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Male 1972 - 1996  (24 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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)
8 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
9 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
10 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
11 1982 
  • 1982—1982:
    SA - Falklands War
  • 26 Jan 1982—26 Jan 1982:
    Unemployment reached 3 million in Britain (1 in 8 of working population)
  • 5 Feb 1982—5 Feb 1982:
    Laker Airways collapses
  • 19 Feb 1982—19 Feb 1982:
    DeLorean Car factory in Belfast goes into receivership
  • 18 Mar 1982—18 Mar 1982:
    Argentinians raised flag in South Georgia
  • 2 Apr 1982—2 Apr 1982:
    Argentina invades Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
  • 5 Apr 1982—5 Apr 1982:
    Royal Navy fleet sails from Portsmouth for Falklands
  • 2 May 1982—2 May 1982:
    British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks Argentine cruiser General Belgrano
  • 28 May 1982—28 May 1982:
    First land battle in Falklands (Goose Green)
  • 14 Jun 1982—14 Jun 1982:
    Ceasefire in Falklands
  • 21 Jun 1982—21 Jun 1982:
    Prince William is born
  • 20 Jul 1982—20 Jul 1982:
    IRA bombings in London (Hyde Park and Regents Park)
  • 19 Sep 1982—19 Sep 1982:
    Smiley emoticon :-) said to have been used for the first time
  • 11 Oct 1982—11 Oct 1982:
    Mary Rose' raised in the Solent (sank in 1545)
  • 31 Oct 1982—31 Oct 1982:
    Thames Barrier raised for first time (some say first public demonstration Nov 7)
  • 2 Nov 1982—2 Nov 1982:
    Channel 4 TV station launched - first programme 'Countdown'
  • 4 Nov 1982—4 Nov 1982:
    Lorries up to 38 tonnes allowed on Britain's roads
  • 12 Dec 1982—12 Dec 1982:
    Women's peace protest at Greenham Common (Cruise missiles arrived 14 Nov 1983)
12 1983 
  • 1983—1983:
    First female Lord Mayor of London elected (Dame Mary Donaldson)
  • 17 Jan 1983—17 Jan 1983:
    Start of breakfast TV in Britain
  • 31 Jan 1983—31 Jan 1983:
    Seat belt law comes into force
  • 21 Apr 1983—21 Apr 1983:
    ?1 coin into circulation in Britain
  • 7 Oct 1983—7 Oct 1983:
    Plans to abolish GLC announced
  • 26 Nov 1983—26 Nov 1983:
    Brinks Mat robbery: 6,800 gold bars worth nearly ?26 million are stolen from a vault at Heathrow Airport
13 1984 
  • 1984—1984:
    SA - Coloureds and Asians given the vote.
  • 6 Mar 1984—6 Mar 1984:
    Miners strike begins
  • 17 Apr 1984—17 Apr 1984:
    Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher killed by gunfire from the Libyan Embassy in London
  • 22 Jun 1984—22 Jun 1984:
    Inaugural flight of Virgin Atlantic
  • 9 Jul 1984—9 Jul 1984:
    York Minster struck by lightning - the resulting fire damaged much of the building but the Rose Window' not affected
  • 12 Oct 1984—12 Oct 1984:
    IRA bomb explodes at Tory conference hotel in Brighton - 4 killed
  • 24 Oct 1984—24 Oct 1984:
    Miners' strike ? High Court orders sequestration of NUM assets
  • 3 Dec 1984—3 Dec 1984:
    British Telecom privatised - shares make massive gains on first day's trading
14 1985 
  • 3 Mar 1985—3 Mar 1985:
    Miners agree to call off strike
  • 11 Mar 1985—11 Mar 1985:
    Al Fayed buys Harrods
  • 13 Jul 1985—13 Jul 1985:
    Live Aid' pop concert raises over ?50M for famine relief
  • 1 Sep 1985—1 Sep 1985:
    Wreck of Titanic' found (sank 1912)
15 1986 
  • 31 Mar 1986—31 Mar 1986:
    GLC and 6 metropolitan councils abolished
  • 26 Apr 1986—26 Apr 1986:
    Chernobyl nuclear accident - radiation reached Britain on 2 Ma
  • 26 May 1986—26 May 1986:
    The European Community adopts the European flag
  • 23 Jul 1986—23 Jul 1986:
    Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey
  • 27 Oct 1986—27 Oct 1986:
    'Big Bang' (deregulation) of the London Stock Market
  • 29 Oct 1986—29 Oct 1986:
    M25 motorway ring around London completed
16 1987 
  • 1987—1987:
    World population crossed the 5 billion mark
  • 2 Feb 1987—2 Feb 1987:
    Terry Waite kidnapped in Beirut (released 17 Nov 1991)
  • 6 Mar 1987—6 Mar 1987:
    Car ferry Herald of Free Enterprise' capsizes off Zeebrugge - 188 die
  • 1 Jul 1987—1 Jul 1987:
    Excavation begins on the Channel Tunnel
  • 19 Aug 1987—19 Aug 1987:
