1950  North and South Korea go to war 1951  Festival of Britain celebrations a mystery 1952  Modest King George VI dies in his sleep 1953  Coronation marks dawn of new Elizabethan age 1954  Four-minute mile record falls to Roger Bannister 1955  Heartbreaking decision for Princess Margaret 1956  Suez Canal row explodes into a crisis 1957  Sputnik blasts off and astounds the world 1958  Munich air crash claims the Busby Babes 1959  Sir Alec Issigonis's Mini is a big hit with Britain 1960  Supermac warns of a "wind of change" 1961  Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space 1962  Cuban crisis brings superpowers to brink of war 1963  John F Kennedy assassinated in Dallas 1964  Mods and Rockers in mayhem by the sea 1965  Nation mourns wartime leader Churchill 1966  It's all over, as Hurst hat-trick wins the World Cup 1967  Israel emerges victorious in Six Day War 1968  Black Country celebrates as Baggies lift FA Cup 1969  One small step as man walks on the moon 1970  Tories confound the pundits to win election 1971  Princess Anne is Sportswoman of the Year 1972  13 civilians die in Ulster's Bloody Sunday 1973  Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips tie the knot 1974  Watergate spells end of the road for 'Tricky Dicky' 1975  Tories have a new leader - and it's a woman