- 1960 in the United Kingdom
Events of the year
1960 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch ::
HM Queen Elizabeth II
*Prime Minister:Harold Macmillan , Conservative PartyEvents
* January - The
state of emergency is lifted inKenya — theMau Mau Uprising is officially over.
*5 January - closure of theSwansea and Mumbles Railway .cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*10 January - British Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan makes the Wind of Change speech for the first time (seeFebruary 3 ).
*3 February -Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan makes the Wind of Change speech to theSouth Africa n Parliament inCape Town (although he had first made the speech, to little publicity, inAccra , Gold Coast - nowGhana - onJanuary 10 the same year).
*18 February –28 February - Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the1960 Winter Olympics inSquaw Valley, Placer County, California but do not win any medals.
*14 March -Jodrell Bank Observatory makes contact with the AmericanPioneer 5 over a record-breaking distance of 407,000 miles. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/14/newsid_2566000/2566961.stm |title="Radio telescope makes space history" BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*13 April - cancellation of theBlue Streak missile.
*16 April -The Times ofLondon abandons use of the term "Imperial and Foreign News", replacing it with "Overseas News", and changes its house style from "to-day" to "today".
*18 April - 60,000 protestors stage a demonstration in London against nuclear weapons. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/18/newsid_2909000/2909881.stm|title="Thousands protest against H-bomb" BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*27 April - first production ofHarold Pinter 's play "The Caretaker " at theArts Theatre inLondon . [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]
*6 May - Princess Margaret marriesAntony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon in the first televised Royal marriage. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/6/newsid_3993000/3993317.stm|title="Margaret weds Armstrong-Jones" BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*24 June -Avro 748 makes its first flight atWoodford .
*26 June —British Somaliland gainsindependence from the United Kingdom; 5 days later it unites with the formerItalian Somaliland to create the modernSomali Republic . [CIA_World_Factbook_link|so|Somalia. Retrieved on2008-02-11 .]
*28 June - 38 miners killed at a pit explosion in Monmouthshire. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/28/newsid_2520000/2520665.stm|title="Welsh pit blast kills 37 miners" BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*21 July —Francis Chichester , English navigator and yachtsman, arrives in New York aboard "Gypsy Moth II" — he has made a record solo Atlantic crossing in 40 days.
*27 July - In a Cabinet reshuffle,Selwyn Lloyd is appointedChancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Home becomes Foreign Secretary.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*16 August -Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom. [CIA_World_Factbook_link|cy|Cyprus. Retrieved on2008-02-11 .]
*25 August –11 September - Great Britain and Northern Ireland competes at the1960 Summer Olympics inRome and win 2 gold, 6 silver and 12 bronze medals.
*10 September -ITV broadcasts the first live Football League match to be shown on television, and the last for 23 years.
*15 September - The firsttraffic warden s deployed inLondon .
*1 October -Nigeria gained its independence from the United Kingdom. [CIA_World_Factbook_link|ni|Nigeria. Retrieved on2008-02-11 .]
*7 October — The second notable flood occurs in Horncastle,Lincolnshire . The town enters theUK Weather Records with the "Highest 180-min total"rainfall at 178 mm. As of July 2006 this record remains.
*21 October - The Queen launches Britain's firstnuclear submarine , the HMS Dreadnought.
*30 October —Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in theUnited Kingdom , at theEdinburgh Royal Infirmary .
*2 November —Penguin Books is found not guilty ofobscenity in the "Lady Chatterley's Lover " case.
*10 November - "Lady Chatterley's Lover" sells 200,000 copies in one day following its publication since being banned since 1928. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/10/newsid_2965000/2965194.stm|title="Lady Chatterley's Lover sold out" BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*9 December - The first episode of soap operaCoronation Street is aired onITV .
