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6 February – Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin arrived in the UK for an eight-day visit. He met the Queen on 9 February.; 7 February – The British National Front was founded by A. K. Chesterton (by an amalgamation of the British National Party and League of Empire Loyalists).
In the final of the Rugby League World Cup, staged in the UK, Great Britain beats Australia 10–3. [9] 17 October – The News Chronicle ceases publication, [35] being absorbed into the Daily Mail. 21 October (Trafalgar Day) – The Queen launches Britain's first nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnought, at Barrow-in-Furness. [25]
18 May – The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh begin a 10-day state visit to the Federal German Republic. 19 May – West Ham become the second British club to win a European trophy, defeating West German 1860 Munich 2–0 at Wembley Stadium. May – The first UK branch of the KFC fast food restaurant chain opens in Preston, Lancashire. [18]
30 January – Action Man toy figure launched in the UK. 31 January – The United Kingdom ceases all trade with Rhodesia. 9 February – A prototype Fast Reactor nuclear reactor opens at Dounreay on the north coast of Scotland. [3] 17 February – The UK protests to South Africa over its supplying of petrol to Rhodesia.
The number of workforce deaths in the coal industry is reported to have fallen to a record low since nationalisation two years ago. [20]With an average Central England temperature of 10.64 °C or 51.15 °F, the record for the hottest year in that series set in 1834 and equalled in 1921 is broken. 1949's record stands until 1990 by when anthropogenic global warming has come largely to control ...
Free milk (1 ⁄ 3 pint daily) provided in UK state schools to all pupils under the age of 18. 9 August – Arts Council incorporated by royal charter. [2] 31 August – League football returns, having been suspended during World War II. [2]
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. [7]
Events from the year 1927 in the United Kingdom.. This year saw the renaming of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, recognising in name the Irish Free State's independence, it having come into existence with the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922.