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   Date  Event(s)
1 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
2 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
3 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)
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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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