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Date |
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1 | 1965 | - 1965—1965:
Britain enacts first Race Relations Act
- 1965—1965:
SA - Rhodesian UDI
- 7 Feb 1965—7 Feb 1965:
First US raids against North Vietnam
- 7 Apr 1965—7 Apr 1965:
Winston Churchill dies
- 1 Aug 1965—1 Aug 1965:
TV cigarette advertising banned in Britain
- 8 Oct 1965—8 Oct 1965:
Post Office Tower operational in London
- 28 Oct 1965—28 Oct 1965:
Death penalty for murder suspended in Britain for five-year trial period, then
abolished 18 Dec 1969
- 22 Dec 1965—22 Dec 1965:
70mph speed limit introduced on British roads
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2 | 1966 | - 14 Feb 1966—14 Feb 1966:
Australia converts from ? to $
- 3 May 1966—3 May 1966:
'The Times' begins to print news on its front page in place of classified
Advertisements
- 30 Jul 1966—30 Jul 1966:
World Cup won by England at Wembley (4-2 in extra time v West Germany)
- 8 Sep 1966—8 Sep 1966:
First Severn road bridge opens
- 21 Oct 1966—21 Oct 1966:
Aberfan disaster - slag heap slip kills 144, incl. 116 children
- 1 Dec 1966—1 Dec 1966:
First Christmas stamps issued in Britain
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3 | 1967 | - 1967—1967:
SA - Six Day Arab - Isreali War
- 4 Jan 1967—4 Jan 1967:
Donald Campbell dies attempting to break his world water speed record on
Conniston Water - his body and Bluebird recovered in 2002
- 18 Mar 1967—18 Mar 1967:
'Torrey Canyon' oil tanker runs aground off Lands End first major oil spill
- 28 May 1967—28 May 1967:
Francis Chichester arrives in Plymouth after solo circumnavigation in Gipsy Moth IV (he was knighted 7th July at Greenwich by the queen using the sword with which Elizabeth I had knighted Sir Francis Drake four centuries earlier
- 27 Jun 1967—27 Jun 1967:
First withdrawal from a cash dispenser (ATM) in Britain - at Enfield branch of Barclays
- 1 Jul 1967—1 Jul 1967:
First colour TV in Britain
- 14 Aug 1967—14 Aug 1967:
Offshore pirate radio stations declared illegal by the UK
- 20 Sep 1967—20 Sep 1967:
'QE2' launched on Clydebank
- 27 Sep 1967—27 Sep 1967:
'Queen Mary' arrives Southampton at end of her last transatlantic voyage
- 30 Sep 1967—30 Sep 1967:
BBC Radios 1 2 3 & 4 open first record played on Radio 1 was the controversial 'Flowers in the Rain' by 'The Move'
- 5 Oct 1967—5 Oct 1967:
Introduction of majority verdicts in English courts
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4 | 1968 | - 18 Feb 1968—18 Feb 1968:
British Standard Time introduced - Summer Time became permanent but arguments prevailed and Britain reverted to GMT in October 1971
- 18 Apr 1968—18 Apr 1968:
London Bridge sold (and eventually moved to Arizona) - modern London Bridge, built around it as it was demolished, was opened in Mar 1973
- 20 Apr 1968—20 Apr 1968:
Enoch Powell 'Rivers of Blood' speech on immigration
- 23 Apr 1968—23 Apr 1968:
Issue of 5p and 10p decimal coins in Britain
- 29 May 1968—29 May 1968:
Manchester United first English club to win the European Cup
- 11 Aug 1968—11 Aug 1968:
Last steam passenger train service ran in Britain (Carlisle- Liverpool)
- 16 Sep 1968—16 Sep 1968:
Two-tier postal rate starts in Britain
- 5 Oct 1968—5 Oct 1968:
Beginning of disturbances in N Ireland
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5 | 1969 | - 1969—1969:
SA - Man on the Moon
- 2 Mar 1969—2 Mar 1969:
