Today in United Kingdom History (Part 17)
Sub-Topics: Ascension Islands - Bermuda - Cayman Islands - England - Falkland Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Isle of Man - Jersey - Montserrat - Northern Ireland - Scotland - Turks and Caicos Islands - Virgin Islands (British) - Wales
Historical Events
Events 1601 - 1,700 of 1,795
1982-04-02 - Several thousand Argentine troops seize the Falkland (Malvina) Islands from Great Britain
1982-04-05 - British fleet sails to Falkland Islands
1982-04-05 - Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war
1982-04-18 - Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
1982-04-25 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982-04-26 - Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
1982-05-02 - Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1982-05-04 - British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket
1982-05-21 - British troops lands on Falkland Islands
1982-05-23 - BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1982-05-26 - British ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war
264th Pope John Paul II
1982-05-28 - Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain
1982-05-29 - 1st papal visit to Britain since 1531
1982-06-08 - Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament
1982-06-14 - Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict
1982-06-16 - Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners
1982-07-09 - Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British Prime Minster
1982-07-12 - Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
1983-01-09 - British PM Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
1983-01-26 - Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from Calif
1983-04-21 - 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom
1983-04-22 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983-06-09 - M Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
1983-07-16 - 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident
1983-11-11 - 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
1983-12-13 - British Airways incorporates
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
1983-12-31 - Brunei gains complete independence from Britain
1984-03-06 - Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.
1984-03-12 - British ice dancing team, Torvill & Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1984-04-16 - 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34
1984-05-01 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984-06-30 - Last sixpence minted in Great-Britain (in use since 1551)
1984-08-09 - Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal
1984-09-19 - Britain & China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997
1984-09-26 - Britain & China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984-12-09 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985-01-01 - The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
1985-01-14 - British pound (£) sinks to record low $US1.11
1985-01-23 - Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised
1985-04-15 - 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
1985-05-27 - Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1985-05-29 - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
1985-12-05 - Great Britain performs nuclear test
1986-01-06 - British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
1986-03-05 - "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper)
1986-05-24 - Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British PM to visit Israel
1986-09-30 - Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel covert nuclear program to British media, was kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
1986-10-07 - 1st edition British newspaper "Independent" begins publishing
Queen Elizabeth II
1986-10-12 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China
1986-10-24 - Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria
1986-10-27 - The United Kingdom government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
1987-01-12 - Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1987-01-26 - Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title
1987-02-11 - British Airways begins trading stocks
1987-04-16 - British Conservative MP Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London charged with gross indecency.
1987-06-11 - Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons term
1987-07-15 - Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
1987-07-16 - Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1987-08-11 - France & Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1987-08-19 - Hungerford Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
1987-09-13 - Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
1988-01-03 - Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
1988-03-11 - British pound note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by one pound coin
Earl of Wessex Prince Edward
1988-03-19 - 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast North Ireland
1988-04-04 - Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1988-05-24 - Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom.
1988-06-11 - 25th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 11-7
1988-10-19 - Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members
1988-10-20 - Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA
1989-01-13 - "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
1989-01-13 - Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th" virus
1989-02-20 - An IRA bomb destroys a section of a British Army barracks in Ternhill, England
1989-03-07 - Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book
1989-08-17 - 32nd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 12½-11½
1989-08-24 - British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain
1989-09-22 - IRA-bomb kills 10 British marines in Kent
1989-11-21 - TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
1989-12-08 - Great Britain performs nuclear test
1990-04-11 - Customs officers in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
1990-11-14 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990-11-22 - Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister
1990-11-27 - Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher
1990-11-28 - Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Major
1990-12-01 - British & French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel)
1991-03-04 - Iraq releases 6 US, 3 British & 1 Italian POW
1991-03-14 - British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1991-04-01 - Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
1991-05-16 - Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress
