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On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt, the 17th prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in the sea near Portsea, Victoria. An enormous search operation was mounted in and around Cheviot Beach, but his body was never recovered. Holt was presumed to have drowned, and his memorial service five days later was attended by many world leaders
Harold Edward Holt (5 August 1908 – 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967.
He was not formally declared missing until 19 December. Country Party leader John McEwen served as prime minister from 19 December 1967 to 10 January 1968, pending the election of a new leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. [5] McEwen ruled out maintaining the coalition if deputy liberal leader William McMahon became prime minister.
Siaka Stevens assumed the role of prime minister following his party's narrow victory in the 1967 general election. However, immediately after taking office, Stevens was deposed by the National Reformation Council in a coup d'état and placed under house arrest.
8 October – Former Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee died aged 84 of pneumonia in Westminster Hospital, London. 10 October – Simon Gray 's first stage play, Wise Child , opened at the Wyndham's Theatre , London , with Alec Guinness , Gordon Jackson , Simon Ward and Cleo Sylvestre .
This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. This table can be sorted to display prime ministers of the United Kingdom by name, order of office, date of birth, age at appointment, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at appointment is determined by the day a prime minister assumed office for the first time. Length of retirement is determined from the day a prime minister ...
The first, unveiled by the then prime minister Tony Blair in July 1999, stands outside Huddersfield railway station in St George's Square, Huddersfield. Costing £70,000, the statue, designed by sculptor Ian Walters, is based on photographs taken in 1964 and depicts Wilson in walking pose at the start of his first term as prime minister. His ...
June 1 – President Johnson and Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt attend a dinner in the State Dining Room. [257] June 1 – President Johnson delivers remarks at the welcoming ceremony of Australian Prime Minister Holt on the South Lawn. [258] June 1 – President Johnson transmits Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 to Congress in a ...