Every week we go back to re-visit some of the significant happenings that took place in living memory; just about, for some of us.
To remind ourselves of how life has changed and how some things stay the same it is fascinating to note what made the news this week, starting 12th December in years past.
Some of the events that seemed momentous at the time have now been absorbed into everyday life.
1969 Abolition of Hanging voted for by a large majority of MPs
1979 Council tenants to be given the right to buy their homes
1982 Gibraltar border opened by Spain for the first time in 13 years
1984 Gorbachev the next Russian leader successfully visits Britain
1988 Lockerbie town hit by crashing Pan Am jumbo jet
This week’s Birthdays
15th Miami Vice Actor Don Johnson is 65
16th Abba singer Benny Andersson is 68
17th DJ Simon Bates is 68
18th Film Director Steven Spielberg is 68
20th Actress Jenny Agutter is 62
21st Actress Jane Fonda is 77
