1970: Riots break out in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. On the same day, Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. 1973: President Nixon orders a halt to American bombing in North Vietnam ...
Paul McCartney wrote the lovely, wistful "I'll Follow the Sun" when he was still just a teenager. The song later turned up as one of the finest numbers on The Beatles' 1964 album Beatles for Sale.