P148 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                                * 12 October - The Provisional Irish  Republican Army attempts to  assassinate the Conservative cabinet  in the Brighton hotel bombing. Prime  Minister Margaret Thatcher escapes  injury, but Norman Tebbit is trapped  among the rubble and his wife Margaret  is seriously injured. Five people,  including MP Anthony Berry, are  killed.  * 13 October - Darts player John Lowe  achieves the first televised nine dart  finish.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End