Maiden flight of 'Concorde', at Toulouse
- 7 Mar 1969—7 Mar 1969:
Victoria Line tube opens in London
- 17 Apr 1969—17 Apr 1969:
Voting age lowered from 21 to 18
- 2 May 1969—2 May 1969:
Maiden voyage of liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)
- 31 Jul 1969—31 Jul 1969:
Halfpenny ceases to be legal tender in Britain
- 14 Aug 1969—14 Aug 1969:
Civil disturbances in Ulster - Britain sends troops to support civil authorities
- 7 Sep 1969—7 Sep 1969:
First episode of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' recorded
- 14 Oct 1969—14 Oct 1969:
50p coin introduced in Britain (reduced in size 1998)
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6 | 1970 | - 1970—1970:
Boeing 747 (Jumbo jet) goes into service
- 17 Jun 1970—17 Jun 1970:
Decimal postage stamps first issued for sale in Britain
- 19 Jun 1970—19 Jun 1970:
Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister
- 30 Jul 1970—30 Jul 1970:
Damages awarded to Thalidomide victims
- 19 Sep 1970—19 Sep 1970:
First Glastonbury Festival held
- 20 Nov 1970—20 Nov 1970:
Ten shilling note (50p after decimalisation) goes out of circulation in Britain
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7 | 1971 | - 1971—1971:
Banking and Financial Dealings Act - replaced the Bank Holidays Act of 1871
- 1971—1971:
Sunday becomes the seventh day in the week as UK adopts decision of the International
Standardisation Organisation (ISO) to call Monday the first day
- 1971—1971:
'Greenpeace' founded
- 1971—1971:
Rolls-Royce declared bankrupt
- 3 Jan 1971—3 Jan 1971:
Open University starts
- 15 Feb 1971—15 Feb 1971:
Decimalisation of coinage in UK and Republic of Ireland
- 9 Aug 1971—9 Aug 1971:
Internment without trial introduced in N Ireland
- 28 Oct 1971—28 Oct 1971:
Parliament votes to join Common Market (joined 1973)
- 28 Oct 1971—28 Oct 1971:
UK launches its first (and only) satellite, Prospero
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8 | 1972 | - 1972—1972:
Britain imposes direct rule in Northern Ireland
- 1972—1972:
Strict anti-hijack measures introduced internationally, especially at airports
- 1972—1972:
SA - Watergate
- 1972—1972:
Dutch Elm disease devastates trees across UK
- 1972—1972:
Domestic video cassette recorders introduced
- 30 Jan 1972—30 Jan 1972:
'Bloody Sunday' in Derry, Northern Ireland
- 28 May 1972—28 May 1972:
Duke of Windsor (ex-King Edward VIII) dies in Paris
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9 | 1973 | - 1 Jan 1973—1 Jan 1973:
Britain enters EEC Common Market (with Ireland and Denmark)
- 17 Mar 1973—17 Mar 1973:
Modern London Bridge opened by the Queen
- 1 Apr 1973—1 Apr 1973:
VAT introduced in Britain
- 26 Sep 1973—26 Sep 1973:
Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking
time
- 14 Oct 1973—14 Oct 1973:
Marriage of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey
- 31 Dec 1973—31 Dec 1973:
Miners strike and oil crisis precipitate 'three-day week' (till 9 Mar 1974) to
conserve power
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10 | 1974 | - 1974—1974:
New counties formed in Britain after re-organisation of some county boundaries
- 1 Jun 1974—1 Jun 1974:
Flixborough disaster: explosion at chemical plant kills 28 people
- 7 Nov 1974—7 Nov 1974:
Lord Lucan disappears
- 21 Nov 1974—21 Nov 1974:
Birmingham pub bombings by the IRA
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11 | 1975 | - 1975—1975:
SA - South African Forces in Angola.
