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It was revealed on 19 January 1972 that the number of divorces in the United Kingdom during 1971 exceeded 100,000 for the first time. 2 January – Ibrox disaster : a stairway crush at the Rangers vs. Celtic football match at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow killed 66 and left many more injured.
The following is a list of riots and protests involving violent disorder that have occurred in London: Cartoon of the Old Price Riots, 1809, following a rise in the price of theatre tickets. 1189: The Massacre of the Jews at the coronation of Richard I; 1196: William with the long beard causes riots when he preaches for the poor against the rich
Protesting against George W. Bush in 2008. This is a list of protests and protest movements in the United Kingdom.Protest in the UK has concerned issues such as suffrage in the 19th and early 20th centuries, parliamentary reform from the Chartists to the present day, poverty, wages and working conditions, fuel prices, war, human rights, immigration (both for and against), fathers' rights ...
Movement towards a national schools union had begun in the late 1960s, inspired by the university student unions. [1] [2] Students at Manchester's Myles Platting Secondary Modern School went on strike in March 1968 in protest at the use of the tawse for corporal punishment and afterwards formed the Manchester Union of Secondary Students.
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1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War; N. Non-cooperation movement (1971) W. Winter Soldier Investigation This page was last edited on 8 October 2020, at 18: ...
Birmingham pub bombings – twenty-one civilians were killed when bombs exploded at two pubs in Birmingham, England. This was the deadliest attack in England during the Troubles. The "Birmingham Six" would be tried for this and convicted. Many years later, after new evidence of police fabrication and suppression of evidence, their convictions ...