1991-06-29 - Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon
1991-08-08 - Shite Moslems release British hostage John McCarthy
1991-11-14 - American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
1992-03-19 - British Prince Andrew & Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation
1992-03-25 - British scientists find new largest perfect # (2 756839 -1 * 2 756839)
1992-04-06 - Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
1992-04-08 - After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
1992-04-27 - Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992-10-27 - Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien
1993-04-30 - Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
1993-07-23 - British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed
1993-10-16 - Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching British National Party headquarters
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1601 - 1,700 of 2,314
1952-08-21 - Joe Strummer, lead singer of the British punk band The Clash (Rock the Casbah)
1952-08-21 - Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple)
1952-09-30 - Jack Wild, British actor (d. 2006)
1953-01-01 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1953-01-09 - Morris Gleitzman, British-Australian children's author
1953-02-12 - Nabil Shaban, British actor
1953-02-15 - Derek Conway, British MP
1953-02-22 - Nigel Planer, British actor
1953-03-23 - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, British MP
1953-04-10 - David Moorcroft, British athlete
1953-04-11 - Andrew Wiles, British mathematician
1953-04-19 - Ruby Wax, British television personality
1953-04-20 - Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
1953-05-06 - Tony Blair, British Prime Minister (Labour, 1997-2007 )
1953-05-07 - Ian McKay, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
1953-05-16 - David Maclean, British minister of state
1953-05-19 - Victoria Wood, British comic actress
1953-05-26 - Michael Portillo, British politician
1953-06-04 - Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002)
1953-07-21 - Brian Talbot, British footballer
1953-08-02 - Anne Leuchars, British TV journalist
1953-09-25 - Richard Harvey, British musician and composer (Gryphon)
1953-10-01 - John Hegley, British poet
1953-10-21 - Peter Mandelson, British politician
1953-11-16 - Griff Rhys Jones, British humorist/actor (Morons From Outer Space)
1953-11-18 - Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist
1953-11-26 - Hilary Benn, British politician
1954-01-26 - Martin Dunn, British editor (Today)
1954-04-09 - Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
1954-04-19 - Trevor Francis, British soccer manager
1954-05-26 - Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
1954-06-19 - Michael O'Brien, British MP
1954-06-20 - Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player (Northampton)
1954-08-26 - Steve Wright, Britain's wacky DJ/actor (Funny Man)
1954-09-20 - Anne Mcintosh, British member European parliament
1954-11-08 - Kazuo Ishiguro, British author
1954-11-18 - John Parr, British pop singer
1954-12-25 - Robin Campbell, British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1954-12-28 - Rosie Vela, British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise)
1955-01-27 - Alexander Stuart, British author
1955-02-03 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
1955-02-10 - Chris Adams, British pro wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
1955-02-15 - Clive Aslet, British editor (Country Life)
1955-02-21 - Sir Steven Fayburgh, British diplomat
1955-04-02 - Michael Stone, British terrorist
1955-04-05 - Janice Long, British radio host (Crash FM)
1955-04-10 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1955-04-23 - Mike Smith, British DJ
1955-04-23 - Su Ingle, British TV hostess
1955-04-25 - John Nunn, British chess player
1955-04-28 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
1955-05-21 - Paul Barber, British field hockey player
1955-05-25 - Alistair Burt, British politician
1955-05-31 - Ben de Lisi, British fashion designer
1955-06-01 - Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
1955-06-23 - Jordan, British actress and model
1955-08-01 - David Jasper, British principal (St Chad's College Durham England)
1955-08-11 - Sylvia Hermon, British politician
1955-08-13 - Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
1955-09-20 - Christine Oddy, British member European parliament
1955-09-25 - Steven Severin, British pop bassist (Siouxsie & Banshees-Wild Thing)
1955-10-15 - Kulbir Bhaura, British field hockey player
1955-10-18 - Timmy Mallett, British TV presenter
1955-11-09 - Karen Dotrice, British actress
1955-11-20 - Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut
1955-11-25 - Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer
1956-01-09 - Imelda Staunton, British actress
1956-02-13 - Liam Brady, British soccer player
1956-03-14 - Colin Ayre, British football player
1956-03-20 - Phillip Oppenhein, British MP
1956-03-23 - Andrew Mitchell, British MP
1956-05-07 - Anne Dudley, British composer
1956-05-11 - Alex Lester, British broadcaster
1956-07-15 - Ian Curtis, British musician (d. 1980)
1956-09-07 - Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
1956-09-08 - Frank Tovey, British musician (d. 2002)
1956-09-12 - Barry Andrews, British musician
1956-09-15 - Jaki Graham, British personality
1956-09-29 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete
1956-10-01 - Theresa May, British politician
1956-10-12 - David Vanian, British singer, (The Damned)
1956-10-27 - Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer
1956-11-01 - Charles Moore, British editor-in-chief (Sunday Telegraph)
1956-11-08 - Richard Curtis, British screenwriter
1957-01-24 - Adrian Edmondson, British comedian
1957-02-07 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
1957-02-19 - Ray Winstone, British actor
1957-02-25 - Jane Ackroyd, British sculptor
1957-02-28 - Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef
1957-03-14 - Andrew Robinson, British author
1957-03-27 - Nick Hawkins, British politician
1957-04-04 - Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid)
1957-04-09 - Severiano Ballesteros, Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88)
1957-04-09 - Brian Alexander, British broadcaster
1957-04-24 - David J, British musician
1957-04-24 - Boris Williams, British musician
1957-05-05 - Peter Howitt, British actor and film director
1957-05-21 - Nadine Dorries, British politician
1957-05-31 - Stephen Jones, British milliner
1957-06-10 - Lindsay Hoyle, British politician
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Famous Deaths
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