    Hungerford Massacre - Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a rifle
  • 16 Oct 1987—16 Oct 1987:
    The 'Hurricane' sweeps southern England
  • 19 Oct 1987—19 Oct 1987:
    'Black Monday' in the City of London - Stock Market crash
  • 8 Nov 1987—8 Nov 1987:
    Enniskillen bombing at a Remembrance Day ceremony
  • 18 Nov 1987—18 Nov 1987:
    King's Cross fire in London - 31 people die
17 1988 
  • 5 Feb 1988—5 Feb 1988:
    First 'Red Nose Day' in UK, raising money for charity
  • 6 Jul 1988—6 Jul 1988:
    Piper Alpha disaster - North Sea oil platform destroyed by explosion and fire killing 167 men
  • 15 Nov 1988—15 Nov 1988:
    Copyright, Designs and Patents Act - reformulated the statutory basis of copyright law (including performing rights) in the UK
  • 12 Dec 1988—12 Dec 1988:
    Clapham Junction rail crash kills 35 and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains
  • 21 Dec 1988—21 Dec 1988:
    Lockerbie disaster - Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Scotland
18 1989 
  • 1989—1989:
    Poll Tax implemented in Scotland
  • 14 Feb 1989—14 Feb 1989:
    The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is placed into orbit
  • 2 Mar 1989—2 Mar 1989:
    EU decision to ban production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century
  • 9 Nov 1989—9 Nov 1989:
    Berlin Wall torn down
  • 21 Nov 1989—21 Nov 1989:
    Proceedings of House of Commons first televised live
19 1990 
  • 1990—1990:
    SA - The start of repealing of apartheid laws.
  • 11 Feb 1990—11 Feb 1990:
    Nelson Mandela released in South Africa
  • 31 Mar 1990—31 Mar 1990:
    Riots in London against Poll Tax which had been implemented in England & Wales
  • 25 Apr 1990—25 Apr 1990:
    Hubble space telescope launched
  • 22 Nov 1990—22 Nov 1990:
    Margaret Thatcher resigns as Conservative party leader (and Prime Minister)
  • 1 Dec 1990—1 Dec 1990:
    Channel Tunnel excavation teams meet in the middle
20 1991 
  • 1991—1991:
    Poll Tax replaced (by Council Tax)
  • 1991—1991:
    The 'Internet' comes into existence
  • 1991—1991:
    SA - Gulf War
  • 18 May 1991—18 May 1991:
    Helen Sharman is first British Astronaut in Space
  • Aug 1991—Aug 1991:
    Collapse of the Soviet Union
  • 6 Sep 1991—6 Sep 1991:
    Leningrad renamed St Petersburg
  • 5 Nov 1991—5 Nov 1991:
    Robert Maxwell drowns at sea
21 1992 
  • 7 Feb 1992—7 Feb 1992:
    European Union formed by The Maastricht Treaty
  • 22 Apr 1992—22 Apr 1992:
    Betty Boothroyd elected as first female Speaker of the House of Commons
  • 15 Aug 1992—15 Aug 1992:
    Football Premier League kicks off in England
  • 16 Sep 1992—16 Sep 1992:
    'Black Wednesday' as Pound leaves the ERM
  • 20 Nov 1992—20 Nov 1992:
    Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle causing over ?50 million worth of damage
  • 24 Nov 1992—24 Nov 1992:
    The Queen describes this year as an 'Annus Horribilis'
22 1993 
  • 1993—1993:
    Betty Boothroyd first woman Speaker of the House of Commons (to 2000)
  • 1993—1993:
    Elizabeth II becomes first British Monarch to pay Income Tax
  • Jul 1993—Jul 1993:
    Ratification of Maastricht Treaty, established the European Union (EU)
23 1994 
  • 1994—1994:
    15 million people now connected to the Internet
  • 12 Mar 1994—12 Mar 1994:
    Church of England ordains its first female priests
  • 27 Mar 1994—1994:
    SA - First democratic general elections.
  • 6 May 1994—6 May 1994:
    Channel Tunnel open to traffic
  • 19 Nov 1994—19 Nov 1994:
    National Lottery starts
24 1995 
  • 26 Feb 1995—26 Feb 1995:
    Nick Leeson brings down Barings Bank
  • 15 Jul 1995—15 Jul 1995:
    First item sold on Amazon.com
  • 16 Nov 1995—16 Nov 1995:
    The Queen Mother has a hip replacement operation at 95 years old
  • 22 Nov 1995—22 Nov 1995:
    Toy Story' released - first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery
25 1996 
  • 9 Feb 1996—9 Feb 1996:
    IRA bomb explodes in London Docklands - ends 17 month ceasefire
  • 13 Mar 1996—13 Mar 1996:
    Dunblane massacre
  • 15 Jun 1996—15 Jun 1996:
    IRA bomb explodes in Manchester
  • 5 Jul 1996—5 Jul 1996:
    Scientists in Scotland clone a sheep (Dolly)
  • 28 Aug 1996—28 Aug 1996:
    Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales are divorced

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