1967 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1967 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - HM Queen Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister - Harold Wilson, Labour Party
[edit] Events
[edit] January
- January 2 - Charlie Chaplin opens his last film, A Countess From Hong Kong, in England.
- January 15 - The United Kingdom enters the first round of negotiations for EEC membership in Rome.
- January 16 - Italy announces support for the United Kingdom's EEC membership.
- January 18 - Jeremy Thorpe becomes leader of the Liberal Party.
- January 26 - The Parliament of the United Kingdom decides to nationalize 90% of the British steel industry.
- January 27 - The USA, Soviet Union and UK sign the Outer Space Treaty.
[edit] February
- February 6 - Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin arrives in the UK for an eight-day visit. He meets the Queen on February 9.
- February 7 - The British National Front is founded by A. K. Chesterton.
- February 12 - Police raid 'Redlands', the Sussex home of the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, following a tip-off from the News of the World. No immediate arrests are made, but Richards, Mick Jagger and art dealer Robert Fraser are later charged with possession of drugs.
- February 25 - Britain's second Polaris missile submarine, HMS Renown, is launched.
- February 27
- The Dutch government supports British EEC membership.
- Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.
[edit] March
- March 1 - The Queen Elizabeth Hall is opened in London.
- March 4
- The first North Sea gas is pumped ashore at Easington Co Durham. [1]
- Queens Park Rangers become the first 3rd Division side to win the League Cup at Wembley Stadium defeating West Bromwich Albion 3-2.
- March 18 - The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground in between Land's End and the Scilly Isles. [1]
- March 29-March 30 - RAF planes bomb the Torrey Canyon and sink it.
- March 31 -At The Astoria London, Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar on stage for the first time. He is taken to the hospital suffering burns to his hands.
[edit] April
- April 2 - A UN delegation arrives in Aden due to approaching independence. They leave April 7, accusing British authorities of lack of cooperation. The British say the delegation did not contact them.
- April 8 - Puppet On A String by Sandie Shaw (music and text by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter) wins Eurovision Song Contest 1967 for United Kingdom.
- April 13 - Conservatives win the Greater London Council elections.
[edit] May
- May 2 - Harold Wilson announces that the United Kingdom has decided to apply for EEC membership
- May 3 - A big gold robbery occurs in London.
- May 11 - The United Kingdom and Ireland apply officially for European Economic Community membership.
- 14 May - The Roman Catholic Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King is consecrated.
- May 25 - Celtic F.C. becomes the first British and Northern European team to reach a European Cup final and also to win it, beating Inter Milan 2-1 in normal time.
- 20 May - In the FA Cup Final, Tottenham Hotspur defeat Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley Stadium.
- May 28 - The Folk-Rock band Fairport Convention plays their first gig.
- May 28 - Sir Francis Chichester arrives in Plymouth after completing his single-handed sailing voyage around the world in his yacht, Gipsy Moth IV, in nine months and one day.
[edit] June
- June 1 - The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of rock's most acclaimed albums.
- June 4 - Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
- June 27 - The first automatic cash machine (voucher-based) is installed in the office of the Barclays Bank in Enfield.
[edit] July
- July 1 - The first colour television broadcasts begin on BBC2 in UK for certain programmes. A full-colour service begins on BBC2 on December 2.
- July 4 - Parliament decriminalizes male homosexuality with the Sexual Offences Act 1967.
- 7 July - In the last amateur Wimbledon tennis tourney, Australian John Newcombe beats German Wilhelm P. Bungert to win the Gentlemen's Singles championship. The next day, American Billie Jean King beats Briton Ann Haydon Jones to win the Ladies' Singles championship. The matches are also the first to be broadcast in colour.
- July 13 - English road racing cyclist Tom Simpson dies of exhaustion on the slopes of Mont Ventoux during the 13th stage of the Tour de France.
- July 18 - The UK government announce the closing of its military bases in Malaysia and Singapore. Australia and the U.S. do not approve.
[edit] August
- August 5 - Pink Floyd releases their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
- August 14 - The UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
[edit] September
- September 2 - Paddy Roy Bates gains control of an off-shore platform off of Sussex and declares it to be the Principality of Sealand.
- September 10 - In Gibraltar, only 44 out of 12,182 voters support union with Spain.
- September 20 - The QE2 is launched at Southampton by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, using the same pair of gold scissors used by her mother and grandmother to launch the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, respectively.
- September 27 - The Queen Mary arrives in Southampton, at the end of her last transatlantic voyage.
- September 30 - BBC Radio 1 is launched.
[edit] October
- October 25 - An abortion bill, the Abortion Act 1967, passes in the Parliament.
