1966 - 1967 (1 year)
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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 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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