Changes to the look of John Peel Wiki will take place in the near future due to a new skin being rolled out over Oct/Nov across Wikia. Please see the Wikia Staff Blog for further details. On this site, the changes will affect the navigation from the left menu, as well as introduce a fixed page width with narrower content space. Please be patient while adjustments are made for the switch to the new system.
UPDATE: As the change is now in force for some users, I have switched the navigation to the simplified one for the new system. Please check Navigation in the Help section if you can't find things. I also initially made small adjustments to the front page layout, but have now reverted to the old look until all users are on the new system.
COUNTDOWN: Just a reminder for people still using Monaco that the final switch to the new skin is due on Nov. 3. After that, it will no longer be offered as an option. Sorry. Nothing to do with me.
March 3: Police raid Middle Earth club in Covent Garden, London. Peel, who DJs regularly at club, expresses sympathy in his IT column for victims of police harassment .
March 17: violent anti-Vietnam War demo in Grosvenor Square, London; Peel is present.
April 4: Martin Luther King shot dead in Memphis, sparking riots in major US towns and cities.
May: student revolt and workers' strikes in Paris threaten De Gaulle's government.
June 5: assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Peel pays tribute to him on Night Ride.
August 21-23: Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia to crush Dubcek government's "Prague Spring".
October: First sextuplets born in UK.
November: Richard Nixon elected US President. Peel meets future wife Sheila ("Pig") while appearing on TV show "How It Is".
November 22: The Beatles release The Beatles, later known as the White Album.