- October 27 - Charles De Gaulle vetoes British entry into the European Economic Community again.
- October 30 - British troops and Chinese demonstrators clash on the border of China and Hong Kong during the Hong Kong Riots.
[edit] November
- November 5 - A Sunday evening express train from Hastings to London derails in the Hither Green rail crash, killing 49 people.
- November 19 - The UK pound is devalued from 1 GBP = 2.80 USD to 1 GBP = 2.40 USD.
[edit] December
- December 5 - The Beatles open the Apple Shop in London
- December 11 - The Concorde is unveiled in Toulouse, France.
- December 12 - Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, 25, wins a High Court appeal against a nine-month prison sentence for possessing and using cannabis. He is instead fined £1,000 and put on probation for three years. [1]
[edit] Unknown dates
- Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, George Porter and the German Manfred Eigen win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equlibrium by means of very short pulses of energy".[2]
- Parker Morris Standards became mandatory for all housing built in New Towns in the UK.
- Boy's Own Paper, published since 1879, publishes its final issue.
- The Eel Pie Island Hotel is forced to close by the police.
- Ford announces the end of Anglia production and replaces it with an all-new car called the Escort, which like its predecessor will built at Dagenham and sold all over Europe.
[edit] Births
[edit] January - April
- January 2 - Helen Morgan, British field hockey goalkeeper
- January 7 - Mark Lamarr, British comedian/TV and radio presenter
- 14 January - Emily Watson, English actress
- January 21 - Kathryn Johnson, British field hockey player
- January 22 - Nick Gillingham, British swimmer
- January 22 - Olivia d'Abo, English actress
- 14 February - Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Greek-Cypriot-born entrepreneur, founder of easyJet
- 16 February - Matthew Cottle, actor
- 23 February - Tamsin Greig, actress
- 25 February - Ed Balls, politician
- March 11 - John Barrowman, Scottish-born actor
- March 18 - Miki Berenyi, British lead singer of Lush
- April 2 - Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
- April 15 - Frankie Poullain, British bassist (The Darkness)
- 22 April - Sandra Douglas, British sprinter and Olympic medallist
- 26 April - Marianne Jean-Baptiste, British actress
[edit] May - August
- 20 May - Graham Brady, Conservative politician and MP for Altrincham and Sale West
- 27 May - Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
- May 29 - Noel Gallagher, British musician (Oasis)
- June 21 - Tammy Miller, English field hockey player
- 3 July - Katy Clark, Labour politician and trade union official, MP for North Ayrshire and Arran
- July 12 - Kevin Painter, English darts player
- 18 July - Paul Cornell, British television writer
- July 19 - Rageh Omaar, broadcaster
- 22 July - Lauren Booth , British journalist
- July 22 - Monique Javer, English tennis player
- 15 August - Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player
[edit] September - December
- 1 September - Steve Pemberton, English comedy writer and performer (The League of Gentlemen)
- September 5 - Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
- September 7 - Toby Jones, British actor (Infamous)
- 18 September - Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
- September 21 - Susie Dent, British lexicographer on Countdown.
- October 16 - Davina McCall, British TV presenter and UK Big Brother host
- 20 October - Monica Ali, British nvelist
- October 21 - Paul Ince, English footballer
- 26 October - Douglas Alexander, Labour politician
- October 30 - Gavin Rossdale, English musician
- November 14 - Letitia Dean, British actress
- 24 November - Shahid Malik, Labour politician
[edit] Unknown dates
- Greg Clark, Conservative politician and MP for Tunbridge Wells.
- Anjem Choudary, British Islamic activist
- Ivan Noble, British journalist (d. 2005)
- Jon Ronson, British journalist and radio presenter
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Donald Campbell, English water and land speed record seeker (b. 1921)
- February 3 - Joe Meek, record producer
- February 4 - Albert Orsborn, the 6th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1886)
- February 8 - Victor Gollancz, British publisher (b. 1893)
- March 6 - John Haden Badley, English author (b. 1865)
- May 12 - John Masefield, English poet and novelist (b. 1878)
- 3 June - Arthur Ransome, author and journalist (b. 1884)
- July 7 - Vivien Leigh, English actress (b. 1913)
- July 13 - Tom Simpson, English road racing cyclist (b. 1937)
- August 9 - Joe Orton, English playwright (b. 1933)
- August 27 - Brian Epstein, English band manager (The Beatles) (b. 1934)
- September 18 - John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- October 3 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
- October 7 - Norman Angell, British politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1872)
- October 8 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1893)
- October 9 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- November 13 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
- December 26 - Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (b. 1873)
[edit] References
- ^ a b (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967
