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There was a TV programme on the BBC that looked back in a half an hour at the music and news events of a particular year, This is my version., I have chosen a #1 from every month, and 1 news item from every month. There is You tube embedding for the music, but a link to the BBC website for the News Item. Total Sales are within the particular year.

 

January

 

 

"Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd" 2 Weeks at #1

 

Afghan leader defends Soviet invasion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...751_16x9_bb.asx

 

 

February

 

"Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers" 2 Weeks at #1 Total sales 667,000

 

Exiled Mugabe returns to Rhodesia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...733_16x9_bb.asx

 

 

March

 

"Going Underground - The Jam" 3 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 585,000

 

North Sea platform collapses

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...641_16x9_bb.asx

 

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April

 

 

"Working My Way Back To You - Detroit Spinners" 2 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 640,000

 

" Tehran hostage rescue mission fails"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...39_16x9_bb.asx0

 

 

May

 

"Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners" 2 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 683,000

 

" SAS rescue ends Iran embassy siege"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...437_16x9_bb.asx

 

 

June

 

"Theme From MASH - MASH" 3 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 595,000

 

Government announces missile sites

The locations for the first US nuclear cruise missiles to be stored on British soil have been revealed by the government.

 

Secretary of State for Defence Francis Pym told the House of Commons the 160 missiles would be located at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire, and the disused RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire.

 

Mr Pym said neither of the bases would be used as a launch site. In times of crisis the American-owned warheads will be moved to secret launching sites within 50 miles (80 km) of their storage silos.

 

Although there is no "dual-key" system to launch the weapons, the minister assured the Commons the United States would not use them in an attack without Britain's assent.

 

The ground-launched missiles will be stored in purpose-built shelters and security will be considerably upgraded at both sites.

 

The UK will contribute 220 personnel to help guard the bases and the cost to the country will be £16m.

 

In an attempt to reassure local communities, Mr Pym said nuclear warheads would not be carried on exercises and no test flying would take place.

 

But the military would regularly practice the dispersal of the weapons to their launch sites after consultation with local authorities.

 

Most of the missiles will be stored at the Greenham Common base.

 

Residents in nearby Newbury vigorously opposed the basing of noisy tanker aircraft so close to them, but seemed resigned to the arrival of the American arms.

 

"If it has to be - so be it," said the District Council Chairman.

 

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July

 

 

"Xanadu - Olivia Newton John & ELO" 2 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 350,000

 

Bologna blast leaves dozens dead

A huge bomb has devastated Bologna railway station, killing at least 75 people.

 

The device exploded at 1025 local time (0825 GMT) in the air-conditioned waiting room, which was crowded with people trying to escape the heat.

 

Most of the victims of the blast were Italian, but it is believed some foreign tourists were among the dead. More than 200 people were also injured.

 

A neo-fascist group rang a Rome newspaper three hours after the attack to say it planted the bomb, but similar claims have also been made by the far-left Red Brigade.

 

 

 

Witness Simon Gray

 

University professor Malcolm Quantrill said he had just reached a ticket window in the booking hall when he saw a "flash of yellow light".

 

The 44-year-old Londoner said: "I did not hear an explosion - just the crash of the masonry falling and the sound of breaking glass as the ticket window disintegrated.

 

"There was blood all over me. Everyone was running, shouting and screaming."

 

Another witness, Simon Gray, 22, said a 150-foot (46 m) section of the facade of the railway station collapsed in the blast.

 

The British tourist, from Birmingham, told reporters: "People were coming out of the station with blood streaming from their wounds.

 

"One middle-aged man was carried to an ambulance with blood pouring from a severed leg."

 

The second-class waiting room where the device was planted was destroyed, as was an adjoining restaurant.

 

Over a thousand rescuers are now searching the remains of the station for people trapped under the rubble.

 

Troops cordoned off the area, but dozens of people who had rushed to the scene managed to get into the wrecked buildings to search for relatives and friends.

 

The bombing comes on the same day a Bologna court sent eight men, including well-known neo-fascist Mario Tutti, to trial for another railway attack six years ago.

 

That explosion on the Italicus Express from Rome to Brenner on 4 August 1974 killed 12 people.

 

 

August

 

"Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie" 2 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 622,000

 

 

Shipyard Poles strike for their rights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...707_16x9_bb.asx

 

 

September

 

"Feels Like I'm In Love - Kelly Marie" 2 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 760,000

 

Missing Scottish bear is found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...893_16x9_bb.asx

 

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October

 

"Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police" 4 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 808,000

 

 

Thousands feared dead in Algerian quake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...969_16x9_bb.asx

 

 

 

November

 

 

"Woman In Love - Barbara Streisand" 3 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 780,000

 

 

Reagan beats Carter in landslide

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/on_this_d...435_16x9_bb.asx

 

 

December

 

"Super Trooper - Abba" 3 Weeks at #1 Total Sales 709,000

 

 

John Lennon shot dead

 

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