Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• Vietnam War ends, communist troops capture Saigon, Khmer Rouge take control in Cambodia
• Civil war begins in Lebanon
• The Spanish monarchy is restored after the death of general Franco
• IRA terrorists holdout for six days in Balcombe street siege
• Britains first North Sea oil piped ashore
• Dutch Elm disease devastates trees across UK
• Domestic video cassette recorders introduced
• 41 people killed in Tube crash at Moorgate, London
• West Indies win the first cricket world cup

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