- 1971 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1971 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
* Monarch -
HM Queen Elizabeth II
* Prime Minister -Edward Heath , Conservative PartyEvents
January - March
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2 January - A stairway crush at the Rangers vs. Celtic football match atIbrox Stadium inGlasgow kills 66 and leaves many more injured. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/2/newsid_2478000/2478305.stm|title="1971: Sixty-six die in Scottish football disaster", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*3 January -BBC Open University broadcasts begin.
*7 January - The Britishheavy metal bandBlack Sabbath releases their breakthrough album, "Paranoid".
*8 January -Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador toUruguay , inMontevideo ; they keep him captive until September.
*12 January - The house ofRobert Carr ,Secretary of State for Employment , bombed byThe Angry Brigade . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/12/newsid_2523000/2523465.stm|title="1971: British minister's home bombed", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*23 January - TheCommonwealth Conference inSingapore gives Britain permission to sell weapons toSouth Africa . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/23/newsid_2795000/2795585.stm|title="1971: Britain allowed to sell arms to S Africa", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
* February -British Leyland launches the newMorris Marina range of family saloons and coupes, which replace the long-runningMorris Minor and are designed as a direct competitor for theFord Cortina .
*4 February - Rolls-Royce goes bankruptcite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] and is nationalised.
*11 February - The US, UK, USSR and others sign theSeabed Treaty , outlawingnuclear weapon s on the ocean floor.
*15 February - The United Kingdom andRepublic of Ireland both switch todecimal currency . See alsodecimalisation .
*24 February -Enoch Powell predicts an "explosion" unless there is a massive repatriation scheme for the immigrants.
*5 March - ThePakistan i army occupiesEast Pakistan .
*8 March - The British postal workers' strike, led by UPWGeneral Secretary Tom Jackson, ends after 47 days. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/8/newsid_2516000/2516343.stm|title="1971: Post strike ends with pay deal", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]April - June
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1 April - TheUnited Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership.
*27 April - Eight members of theWelsh Language Society go on trial for destroyingEnglish language road signs inWales . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/27/newsid_2953000/2953265.stm|title="1971: Protest disrupts Welsh language trial", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*11 May - TheDaily Sketch , Britain's oldest tabloid newspaper, is withdrawn from circulation after 62 years. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2860000/2860297.stm|title="1971: Britain's oldest tabloid closes", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*23 May -Jackie Stewart wins the1971 Monaco Grand Prix .
*7 June - The children's show "Blue Peter " buries atime capsule in the grounds ofBBC Television Centre , due to be opened on the first episode of the year 2000.
*14 June - The firstHard Rock Cafe opens nearHyde Park Corner inLondon .
*20 June – Britain announces that Soviet space scientistAnatoli Fedoseyev has been granted asylum.
*21 June – Britain begins new negotiations for EEC membership inLuxembourg .July - September
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6 July - Police launch amurder investigation after three French tourists are found shot dead inStaffordshire .cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/14/newsid_2503000/2503395.stm|title="1971: Suicide note reveals murder confession", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-14]
*8 July - Two rioters shot dead by British troops inDerry ,Northern Ireland . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/8/newsid_2496000/2496479.stm|title="1971: British troops shoot Londonderry rioters", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*13 July -Barlaston man Michael Bassett, 24, is found dead in his fume-filled car near the scene of the recent triple French tourist murder. Police identify Bassett as their prime suspect in the murder investigation.
*29 July - TheUnited Kingdom opts out of theSpace Race , with the cancellation of itsBlack Arrow launch vehicle.
*6 August -Chay Blyth becomes the first person to sail around the world east to west against the prevailing winds. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/6/newsid_2527000/2527863.stm|title="1971: Sailor's record 'wrong way' voyage", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*9 August - British security forces inNorthern Ireland detain hundreds of guerrilla suspects and put them into Long Kesh prison - the beginning of an internment without trial policy. Twenty die in riots that follow. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/9/newsid_4071000/4071849.stm|title="1971: NI activates internment law", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*11 August - Prime MinisterEdward Heath participates in the British victory in theAdmiral's Cup yacht race.
