Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• Peace agreement between Israel and Egypt signed at Camp David
• P.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister of South Africa
• Mass suicide of 913 members of People's Temple cult in Guyana
• Radio broadcasts of House of Commons proceedings begins
• Publication of The Times was suspended for 48 weeks
• Naomi James completes sailing single handed around the world
• Pope Paul VI dies, then Pope John Paul dies after succeeding for 33 days, Polish born Pope John Paul II elected as first non Italian since 1522

October

• Camp David,
• Liverpool Cathedral nears completion,
• Nine into Twelve - European Community,
• Zandra Rhodes,
• Londons villages - Blackheath,
• Newcastles new Metro,
• Canvey Island,
• Sir Alfred Munnings,

Xmas Edition

• Tinsel, tragedy and hope.
• Christmas at the Sun Kings court
• Picture letter, Memsahib by Charles Croot
• An 18th-century satirist
  The immortal Nessie Cornwall's written images
  Bringing stones to life
  Beauty at Sudbury Hall
  Popular prints from old Russia
  Tins to treasure
  Hampsteads highwaymen
  The photographs of John Robert Welch - Irelands eye
  Centre picture - A Winterlandscape by Robert Griffier 1688-1750

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