Event Year
1 Conquest of Everest 1953
2 The Royal Wedding 2011
3 Sputnik 1 1957
4 JFK shot in Dallas 1963
5 Scotland’s Grand Slam 1990
6 Michael Fish and the hurricane 1987
7 Tony Blair’s first election win 1997
8 The Forties field is opened 1975
9 Edinburgh’s first Commonwealth Games 1970
10 The investiture of the Prince of Wales 1969
11 The Berlin Wall comes down 1989
12 Elvis arrives at Prestwick 1960
13 Britannia comes to Leith 1998
14 The Eiffel Tower celebrates the Millennium 2000
15 Nelson Mandela is released 1990
16 Sandy Lyle wins the US Masters 1988
17 The first Hillman Imp at Linwood 1963
18 The first moon walk 1969
19 Virginia Wades wins Wimbledon 1977
20 The 3 Tenors 1990
21 The knighting of Francis Chichester 1967
22 The Forth Road Bridge is opened 1964
23 Monty Python hits the screens 1969
24 The first Star Wars film 1977
25 The Queen starring Helen Mirren 2006