*15 August - Showjumper Harvey Smith stripped of his victory in the British Show Jumping Derby by judges for making aV sign . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_2534000/2534107.stm|title="1971: 'V-sign' costs rider victory", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*25 August -The Who Release their critically acclaimed album "Who's Next ".
* September -Godfrey Hounsfield 's invention, theCAT scan , is first used on a patient at a hospital in Wimbledon.
*1 September - the pre-decimal penny and threepence cease to belegal tender .
*9 September - British AmbassadorGeoffrey Jackson is freed after being held captive for eight months by extreme left-wingguerrilla s inUruguay . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/9/newsid_3634000/3634352.stm|title="1971: British diplomat freed after eight months", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*21 September - The television music show "TheOld Grey Whistle Test " is aired for the first time onBBC 2 .October - December
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3 September -Qatar gainsindependence from theUnited Kingdom . Unlike most nearbyemirate s, Qatar declines to become part of either theUnited Arab Emirates orSaudi Arabia .
*24 September - Britain expels 90KGB andGRU officials; 15 are not allowed to return.
*13 October - TheBritish Army begins to destroy roads between theRepublic of Ireland andNorthern Ireland as a security measure. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/13/newsid_2532000/2532449.stm|title="1971: Army blasts N Ireland border roads", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*21 October - A gas explosion inClarkston, Glasgow kills 20 people.
*23 October - Two women shot dead by soldiers inBelfast as their car fails to stop at a checkpoint. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/23/newsid_2489000/2489157.stm|title="1971: Two women shot at Belfast checkpoint", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*28 October :
** The House of Commons votes in favour of joining the EEC by a vote of 356-244.
** TheUnited Kingdom becomes the 6th nation to launch a satellite into orbit, theProspero X-3 , using aBlack Arrow carrier rocket.
*30 October - TheDemocratic Unionist Party is founded by the Rev.Ian Paisley 's inNorthern Ireland .
*31 October - A IRA bomb explodes at the top of thePost Office Tower inLondon . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/31/newsid_2464000/2464143.stm|title="1971: Bomb explodes in Post Office tower", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*22 November - Six climbers die trying to climbCairn Gorm . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/22/newsid_2549000/2549021.stm|title="1971: Six dead in Scottish mountain tragedy", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*4 December - 15 people are killed and 17 others injured in a bomb attack that destroys a pub inBelfast . The IRA are believed to have been behind the bombing. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/4/newsid_3403000/3403883.stm|title="1971: Bomb demolishes crowded Belfast pub", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*10 December -Dennis Gabor wins theNobel Prize in Physics "for his invention and development of the holographic method". [cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1971/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*29 December - The United Kingdom gives up its military bases inMalta .Undated
* Production of the
Morris Minor ceases after 23 years. It is succeeded by theMorris Marina , a larger car which is sold as a saloon or coupe, and is aimed at the hugely successfulFord Cortina .Publications
*
Agatha Christie 'sMiss Marple novel "Nemesis".
*E. M. Forster 's novel "Maurice" (posthumous).
*Frederick Forsyth 's novel "The Day of the Jackal ".
*V. S. Naipaul 's novel "In a Free State ".
*Terry Pratchett 's novel "The Carpet People ".
