- 1970 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1970 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
HM Queen Elizabeth II
*Prime Minister -Harold Wilson ( –19 June ), Labour Party ;Edward Heath , Conservative Party (19 June – )Events
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1 January - Half crown coin ceases to be legal tender.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*22 January - ABoeing 747 lands atHeathrow Airport , the first jumbo jet to land in Britain. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/22/newsid_3725000/3725963.stm"|title="Heathrow welcomes first 'jumbo jet'", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*2 March -Ian Smith declaresRhodesia a republic breaking all ties with theBritish Crown , four years after the declaration of independence. Wilson's government refuses to recognise the new state. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/newsid_2514000/2514683.stm|title="Ian Smith declares Rhodesia a republic", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*6 March - the importation of pets banned after an outbreak ofrabies inNewmarket, Suffolk . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/6/newsid_2515000/2515497.stm|title="Rabies ban on British pet imports", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*13 March - the Bridgwater by-election becomes the first election in which 18-year-olds could vote. Tom King won the election for the Conservative Party. [cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/13/newsid_2826000/2826787.stm|title="Conservative victory in first teen election", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*16 April - DrIan Paisley enters theParliament of Northern Ireland after winning the Bannside by-election. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/16/newsid_2487000/2487907.stm |title="Paisley victory rattles NI parliament", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*22 May - A cricket tour by theSouth African cricket team called off after several African and Asian countries threatened to boycott theCommonwealth Games . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/22/newsid_2504000/2504573.stm|title="South Africa cricket tour called off", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*24 May - theMenai Suspension Bridge is badly damaged by fire.
*1 June -Harold Wilson hit in the face with an egg thrown by a Young Conservative demonstrator. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/1/newsid_3995000/3995083.stm|title="British Prime Minister hit by flying egg", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*4 June -Tonga becomes independent of the UK.
*17 June - The bodies of two children are found buried in shallow graves in woodland atWaltham Abbey ,Essex . They are believed to be those of Susan Blatchford (11) and Gary Hanlon (12), who were last seen alive near their homes inNorth London on31 March this year. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/17/newsid_4306000/4306139.stm|title="1970: 'Babes in the wood' bodies found", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-13]
*19 June - The General election won by Edward Heath's Conservative Party. [ cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/19/newsid_3829000/3829819.stm|title="Shock election win for Heath", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*21 June - British golferTony Jacklin wins the U.S. Open.
*26 June - Riots break out inDerry over the arrest of Mid-Ulster MPBernadette Devlin . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/26/newsid_2519000/2519711.stm|title="Violence flares as Devlin is arrested", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*4 July - 112 people are found dead among the wreckage of aBritish Airways Manchester toBarcelona aeroplane that went missing yesterday. The wreckage was found in the mountains of NorthernSpain , and there are no survivors. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_2492000/2492087.stm|title="1970: Holiday jet goes missing over Spain", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*15 July Dockers vote to strike leading to thedocks strike of 1970 . cite web | title=1970: State of emergency called over dock strike | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/16/newsid_2504000/2504223.stm | work=On this Day | date=16 July 1978 | accessdate=2008-04-09 | publisher=BBC ]
*16 July - a state of emergency declared to deal with a dockers' strike.
*16–25 July -1970 British Commonwealth Games held inEdinburgh .
*17 July - Lord Pearson proposes settlement of docks strike.
*30 July - Docks strike settled.
*20 August -England national football team captainBobby Moore is cleared of stealing a bracelet while on World Cup duty inColombia . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/20/newsid_4537000/4537235.stm|title="1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*21 August - ModerateSocial Democratic and Labour Party established inNorthern Ireland .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 430-431|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*9 September -BOAC Flight 775 hijacked by thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine after taking off fromBahrain — the first time a British plane is hijacked.
*18 September - American rock starJimi Hendrix , 27, dies inLondon from a suspected drug-induced heart attack. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_3528000/3528692.stm|title="1970: Rock legend Hendrix dies after party", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*19 September - the firstGlastonbury Festival held.
