P102 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                 * 1 Jan - Greece becomes the tenth  member of the EEC.  * 5 Jan - Peter Sutcliffe, a  35-year-old lorry driver from  Bradford, is charged with being the  notorious "Yorkshire Ripper" mass  murderer who is believed to have  murdered 13 women and attacked seven  others across northern England since  1975.  * 5 Jan - the BBC Two adaptation of  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  begins airing; it subsequently  received a Royal Television Society  award as "Most Original Programme" of  the year.   Next       Prev       Home        End