- 1973 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1973 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
* Monarch -
HM Queen Elizabeth II
* Prime Minister -Edward Heath , Conservative PartyEvents
*
1 January - TheUnited Kingdom , theRepublic of Ireland andDenmark enter the "European Economic Community". [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/1/newsid_2459000/2459167.stm|title="1973: Britain joins the EEC", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*11 January -Open University awards its first degrees. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11/newsid_2519000/2519681.stm|title="1973: First Open University degrees awarded", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*19 January - the super tug "Statesman" is sent to protect British fishing vessels fromIceland ic ships in theCod War . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/19/newsid_2530000/2530223.stm|title="1973: Super tug to defend fishing fleet", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*25 January - English actorDerren Nesbitt is convicted of assaulting his wifeAnne Aubrey .
*8 March - IRA bombs explode inWhitehall and theOld Bailey inLondon .
*9 March -Northern Ireland vote overwhelmingly to remain within the UK. Voter turnout is reportedly at 59%, although less than 1% of Catholics vote. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/9/newsid_2516000/2516477.stm|title="1973: Northern Ireland votes for union", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*10 March - the governor ofBermuda Richard Sharples and hisaide-de-camp assassinated. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/10/newsid_2798000/2798039.stm|title="1973: British officials shot dead in Bermuda", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*17 March - Queen Elizabeth II opens the modern London Bridge.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*24 March -Pink Floyd release "The Dark Side of the Moon ".
*26 March - Women are admitted into theLondon Stock Exchange for the first time. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/26/newsid_2531000/2531145.stm|title="1973: Stock Exchange admits women", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
* April -British Leyland launches its newAustin Allegro range of small family saloons, to replace the ageing 1100 and 1300 ranges that were sold under the Austin, Morris,Riley ,Wolseley , MG andVanden Plas brands from the range's1962 launch.
*1 April - VAT comes into effect.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 434-435|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*1 May - 1.6 million workers go on strike over government pay restraints. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/1/newsid_2480000/2480141.stm|title="1973: Thousands strike over pay and prices", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*5 May - Sunderland achieve a shock 1-0 win over Leeds United in theFA Cup final at Wembley.Ian Porterfield scores the only goal of the game. It is the first time that an FA Cup winning team has not contained a single player to be capped at full international level.
*20 May - theRoyal Navy sens three frigates to protect British fishing vessels from Icelandic ships in the Cod War dispute. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/20/newsid_2510000/2510837.stm|title="1973: Royal Navy moves to protect trawlers", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*23 June - A fire at a house in Hull which kills a 6-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 fire deaths caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
*10 July - TheBahamas gain full independence within theCommonwealth of Nations . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/9/newsid_2498000/2498835.stm|title="1973: Bahamas' sun sets on British Empire", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*30 July - £20 million compensation is paid to victims ofThalidomide following an 11-year court case. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/30/newsid_4582000/4582119.stm|title="1973: Final deal for thalidomide victims", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*31 July - Militant protesters ofIan Paisley disrupt the first sitting of theNorthern Ireland Assembly . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/31/newsid_2491000/2491885.stm|title="1973: Chaotic meeting of Belfast Assembly", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*21 August - thecoroner in the Bloody Sunday inquest accuses the British army of "sheer unadulterated murder" after the jury returns an open verdict. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/21/newsid_2500000/2500321.stm|title="1973: 'Bloody Sunday' inquest accuses Army", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*8 September - the IRA detonates bombs inManchester andVictoria Station inLondon .cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/10/newsid_2504000/2504619.stm|title="1973: Bomb blasts rock central London", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*10 September
** two IRA bombs atKing's Cross Station andEuston Station in London injure 13 people.
** the fashion storeBiba re-opens inKensington High Street . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/10/newsid_3914000/3914415.stm|title="1973: Big Biba opens its doors", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*12 September - further IRA bombs inOxford Street andSloane Square .
*23 September - TheBBC introducesCeefax , which withITV 's ORACLE first broadcast in 1974, are the world's firstteletext systems. [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]
*8 October - London Broadcasting Company, Britain's first legal commercialIndependent Local Radio station, begins broadcasting. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/8/newsid_2530000/2530721.stm|title="1973: Commercial radio joins UK airwaves", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*20 October - TheDalai Lama makes his first visit to the UK. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/20/newsid_2489000/2489855.stm|title="1973: Dalai Lama makes first UK visit", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*8 November - The SecondCod War between Britain and Iceland ends.
