1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984   Strikes by public sector employees in so-called Winter of Discontent First successful fallopian tube transplant Trevor Francis becomes Britain's first £1 million footballer Yorkshire Ripper continues his reign of terror Nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, threatens to explode, releasing large amounts of radioactivity Milk goes up to 15p a pint Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman prime minister as Conservatives win the Election John Wayne dies at 72 Jeremy Thorpe is found not guilty Sebastian Coe runs a mile in a record three minutes 48.95 seconds The postal service is to be split from the telephone network State funeral of Lord Mountbatten, killed by the IRA Four convicted of murdering Carl Bridgewater Anthony Blunt, the Queen's art advisor, revealed as Russian spy     Copyright © 1998, NHS