1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975   18-year-olds get the vote First jumbo jet lands at Heathrow Plans to decentralise the NHS under 90 new health authorities New English Bible sells a million copies on its first day Conservatives win General Election and Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister Part of Windscale nuclear power station in Cumbria sealed off after radioactive leak 150,000 die in typhoon and tidal wave in East Pakistan Japanese author Yukio Mishima calls for a return to militarism before committing hara-kiri in the defence ministry in Tokyo Paul McCartney files a suit against Lennon, Starr and Harrison to dissolve the Beatles     Copyright © 1998, NHS