*14 November
** Eight members of theProvisional IRA convicted of the March bombings in London. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/14/newsid_4724000/4724181.stm|title="1973: IRA gang convicted of London bombings", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
** Princess Anne marries commoner CaptainMark Phillips atWestminster Abbey . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/14/newsid_2519000/2519003.stm|title="1973: Crowds cheer marriage of Princess Anne", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*9 December - TheSunningdale Agreement is signed inSunningdale ,Berkshire by Prime MinisterEdward Heath , Irish premierLiam Cosgrave , and representatives of theUlster Unionist Party , theSocial Democratic and Labour Party and theAlliance Party of Northern Ireland . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/9/newsid_2536000/2536767.stm|title="1973: Sunningdale Agreement signed", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*10 December
**Brian David Josephson shares theNobel Prize in Physics "for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects". [cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1973/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973|accessdate=2008-02-11]
**Geoffrey Wilkinson wins theNobel Prize in Chemistry jointly withErnst Otto Fischer "for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds". [cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1973/|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*31 December - Due to coal shortages caused by industrial action, the electricity consumption reduction measure - theThree-Day Week comes into force.Undated
* The
National House Building Council is formed.Publications
*
Martin Amis 's novel "The Rachel Papers".
*Agatha Christie 's novel "Postern of Fate ".
*James Gordon Farrell 's novel "The Siege of Krishnapur ".
*Graham Greene 's novel "The Honorary Consul ".
*Iris Murdoch 's novel "The Black Prince".Births
*
18 January -Crispian Mills , British musician (The Jeevas andKula Shaker )
*8 February -Sonia Deol , presenter
*26 April - Chris Perry, English footballer
*10 May -Dario Franchitti , Scottish race car driver
*24 May -Dermot O'Leary , British TV Star
*30 May -Leigh Francis , British comedian
*9 June -Iain Lee , British comedian and radio and television presenter
*3 July -Emma Cunniffe , British actress
*23 July - Fran Healy, British singer (Travis)
*26 July -Kate Beckinsale , English actress
*12 August - Richard Reid, English terrorist
*12 September -Darren Campbell , British athlete
*21 October -Beverly Turner , British TV and radio presenter
*29 November -Ryan Giggs , Welsh footballer
*17 December -Paula Radcliffe , British athlete
*Katie Carr , actress and modelDeaths
January - April
*
15 January -Neil M. Gunn , Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist(born 1891)
*19 January -Max Adrian , Northern Irish actor (born 1903)
*28 January -Francis Romney , English cricketer (born 1873)
*16 February - Harold Gibbons, English cricketer (born 1904)
*22 February -Elizabeth Bowen , novelist (born 1899)
*12 March -David Lack , British ornithologist and biologist (born 1910)
*26 March -Noel Coward , English composer and playwright (born 1899)
*30 March -Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton , British politician and Conservative peer (born 1903)May - August
*
11 May -Russell Everitt , English cricketer (born 1881)
*14 May -A. C. Ewing , British philosopher (born 1899)
*6 June -Jimmy Clitheroe , "aka" 'The Clitheroe Kid', English comedian (born 1921)
*18 June -Roger Delgado , English actor ("Doctor Who ") (born 1918)
*1 July -Charles Ernest Garforth , English soldier and recipient of theVictoria Cross (born 1891)
*July 8 -Wilfred Rhodes , English cricketer (born 1877)
*18 July -John Brown Hamilton , Scottish soldier and recipient of theVictoria Cross (born 1896)
*29 July
**Roger Williamson , British race car driver (born 1948)
**Cecil Griffiths , British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the1920 Summer Olympics (born 1901)
*6 August -James Beck , actor (born 1929)
*16 August -A. K. Chesterton , British politician and journalist (born 1896)
*17 August - George Benson, British Labour Party politician (born 1889)
*18 August -Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough , British Ulster Unionist politician (born 1888)
*29 August -Stringer Davis , English actor (born 1896)eptember - December
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2 September -J. R. R. Tolkien , British writer (born 1892)
*6 September -William Henry Harris , English organist and composer (born 1883)
*11 September -E. E. Evans-Pritchard , British anthropologist (born 1902)
*21 September -C. H. Dodd , Welsh scholar and theologian (born 1884)
*24 September -Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg , British peeress
*25 September - George Porter, British Labour Party politician (born 1884)
*September 29 -W. H. Auden , English poet (born 1907)
*4 October -Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch , British politician and Conservative peer (born 1894)
*9 October -Hilda Plowright , English actress (born 1890)
*10 November -Gerald Cock , British broadcasting executive (born 1887)
*5 December - SirRobert Alexander Watson-Watt , Scottish inventor (born 1892)
*9 December -Anthony Gilbert (pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson), British crime-fiction writer (born 1899)
*13 December -Henry Green , novelist (born 1905)References
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