1980 - As the "official guests of State", Bob Marley and the Wailers perform at Zimbabwe's Independence festival. Marley calls the event the "greatest honor of my life."
1982 - USA No 1 - I Love Rock 'n Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. UK No 1 - My Camera Never Lies - Bucks Fizz. The movie soundtrack Chariots of Fire by Vangelis reaches No 1 on the US Album Chart.
1984 - WPC Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead during an anti-Gadaafi protest outside the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Her killer escaped under the cloak of diplomatic immunity.
1986 - El Al security officials at Heathrow Airport, London foiled an attempt to smuggle a bomb on board an airliner with 360 passengers. The bomb was found in the baggage of a pregnant Irish woman duped by her Jordanian boyfriend. He was arrested the following
