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The Collapse of British Power. London: Pan Books. ISBN 978-0-330-49181-5. Beckett, Andy. When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the 1970s (2009) 576pp excerpt and textsearch; Bernstein, G. (2004). The Myth of Decline: The Rise of Britain Since 1945. London: Harvill Press. ISBN 978-1-84413-102-0. Bew, John. Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern ...
26 July – Theft Act 1968 (coming into effect 1 January 1969 in England and Wales) passed, simplifying offences relating to property crime and abolishing the offence of larceny. [31] 30 July – Thames Television starts transmission in London. 31 July – BBC television sitcom Dad's Army is broadcast for the first time in the UK. [32]
Mural in Belfast celebrating the three outright wins of the British Home Championship by (Northern) Ireland; five shared wins are ignored.. The British Home Championship [a] (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland ...
8 March - 1973 Old Bailey bombing - The Provisional IRA conducted their first operations in England exploding two car bombs in the center of London. One bomb exploded outside the Old Bailey Courthouse, injuring 180 people and one man later died from a heart attack, the bomb exploded near Whitehall injuring about 30 other people, bringing the total injured for the day to over 200.
1 May – Alf Ramsey, who guided the England national football team to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, is dismissed by the Football Association after 11 years in charge. [20] 2 May – The National Front gains more than 10% of the vote in several parts of London in council elections, but fails to net any councillors. [21]
3 April Ian Freeland—the British Army's overall commander in Northern Ireland—announced that anyone throwing petrol bombs would be shot dead if they did not heed a warning from soldiers. [22] 19 June Edward Heath became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after winning a majority in the general election. 27–28 June
Amidst growing political turbulence in the 1930s, the British Foreign Office had influence over the national team, often determining who England could face. [1] However, they did defeat the reigning World Cup champions Italy 3–2, in a match dubbed the "Battle of Highbury", in November 1934 which solidified the English's opinion that it was ...
"I'm Backing Britain" was a brief patriotic campaign, which flourished in early 1968 and was aimed at boosting the British economy. The campaign started spontaneously when five Surbiton secretaries volunteered to work an extra half-hour each day without pay to boost productivity and urged others to do the same.