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29 May – The official opening of the UK's first undercover shopping centre, at the Bull Ring, Birmingham. [ 21 ] 17 June – A missing persons investigation is launched in Fallowfield , Manchester, as police search for 12-year-old Keith Bennett who was last seen on his way to his grandmother's house yesterday evening; he is a victim of the ...
The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home , narrowly losing to the Labour Party , led by Harold Wilson ; Labour secured a parliamentary majority of four seats and ended its thirteen years in opposition since the 1951 election .
The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964 to elect 630 members of the House of Commons, of which 511 constituencies were in England.. In this election, although the incumbent Conservative government led by Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home was ousted by the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, the Conservatives narrowly won a majority of seats in England.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. This article is about the year 1964. For other uses, see 1964 (disambiguation). 1964 January February March April May June July August September October November December Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s ...
29 April – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak: All schools in Aberdeen are closed following 136 cases of typhoid being reported. 30 April – Breakthrough on 2.5-mile (4.0 km) tunnel 500 metres (1,600 ft) under the Firth of Forth to link the colliery at Valleyfield, Fife , to the modern coal processing facilities at Kinneil colliery near Bo'ness .
29 January – Charles de Gaulle, President of France, vetoes the UK's entry into the European Economic Community. February – The Royal Air Force deploys Blue Steel nuclear standoff missiles to arm its V bomber force. [4] 11 February – The Beatles record their debut album Please Please Me in a single day at the Abbey Road Studios in London.
The 1964 New York World's Fair opened to celebrate the 300th anniversary of New Amsterdam being taken over in 1664 by British forces under the Duke of York (later King James II) and being renamed New York. The fair would run until October 18, 1964, then make a second run from April 21 to October 17, 1965.
The following events occurred in May 1964: ... Among the first clues of what had happened was the discovery of a ... The UK pirate radio station Radio Sutch began ...