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   Date  Event(s)
1 1954 
  • 1954—1954:
    First comprehensive school opens in London
  • 1954—1954:
    Routemaster bus starts operating in London
  • 1954—1954:
    First transistor radios sold
  • 6 May 1954—6 May 1954:
    First sub 4 minute mile (Roger Bannister, 3 mins 59.4 secs)
  • 3 Jul 1954—3 Jul 1954:
    Food rationing officially ends in Britain
  • 5 Jul 1954—5 Jul 1954:
    BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin
  • 30 Sep 1954—30 Sep 1954:
    First atomic powered sumbmarine USS Nautilus commissioned
2 1955 
  • 1955—1955:
    'Mole' self-grip wrench patented by Thomas Coughtrie of Mole & Sons
  • 27 Jul 1955—27 Jul 1955:
    Jul 27: Allied occupation of Austria (after WW2) ends
  • 22 Sep 1955—22 Sep 1955:
    Commercial TV starts in Britain
3 1956 
  • 1956—1956:
    Britain constructs world's first large-scale nuclear power station in Cumberland
  • 1 Mar 1956—1 Mar 1956:
    Radiotelephony spelling alphabet introduced (Alpha, Bravo, etc)
  • 17 Apr 1956—17 Apr 1956:
    Premium Bonds first launched - first prizes drawn on 1 Jun 1957
  • 3 Jun 1956—3 Jun 1956:
    3rd class travel abolished on British Railways (renamed 'Third Class' as 'Second Class', which had been abolished in 1875 leaving just First and Third Class)
  • 31 Oct 1956—31 Oct 1956:
    Britain and France invade Suez
4 1957 
  • 1957—1957:
    Britain introduces parking meters
  • 1957—1957:
    Helvetica typeface developed (in Switzerland)
  • 1957—1957:
    SA - Sputnik
  • 11 Jan 1957—11 Jan 1957:
    Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister
  • 14 May 1957—14 May 1957:
    Post-Suez petrol rationing ends
  • 15 May 1957—15 May 1957:
    Britain explodes her first hydrogen bomb, at Christmas Island
  • 25 May 1957—25 May 1957:
    Treaty of Rome to create European Economic Community (EEC) of six countries: France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg - became operational Jan 1958
  • 4 Dec 1957—4 Dec 1957:
    Lewisham rail disaster - 90 killed as two trains collide in thick fog and a viaduct collapses on top of them
  • 25 Dec 1957—25 Dec 1957:
    Queen's first Christmas TV broadcast
5 1958 
  • 1958—1958:
    Easter: First anti-nuclear protest march to Aldermaston (emergence of CND)
  • 1958—1958:
    Computers begin to be used in research, industry and commerce
  • 1958—1958:
    USA begins to produce Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)
  • 13 May 1958—13 May 1958:
    Velcro trade mark registered
  • 26 Jul 1958—26 Jul 1958:
    Prince Charles' Investiture as 'Prince of Wales'
  • 5 Dec 1958—5 Dec 1958:
    Inauguration of Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) in Britain (completed in 1979)
  • 5 Dec 1958—5 Dec 1958:
    Preston by-pass opens - UK's first stretch of motorway
6 1959 
  • 3 Feb 1959—3 Feb 1959:
    'The Day The Music Died' - plane crash kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper
  • 17 Feb 1959—17 Feb 1959:
    Vanguard 2 satellite launched - first to measure cloud-cover distribution
  • 24 May 1959—24 May 1959:
    Empire Day becomes Commonwealth Day
  • Aug 1959—Aug 1959:
    BMC Mini car launched
  • 3 Oct 1959—3 Oct 1959:
    Postcodes introduced in Britain
  • 1 Nov 1959—1 Nov 1959:
    First section of M1 motorway opened
7 1960 
  • 17 Mar 1960—17 Mar 1960:
    New ?1 notes issued by Bank of England
  • 18 Mar 1960—18 Mar 1960:
    Last steam locomotive of British Railways named
  • 21 Jul 1960—21 Jul 1960:
    Francis Chichester arrives in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II (took 40 days), winning the first single-handed transatlantic yacht race which he co-founded
  • 12 Aug 1960—12 Aug 1960:
    Echo I, the first (passive) communications satellite, launched
  • 12 Sep 1960—12 Sep 1960:
    MoT tests on motor vehicles introduced
  • 1 Oct 1960—1 Oct 1960:
    HMS 'Dreadnought' nuclear submarine launched
  • 2 Nov 1960—2 Nov 1960:
    Penguin Books found not guilty of obscenity in the 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' case
8 1961 
  • 1961—1961:
    SA - South Africa becomes a republic and leaves the Commonwealth.
  • 1 Jan 1961—1 Jan 1961:
    Farthing ceases to be legal tender in UK
  • 13 Mar 1961—13 Mar 1961:
    Black & White ?5 notes cease to be legal tender
  • 14 Mar 1961—14 Mar 1961:
    New English Bible (New Testament) published
  • 1 May 1961—1 May 1961:
    Betting shops legal in Britain
9 1962 
  • 1962—1962:
    Britain passes Commonwealth Immigrants Act to control immigration
  • 1962—1962:
    Thalidomide withdrawn after it causes deformities in babies
  • 1962—1962:
    Britain and France agree to construct 'Concorde'
  • 25 May 1962—25 May 1962:
    Consecration of new Coventry Cathedral (old destroyed in WW2 blitz)
  • 15 Jun 1962—15 Jun 1962:
    First nuclear generated electricity to supplied National Grid (from Berkeley Glos)
  • Jul 1962—Jul 1962:
    First passenger-carrying hovercraft enters service, along the North Wales Coast from Moreton to Rhyl
  • 10 Jul 1962—10 Jul 1962:
    First TV transmission between US and Europe (Telstar) - first live broadcast on 23 Jul
  • 24 Oct 1962—24 Oct 1962:
    Cuba missile crisis - brink of nuclear war
10 1963 
  • 1963—1963:
    France vetoes Britain's entry into EEC
  • Jan 1963—Jan 1963:
    Cold weather forces cancellation of most football matches (only 4 English First Division matches in the month) - the first 'pools panel' created
  • 27 Mar 1963—27 Mar 1963:
    Beeching Report on British Railways (the 'Beeching Axe')
  • 1 Aug 1963—1 Aug 1963:
    Minimum prison age raised to 17
  • 8 Aug 1963—8 Aug 1963:
    'Great Train Robbery' on Glasgow to London mail train
  • 17 Sep 1963—17 Sep 1963:
    Fylingdales (Yorks) early warning system operational
  • 18 Nov 1963—18 Nov 1963:
    Dartford Tunnel opens
  • 23 Nov 1963—23 Nov 1963:
    First episode of 'Dr Who' on BBC TV
11 1964 
  • 1 Jan 1964—1 Jan 1964:
    First 'Top of the Pops' on BBC TV
  • 9 Apr 1964—9 Apr 1964:
    First Greater London Council (GLC) election
  • 21 Apr 1964—21 Apr 1964:
    BBC2 TV launched
  • 22 Aug 1964—22 Aug 1964:
    'Match of the Day' starts on BBC2
  • 4 Sep 1964—4 Sep 1964:
    Forth road bridge opens
12 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
13 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
14 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
15 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
16 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)
17 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
18 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
19 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
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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)
26 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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