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March 1: First day of Ramadan (2025); Disability Day of Mourning; Saint David's Day; Independence Day in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Longtaitou Festival in China (2025); Yap Day in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
24 July – Freddie Mills, former British boxing champion, is found shot in his car in Soho, dying the next day. [6] 26 July – The Maldives become independent from the United Kingdom; 27 July – Edward Heath becomes Leader of the Conservative Party following its first leadership election by secret ballot. [25]
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
3 May – Bolton Wanderers win the FA Cup for the fourth time in their history with a 2–0 win over Manchester United at Wembley Stadium. Both goals are scored by centre-forward Nat Lofthouse. [14] 21 May – United Kingdom Postmaster General Ernest Marples announces that from December, Subscriber Trunk Dialling will be introduced in the ...
5 November – The BBC Light Programme first airs Life with the Lyons, the UK's first sitcom, featuring British-domiciled American couple Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. 28 November – James Corbitt is hanged at Strangeways Prison , Manchester, for the premeditated murder in August of his mistress at Ashton-under-Lyne .
1 January – Establishment of the National Council for Civil Liberties by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith. [1]21 January – Ten thousand people attend a British Union of Fascists rally in Birmingham, organised by Oswald Mosley.
25 August – Maine Road football stadium, one of the largest sports stadiums in Britain, opens in Moss Side, Manchester, as the new home of Manchester City F.C. who win 2–1 against Sheffield United in their first game there, on the opening day of the 1923–24 Football League First Division campaign.
One Day in History was a single-day initiative by several UK heritage organisations that aimed to provide a historical record of the everyday life of the British public in the early 21st century. Described as the "world's biggest blog ", [ 1 ] it encouraged UK citizens to write diary entries of 100–650 words of what they had done on 17 ...