derby is won by The Minstrel with jockey Lester Piggott celebrating his 8th Derby win

4th Damage estimated at £15,000 caused by fans digging up the pitch at Wembley after Scotland beat England 2-1

6th Beacons lit across the country to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee

15th Spain holds first democratic elections for 41 years

20th The Government pleads for calm as picket line violence grows at the Grunwick film processing laboratories strike

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