*Paul Scott 's novel "The Towers of Silence ", third of theRaj Quartet .Births
January - February
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1 January -Suzanne Virdee , British Newsreader-Midlands Today BBC ONE
*5 January -Jayne Middlemiss , British television presenter
*6 January -Charlie Neil , British regional TV weather reader
*7 January -Joanne Malin , British television presenter
*14 January -Yiolanda Koppel , British television presenter
*15 January -Lara Cazalet , British actress
*20 January -Gary Barlow , singer
*21 January -Alan McManus , Scottish snooker player
*30 January -Darren Boyd , actor
*31 January -Patrick Kielty , Northern Irish comedian and television presenter
*2 February -Michelle Gayle , singer and actress
*3 February -Sarah Kane , English playwright (died 1999)
*13 February -Sonia Evans , English pop singer
*16 February -Amanda Holden , British actress
*23 February -Melinda Messenger , British television presenter and modelMarch - April
*
7 March -Rachel Weisz , British actress
*23 March -Gail Porter , British television presenter.
*27 March -David Coulthard , Scottish race car driver
*31 March -Ewan McGregor , Scottish actor
*3 April -Douglas Carswell , British Conservative politician and MP for Harwich
*11 April -John Leech , British Liberal Democrat politician, Shadow Transport Spokesperson, and MP for Manchester Withington
*18 April -David Tennant , Scottish actor
*27 April -Tess Daly , British television presenter.May - June
*
9 May - Paul McGuigan, British musician and a founding member of Oasis
*23 May -George Osborne , British Conservative politician,Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer , and MP for Tatton
*27 May -Paul Bettany , British actor
*28 May - Richard Gunn, British journalist and motoring writer
*5 June -Susan Lynch , Northern Irish actress
*25 June -Neil Lennon , Northern Irish footballerJuly - August
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9 July -Dani Behr , British television presenter and actress.
*2 August - Michael Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
*7 August -Melanie Sykes , British television presenter
*9 August -Kate Sanderson , British television presenter and newsreader
*31 August -Kirstie Allsopp , British television presentereptember - October
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1 September -Daniel Hannan , Conservative British politician and MEP for theSouth East England region
*2 September -Lisa Snowdon , English fashion model, actress and television presenter
*13 September
**Louise Lombard , British actress.
**Stella McCartney , British fashion designer
*17 September -Parmjit Dhanda , British Labour politician and MP for Gloucester
*25 September -Jessie Wallace , British actress
*28 September -Liza Walker , British actress
*29 September -Mackenzie Crook , English actor
*9 October -Simon Atlee , British fashion photographer (died 2004)
*13 October -Sacha Baron Cohen , British comedian
*16 October -Craig Phillips , British reality show star, Winner of Big Brother UK in 2000
*19 October -Kacey Ainsworth , British actress.November - December
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8 November -Michael Jeffrey , English footballer
*22 November
**Cath Bishop , British rower and Olympic medallist
**Kyran Bracken , Irish-bornrugby union footballer
*1 December -Emily Mortimer , British actress
*5 December -Ashia Hansen , British athlete
*25 December - Dido, English singerDeaths
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12 January -John Tovey , British admiral of the fleet (born 1885)
*24 January -St. John Greer Ervine , Northern Irish dramatist and author (born 1883)
*28 January -Donald Winnicott , British psychoanalyst (born 1896)
*6 March -Thurston Dart , English harpsichordist and conductor (born 1921)
*7 March -Stevie Smith , English poet (born 1902)
*1 May -Violet Jessop , Titanic survivor (born 1887)
*15 May - SirTyrone Guthrie , English film director, producer and writer (born 1900)
*20 May -Waldo Williams ,Welsh language poet (born 1904)
*10 June -Michael Rennie , English actor (born 1909)
*6 June -Edward Andrade , English poet and physicist (born 1887)
*25 June -John Boyd Orr , Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of theNobel Peace Prize (born 1880)
*1 July -William Lawrence Bragg , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)
*19 July -John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever , British businessman (born 1886)
*27 July -Charlie Tully , Northern Irish footballer (born 1924)
*30 August -Peter Fleming , travel writer and brother ofIan Fleming (born 1907)
*11 November -A. P. Herbert , politician and writer (born 1890)
*12 December
** Torry Gillick, Rangers winger (born 1915)
**Alan Morton , Rangers outside left (born 1893)References
ee also
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