*10 December - SirPeter Brian Medawar and Australian SirFrank Macfarlane Burnet win theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance". [cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1960/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960|accessdate=2008-02-11]
*31 December
** The Farthing, a British coin first minted inEngland in the13th century , ceases to belegal tender .
** The last man is called up forNational Service , asConscription ends.Undated
* The
Royal Shakespeare Company formed under the director Peter Hall. [cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/aboutthersc/46.aspx|title=Royal Shakespeare Company : A history|accessdate=2008-02-11]Publications
*
Kingsley Amis 's novel "Take a Girl Like You ".
*Ian Fleming 'sJames Bond short story collection "For Your Eyes Only".
*Alan Garner 's children's novel "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen ".
*John Wyndham 's novel "Trouble with Lichen ".Births
January - February
*
6 January -Nigella Lawson , British chef and writer
*29 January -Sean Kerly , British field hockey player
*19 February -Prince Andrew, Duke of York
*20 February -Siobhain McDonagh , British Labour politician and MP for Mitcham and MordenMarch - April
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10 March -Anne MacKenzie , British broadcaster
*23 March -Nicol Stephen , Scottish politician
*29 March -Marina Sirtis , British actress
*2 April -Linford Christie , British athlete
*4 April -Jane Eaglin , English soprano
*11 April -Jeremy Clarkson , English journalist and television show host
*13 April - Lyn Carol Brown, British Labour politician and MP for West Ham
*22 April -Gary Rhodes , British restaurateur and celebrity chef
*26 April - Roger Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran )
*29 April - Phil King, British bassist
*30 April - Colonel Tim Collins Northern Irish-born British Commander in IraqMay - June
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6 May -Roma Downey , Northern Irish actress and producer
*4 June -Bradley Walsh , English comedian and actor
*5 June -Julie Kirkbride , British Conservative politician and MP for Bromsgrove
*8 June -Mick Hucknall English singer and songwriter (Simply Red )
*20 June - John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran )July - August
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3 July -Vince Clarke , English songwriter (Depeche Mode , Yazoo, andErasure )
*13 July -Ian Hislop , British broadcaster and editor
*18 July -Simon Heffer , English journalist
*22 July -Barbara Cassani , American-born business executive
*14 August -Sarah Brightman , English soprano singer and actress
*30 August -Ben Bradshaw , British Labour politician, the Minister for Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare, and MP for Exetereptember - October
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3 September -Nick Gibb , British Conservative politician, Shadow Minister of State for Schools, and MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
*9 September -Hugh Grant , English actor
*10 September -Colin Firth , English actor
*16 September -Danny John-Jules , English dancer and actor
*17 September -Damon Hill , English race car driver
*29 September -Andrew Slaughter , British Labour politician and MP for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
*29 October -Finola Hughes , British actressNovember - December
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10 November -Neil Gaiman , English author
*17 November - Jonathan Ross, English television presenter
*18 November -Kim Wilde , English singer and gardener
*28 November -John Galliano , British fashion designer
*30 November -Gary Lineker , English footballer
*2 December -Rick Savage , English bassist (Def Leppard )
*10 December -Kenneth Branagh , Northern Irish actor and director
*24 December -Carol Vorderman , British television presenter
*26 December -Andrew Graham-Dixon , British art historian and television presenter
*27 December -Maryam d'Abo , British actressDeaths
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12 January -Nevil Shute , English writer (born 1899)
*8 February -J. L. Austin , British philosopher (born 1911)
*5 April -Peter Llewelyn-Davies , British soldier and inspiration forPeter Pan (born 1897)
*8 May -J. H. C. Whitehead , British mathematician (born 1904)
*7 June - SirMaurice Bonham Carter , English Liberal politician and cricketer (born 1880)
*27 June
**Harry Pollitt , British communist (born 1890)
**Lottie Dod , English athlete (born 1871)
*27 September -Sylvia Pankhurst , Britishsuffragette (born 1882)
*30 September -St. John Philby , British explorer and spy (born 1885)
*16 November -Gilbert Harding , radio and television personality (born 1907)References
ee also
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