*19 October -British Petroleum discovers a largeoil field in theNorth Sea . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/19/newsid_3769000/3769639.stm|title="1970: Large oil field found in North Sea", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-02-13]
*17 November - the firstPage Three girl appears inThe Sun .
*27 November - TheGay Liberation Front organises its first march inLondon . [cite web|url=http://www.yourlondon.gov.uk/articles/2007/june/pridelondon.jsp|title=Your London|accessdate=2008-04-02]
*10 December -Bernard Katz wins theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly withUlf von Euler andJulius Axelrod "for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmittors in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation". [cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1970/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1970|accessdate=2008-02-02]
*26 December - AthleteLillian Board , 22, dies inMunich ,West Germany , after a three-month battle againstcancer .Undated
* Mathematician
Alan Baker wins aFields Medal . [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]
*Ford launches its Cortina MK3 range of saloons and estates which will be built at theDagenham plant. It is virtually identical to the Taunus, which is being built at theCologne plant inWest Germany .
*Chrysler UK launches its newHillman Avenger small family car, which will be built at the Ryton plant nearCoventry and will compete with the likes of theFord Escort andVauxhall Viva .
*British Leyland creates a niche in the four-wheel drive market with its luxuriousRange Rover , which is to be marketed as a more upmarket alternative to the utilarianLand Rover that has been in production since1948 .Publications
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Agatha Christie 's novel "Passenger to Frankfurt ".
*James Gordon Farrell 's novel "Troubles".
*Germaine Greer 's book "The Female Eunuch ".
*Ted Hughes ' poetry collection "Crow".
*Bernice Rubens ' novel "The Elected Member ".
* The completeNew English Bible (the New Testament having been published in1961 ).Births
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7 January -Andrew Burnham , politician
*19 January -Tim Foster , rower
*20 January -Mitch Benn , comedian and songwriter
*31 January -Minnie Driver , actress
*10 February -Rob Shearman , television and radio scriptwriter
*14 February -Simon Pegg , comedian, writer and actor
*2 March -James Purnell , politician
*9 March -Stuart Neild , author
*27 April -Kylie Travis , actress and model
*6 May - Chris Adams, cricketer
*20 May -Louis Theroux , TV personality, author
*22 May -Naomi Campbell , model and actress
*27 May -Joseph Fiennes , actor
*19 June -MJ Hibbett , singer-songwriter
*20 June - Russell Garcia, field hockey player
*25 June -Lucy Benjamin , actress
*2 July -Steve Morrow , footballer
*6 July - Martin Smith, singer and songwriter
*7 July -Wayne McCullough , boxer
*10 July
**Jason Orange , singer
**John Simm , actor
*11 July -Saj Karim , politician
*29 July -Andi Peters , TV presenter and producer
*30 July -Christopher Nolan , writer and director
*31 July -Ben Chaplin , actor
*13 August -Alan Shearer , footballer
*27 August -Peter Ebdon , snooker player
*18 September -Darren Gough , cricketer
*29 September -Emily Lloyd , actress
*4 October -Richard Hancox , footballer
*10 October - SirMatthew Pinsent , Olympic winning rower
*11 October -Andy Marriott , footballer
*7 November -Neil Hannon , musician (The Divine Comedy)
*12 November -Harvey Stephens , child-actor
*22 November -Stel Pavlou , novelist and screenwriter
*23 November -Zoë Ball , television and radio presenter
*29 December -Aled Jones , singer and television presenterDeaths
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29 January -Basil Liddell Hart , military historian (born 1895)
*2 February -Bertrand Russell , logician and philosopher, recipient of theNobel Prize in Literature (born 1872)
*14 February -Herbert Strudwick , cricketer (born 1880)
*28 February -Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond , painter (born 1875)
*7 June -E. M. Forster , writer (born 1879)
*7 July -Allen Lane , publisher (born 1902)
*29 July -John Barbirolli , conductor (born 1899)
*5 September -Jesse Pennington , footballer (born 1883)
*26 December -Lillian Board , Olympic athlete (born 1948)References
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