2000

Political

2000 George Bush declared president
September 11 terrorist attacks
2005 Iraq Elections take place
2005 July 7th London attcks

Social

· 2004 Asian Tsunami killed thousand
· 2005 same sex were allowed to get married

Media Issues

2002 BBC four launches ‘people for more television’
2000 Big Brother gets introduced

1990

Social
· 1995, the first gay and lesbian BBC

Political

· Margaret Thatcher resigns as British Prime Minister
· Labour wins Landslide Election ( 1997)
· Kin Jong II Becomes new leader for N.korean people

Media Issues

1996 Simpsons get introduced by Sky to new audiences
1997 Channel 5 gets launched by the power of five (spice girls)
News 24 1997 first News bulletin 24 gets shown

1980

Social

· Police Women introduced

Political

· 1981 Royal Wedding

· Falklands War – Argentina invades Falkland.

Media Issues

· 1982 channel 4 launches
· 1989 sky lanches first satellite service

1970

Social

Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (1976)
Equal Pay Act both men and woman did the same job and got paid equally

Media Issues

1972 Newsround, News channel for children’s.
1972 Emmerdale Farm long running soap on British Soap

Economic

Britons count pence in tens and hundreds ( 1971)
Gas prices in US needed to increase by 35%

Political

1979 Margaret Thatcher first female Prime Minister
Democratic party in HQ leads to a huge crisis
President Richard Nixon’s resignation (1974)

1960

Political

• 9 November 1960, JFK first youngest elected president (35th president)
  
• 12th June 1964 Nelson Mandela sentenced to imprisonment (found guilty)
  
• JKF assassinated 1963
  
  

Media Issues

• Marilyn Monroe found dead (36 year old actress)
  
• South West and Scotland receive ITV signal ( 1961)
  
• 1967 News at Ten forst British News programme last 30 minutes
  
  

Social

• Students riot in Paris
  
• First heart transplant 1967 (South Africa)
  

Economic
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• Colour Television cost £500,000 attracted over a million viewers ‘quality television’

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1950

Political

• 1950-1953 Korean War-
  
• North Korean Communist forces invade South Korea
  
• Korea, a Japanese colony since 1910, was to be occupied north of the 38th parallel by Soviet Russia.
  
• The 29th Brigade set sail in October 1950, reaching Korea a month later just as it seemed that the war was over.

Media Issues

• 11 July 1950 Andy Pandy
  
• This was the first toddler programme to be seen on BBC , Andy was seen in a wooden outfit. 2000s he has returned.
  
• Hollywood develops wide-screen processes
  

Social

• George VI dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II
  
• she trained as a junior subaltern (second lieutenant) in the women's services