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Willy Brandt, leader of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), becomes chancellor of Germany
Scottish Grand Prix racing driver Jackie Stewart wins the first of his three world championship titles
The Northern Irish player George Best is voted European Footballer of the Year
The ARPANET, linking computers in four US cities, is the first step towards the internet
Paintings discovered on stone slabs in a cave in Namibia are dated to about 28,000 years ago
British scientists Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards fertilize in a test-tube eggs removed from human ovaries
The Queen’s School moves from Kew Green to Cumberland Road
Victorian extensions are stripped away, to return Asgill House to its original perfection both inside and outside
US author Maya Angelou publishes her autobiographical first novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The breakaway province of Biafra surrenders after three years of devastating civil war in Nigeria
Australian author David Malouf is first published as a poet, with his collection Bicycle and Other Poems
Salvador Allende, heading a Socialist and Marxist coalition, is elected president in Chile
Norodom Sihanouk is removed from power in Cambodia in a US-supported coup led by General Lon Nol
Extensive repairs are carried out to the roof beams and walls at St John's where dry rot has penetrated and the organ is rebuilt
US film director Robert Altman launches a successful and long-running theme with his Vietnam black comedy, M*A*S*H
Qaboos bin Sa'id seizes the throne from his father, Sultan Sa'id, in a palace coup in Oman
President Nixon sends US troops into Cambodia to destroy Vietminh bases
Four students are killed by National Guards during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio
Two students are killed at the all-black Jackson State College in Mississippi when police fire into a dormitory during a riot
Australian feminist Germaine Greer publishes The Female Eunuch as a wake-up call to women
Australian tennis player Margaret Court achieves the grand slam in singles, adding it to her previous grand slam in doubles
Edward Heath is prime minister after leading the Conservatives to UK election victory
Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik's Universal Prayer, a cantata setting poetry by Alexander Pope, has its premiere in New York
Italian playwright Dario Fo's black comedy Accidental Death of an Anarchist has its premiere in Milan
A new Queen’s School is built in Cumberland Road, becoming Kew’s only Anglican school after the closure of the neighbouring St Luke’s School
