can anyone point me in the direction of.....

[hillbilee001]

im looking to find details of stuff that happened on a certain date ( 16/01/1980 )
local news ( newcastle upon tyne)
famous birthdays
events

my kids are doing a writeup of things that happened on this date, and im looking on pointers of best places to search the web
any help appreciated

thanks a lot

[boxtops]

Put the date into Google and see what comes up!

[jb190281]

try wikipedia

[Buenchico]

For local news you'll probably need to forget about the web and to visit the Newcastle Local Studies Library:
http://www.newcastle....a/librarylocalstudies

For the key points from world news, see here:
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id95.htm

Chris

[society]

http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1980.html

Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession

[Mosaic]

http://www.newcastle....a/librarylocalstudies

All the newspapers of the time will be on microfilm in their collections.