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1968 in the United Kingdom

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1968 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1968 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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  • September
    • The new school year in England sees the first local authorities adopt three tier education, where 5–7 infant, 7–11 junior schools are replaced by 5–8 or 5–9 first schools and 8–12 or 9–13 middle schools, with the transfer age to grammar and secondary modern schools being increased to 12 or 13.[33]
    • Japanese carmaker Nissan launches its Datsun badged range of cars onto the British market.[34]
  • 8 September – English tennis player Virginia Wade wins the 1968 U.S. Open Women's Singles event.[18]
  • 13 September – An agreement for merger between the General Electric Company and English Electric, the largest industrial merger in the UK up to that time.
  • 15 September – Great Flood of 1968 in South East England.
  • 16 September – General Post Office divides post into first-class and second-class services.[24]
  • 26 September – Theatres Act 1968 (royal assent 26 July) ends censorship of the theatre.[14][35]
  • 27 September – US musical Hair opens in London following the removal of theatre censorship.[36]

October

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November

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December

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Full date unknown

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Publications

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Births

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January – March

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April – June

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July – September

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October – December

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Unknown dates

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Deaths

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January – March

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April – June

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July – September

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October – December

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Marshall, Rita (2 January 1968). "C. Day Lewis Is Poet Laureate". The Times. No. 57138. p. 1.
  2. ^ Stephenson, Hannah (24 September 2007). "Gardeners' World at 40". Bedford Today. Retrieved 10 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Chartres, John (9 January 1968). "Wilson Joins 'I Back Britain'". The Times. p. 1.
  4. ^ Creed, Rupert (1998). Turning the Tide: The 1968 Trawler Tragedy and the Wives' Campaign for Safety. Hull: Back Door Press. ISBN 0-9534555-0-5.
  5. ^ Raine-Allen, Frank (2005). "1968 Stand-Down". In Essex-Lopresti, Tim (ed.). A Brief History of Civil Defence (PDF). Matlock: Civil Defence Association. pp. 53–58. ISBN 0-9550153-0-8.
  6. ^ "1968: More Kenyan Asians flee to Britain". On This Day. BBC News. 4 February 1968. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Historic Background" (PDF). Northamptonshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  8. ^ a b Gross, Nigel; et al. (1999). 1960s. Collins Gem. Glasgow: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-472310-4.
  9. ^ Hewish, A.; Bell, S. J.; Pilkington, J. D. H.; Scott, P. F.; Collins, R. A. (24 February 1968). "Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source". Nature. 217 (5130): 709–713. doi:10.1038/217709a0. S2CID 4277613.
  10. ^ Vocal Selections: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard. 1994. ISBN 978-0-7935-3427-2.
  11. ^ "About The Show". The Really Useful Group. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  12. ^ "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". AndrewLloydWebber.com. 1991. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  13. ^ "The closing of Baggeridge Colliery". Black Country Society. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  14. ^ a b The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 978-1-85986-000-7.
  15. ^ "Statesman who bottled out: 'Tired and Emotional: The Life of Lord George Brown'". The Independent. London. 9 May 1993. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
  16. ^ "1968: Jim Clark killed in car smash". BBC News. 7 April 1968. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  17. ^ "The Sun (Vancouver)". news.google.com.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-102715-9.
  19. ^ "1968: Powell slates immigration policy". BBC News. 20 April 1968. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  20. ^ Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood Speech Archived 30 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ "1968: Surgeons conduct UK's first heart transplant". 3 May 1968 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  22. ^ "1968: Krays held on suspicion of murder". BBC News. 8 May 1968. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  23. ^ "Newcastle United 3 Man City 4". football-england-com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  24. ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 427–428. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
  25. ^ "Ordination of women is approved". The Times. No. 57258. 23 May 1968. p. 3.
  26. ^ "1968: Manchester Utd win European Cup". BBC News. 29 May 1968. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  27. ^ "When history was made in Dagenham". Socialist Review. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  28. ^ "Dagenham sewing machinists recall strike that changed women's lives". The Guardian. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  29. ^ "1968: Alec Rose sails home". BBC News. 4 July 1968. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  30. ^ "The great flood of 1968". Memories of Bristol. Archived from the original on 2 May 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2006.
  31. ^ Theft Act 1968 (text as originally enacted).
  32. ^ "BBC – History of the BBC, Dad's Army 31 July 1968". BBC. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  33. ^ [1] Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  34. ^ "Nissan/Datsun – reallyloud.co.uk". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  35. ^ Text of the Theatres Act 1968 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
  36. ^ "1968: Musical Hair opens as censors withdraw". BBC News. 27 September 1968. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  37. ^ Carpenter, Paddy (20 October 2016). "Police STOP!: Patrol and Response Vehicles in England and Wales". Amberley Publishing – via Amazon.
  38. ^ "1968: Birth of sextuplets stuns Britain". BBC News. 2 October 1968. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  39. ^ "1968: Londonderry march ends in violence". BBC News. 5 October 1968. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  40. ^ "Birmingham Post". 8 October 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2010.[dead link]
  41. ^ "National Giro Service". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 17 October 1968. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  42. ^ "1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters". BBC News. 27 October 1968. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  43. ^ "James Watt Street Fire". SunnyGovan. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  44. ^ Ollerenshaw, Philip (2006). "Innovation and Corporate Failure: Cyril Lord in UK Textiles 1945–1968" (PDF). Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  45. ^ Financial Times 22 November 1968.
  46. ^ Marr, Andrew (2007). A History of Modern Britain. London: Macmillan. p. 281. ISBN 978-1-4050-0538-8.
  47. ^ "1968: Race discrimination law tightened". 26 November 1968 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  48. ^ "1968: Shops told to stop conning customers". BBC News. 30 November 1968. Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  49. ^ "1968: Mary Bell found guilty of double killing". BBC News. 17 December 1968. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  50. ^ Roden, A. T. (1969). "National experience with Hong Kong influenza in the United Kingdom, 1968-69". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 41 (3-4-5): 375–80. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  51. ^ "History of major virus outbreaks in the UK in recent times". Express and Star. Wolverhampton. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  52. ^ Bennett, Asa (2 May 2020). "Half a century ago stoic Britons battle a similar health crisis without any lockdown". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  53. ^ Allan, David B; Waddell, Gordon (1 January 1989). "An historical perspective on low back pain and disability". Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. 60 (sup234): 1–23. doi:10.3109/17453678909153916. ISSN 0001-6470. PMID 2533783. S2CID 22502801.
  54. ^ "Kate Osamor". politics.co.uk.
  55. ^ "Peaky Blinders star Helen McCrory dies, aged 52". Radio Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  56. ^ "Carl Sargeant: Profile of long-serving AM's career". BBC News.