1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963   BMA report names cigarette smoking as chief cause of lung cancer Bishop of Woolwich says mothers who work full-time are the enemies of family life 12,000 march with CND march from London to Aldermaston Christopher Cockerill invents hovercraft Brazil beat Sweden 5-2 to win World Cup Parking meters in Mayfair Midland is first bank to offer personal loans Michael Jackson is born Race riots in Notting Hill Mike Hawthorn becomes first British world motor racing champion Thalidomide suspected as cause of epidemic of serious defects in newborn babies     Copyright © 1998, NHS