It was the year in which British inventor Clive Sinclair launched the battery-assisted Sinclair C5 and the miners' strike ended after one year.
In July, Huddersfield's Ruth Lawrence, 13, achieved a first in mathematics at Oxford University, becoming the youngest Briton ever to earn a first-class degree.
In Huddersfield more than 50 majorette troupes from throughout Britain competed in the Kirklees Majorettes Championships in Greenhead Park.
The day-long competition was organised by the Yorkshire Carnival Association.
Also that year, five-month-old Jolene Mary Hendrick, of Dalton, defeated nearly 1,000 entrants to win the Examiner Bonny Baby Competition.
