P104 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                 * 18 Jan - New Cross Fire: Ten young  black people are killed and thirty are  injured in an arson attack on a house  in New Cross, London.  * 20 Jan - Ronald Reagan becomes 40th  president of the United States.  * 25 Jan - The Limehouse Declaration:  Four Labour Members of Parliament,  Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins, William  Rodgers and David Owen, announce plans  to form a separate political party-  the Social Democratic Party.  * 25 Jan - The death toll of the New  Cross fire reaches 11 when another  victim dies in hospital.   Next       Prev       Home        End