Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• Iranian Embassy in London seized by terrorists, two hostages were killed, 19 were freed after a rescue attack by the SAS
• War began between Iran and Iraq
• Solidarity union federation was formed by Lech Walesa in Poland
• Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe with Robert Mugabe as Prime Minister
• Ronald Reagan was elected 40th United States President
• John Lennon was murdered outside his apartment in New York
• Bjørn Borg wins the mens singles for the fifth year in succession at Wimbledon

March

• Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett : Who is the greatest
• Common sense for a common NATO policy
• Profile of Professor Alan Bowness
• A museum in the space age

June

• Flying With The Red Arrows
• The Sound Of Cricket

August

• The Queen Mother at 80 :
• A portfolio of portaits
• Joan Bakewell - The editor who dared
• The Navy in the 80`s
• The Nuclear Deterrent

September

• Why Reagan Won

October

• New Rush To The Klondike
• The Lure Of Gold

November

• John Arlott's Hampshire
• Ethiopia
• Changes At Charing Cross

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