- 1975—1975:
SA - Angola and Mozambique independence
- 1975—1975:
Unemployment in Britain rises above 1M for first time since before WW2
- 11 Feb 1975—11 Feb 1975:
Margaret Thatcher becomes leader of Conservative party (in opposition)
- 28 Feb 1975—28 Feb 1975:
Moorgate tube crash in London - over 43 deaths, greatest loss of life on the
Underground in peacetime. The cause of the incident was never conclusively determined
- 4 Mar 1975—4 Mar 1975:
Charlie Chaplin knighted
- 5 Jun 1975—5 Jun 1975:
UK votes in a referendum to stay in the European Community
- 29 Oct 1975—29 Oct 1975:
'Yorkshire Ripper' commits his first murder
- 3 Nov 1975—3 Nov 1975:
First North Sea oil comes ashore
- 29 Nov 1975—29 Nov 1975:
The name 'Micro-soft' coined by Bill Gates (Microsoft' became a Trademark the
following year)
- 27 Dec 1975—27 Dec 1975:
Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Act come into force
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12 | 1976 | - 1976—1976:
National Theatre opens in London
- 1976—1981:
SA - The homelands of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei are separated from South Africa and established as independent states.
- 1976—1976:
'Cod War' between Britain and Iceland
- 1976—1976:
Deaths exceeded live births in E&W for first time since records began in 1837
- 1976—1976:
James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister
- 21 Jan 1976—21 Jan 1976:
Concorde enters supersonic passenger service
- 1 Apr 1976—1 Apr 1976:
Apple Computer formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
- 6 Aug 1976—6 Aug 1976:
Drought Act 1976 comes into force ? the long, hot summer
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13 | 1977 | - 2 Mar 1977—2 Mar 1977:
'Red Rum' wins a third Grand National
- 25 May 1977—25 May 1977:
George Lucas' film Star Wars' released
- 5 Jun 1977—5 Jun 1977:
Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale
- 7 Jun 1977—7 Jun 1977:
Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations in London
- 22 Nov 1977—22 Nov 1977:
Regular supersonic Concorde service between London and NY inaugurated
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14 | 1978 | - 8 Apr 1978—8 Apr 1978:
Regular broadcast of proceedings in Parliament starts
- 1 May 1978—1 May 1978:
First May Day holiday in Britain
- 25 Jul 1978—25 Jul 1978:
World's first 'test tube' baby, Louise Browne born in Oldham
- 30 Nov 1978—30 Nov 1978:
Publication of The Times suspended - industrial relations problems (until 13
Nov 1979)
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15 | 1979 | - 1 Mar 1979—1 Mar 1979:
32.5% of Scots vote in favor of devolution (40% needed) - Welsh vote overwhelmingly against
- 30 Mar 1979—30 Mar 1979:
Airey Neave killed by a car bomb at Westminster
- 31 Mar 1979—31 Mar 1979:
Withdrawal of the Royal Navy from Malta
- 4 May 1979—4 May 1979:
Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman UK Prime Minister
- 1 Jul 1979—1 Jul 1979:
Sony introduces the Walkman
- 27 Aug 1979—27 Aug 1979:
Lord Mountbatten and 3 others killed in bomb blast off coast of Sligo, Ireland
- 18 Sep 1979—18 Sep 1979:
ILEA votes to abolish corporal punishment in its schools
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16 | 1980 | - 5 May 1980—5 May 1980:
SAS storm Iranian Embassy in London to free hostages
- 8 Dec 1980—8 Dec 1980:
John Lennon assassinated in New York
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17 | 1981 | - 25 Jan 1981—25 Jan 1981:
Launch of SDP by 'Gang of Four' in Britain
- 29 Mar 1981—29 Mar 1981:
First London marathon run
- 11 Apr 1981—11 Apr 1981:
Brixton riots in South London - 30 other British cities also experience riots
- 25 Apr 1981—25 Apr 1981:
Worst April blizzards this century in Britain
- 27 Apr 1981—27 Apr 1981:
First use of computer mouse (by Xerox PARC system)
- 29 Jul 1981—29 Jul 1981:
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (divorced 28 Aug 1996)
- 12 Aug 1981—12 Aug 1981:
IBM launches the first PC
- 12 Aug 1981—12 Aug 1981:
IBM launches its PC ? starts the general use of personal computers
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