Decade: 1970

First female Middle (postgraduate) Common Room President elected Cambridge University Radio starts broadcasting from a College basement First alumni reunion dinner hosted by the College

Ladies First Boat Head of the River in May Bumps (first of six times) World’s first ‘test tube’ baby born: Bob Edwards, Fellow, later wins Nobel Prize

Statutes amended to admit students as members of College Council

Sir Winston’s pre-1945 archive transferred from the Bodleian Library Anthony Hewish, Fellow, awarded Nobel Prize for pulsars

Archives Centre opened Cap on number of female student admissions abolished First female Junior Common Room President elected

First women students admitted, alongside King’s and Clare Colleges

Second and third women Fellows elected: Alison Finch and Pat Wright

First women Fellow elected: Daphne Osborne First Churchill Association alumni dinner in College Southern African Bursary established to fund black African students John Piper’s glass unveiled in the chapel Churchill students win TV’s University Challenge 400 students petition for renewal of the chaplain, Noel Duckworth Churchill students achieve High Court ruling that students nationwide can…