1968 in the United Kingdom explained

Events from the year 1968 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Full date unknown

Publications

Births

January – March

April – June

July – September

October – December

Unknown dates

Deaths

January – March

April – June

July – September

October – December

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The Times. 2 January 1968. 1. 57138. C. Day Lewis Is Poet Laureate. Rita. Marshall.
  2. Web site: Gardeners' World at 40. Hannah. Stephenson. Bedford Today. 24 September 2007. 2015-11-10.
  3. News: John. Chartres. Wilson Joins 'I Back Britain'. The Times. 9 January 1968. 1.
  4. Book: Creed, Rupert. Turning the Tide: The 1968 Trawler Tragedy and the Wives' Campaign for Safety. Back Door Press. Hull. 1998. 0-9534555-0-5.
  5. Book: Raine-Allen, Frank. A Brief History of Civil Defence. 1968 Stand-Down. 53–58. Essex-Lopresti, Tim. Matlock. Civil Defence Association. 2005. 0-9550153-0-8.
  6. News: 1968: More Kenyan Asians flee to Britain. On This Day. BBC News. 4 February 1968. 2011-08-12.
  7. Web site: Historic Background. Northamptonshire County Council. 2011-08-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927160956/http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/Transport/TP/Documents/PDF%20Documents/Chapter%202%20Problems%20and%20Opportunites%20-%20Section2.2%20%28pdf%20format%203044kb%29.pdf. 27 September 2011.
  8. Book: Gross, Nigel. 1960s. etal. HarperCollins. Glasgow. Collins Gem. 1999. 0-00-472310-4.
  9. Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source. Hewish. A.. Bell, S. J.. Pilkington, J. D. H.. Scott, P. F.. Collins, R. A.. 24 February 1968. Nature. 217. 5130. 709–713. 10.1038/217709a0. 4277613.
  10. Book: Vocal Selections: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Hal Leonard. 1994. Milwaukee, WI. 978-0-7935-3427-2.
  11. Web site: About The Show. The Really Useful Group. 2008-12-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20081225062752/http://www.reallyuseful.com/shows/joseph/history-inspiration. 25 December 2008 . dead.
  12. Web site: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. AndrewLloydWebber.com. 1991. 2010-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20101023103837/http://www.andrewlloydwebber.com/shows/joseph-and-dreamcoat/. 23 October 2010. dead.
  13. Web site: The closing of Baggeridge Colliery. Black Country Society. 2011-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719020401/http://www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/articles/baggeridge2.htm. 19 July 2011. dead.
  14. Book: The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. 978-1-85986-000-7.
  15. News: Statesman who bottled out: 'Tired and Emotional: The Life of Lord George Brown'. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/book-review--statesman-who-bottled-out-tired-and-emotional-the-life-of-lord-george-brown--peter-paterson-chatto-20-pounds-2321916.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. London. 1993-05-09.
  16. News: 1968: Jim Clark killed in car smash. BBC News. 2008-02-05. 7 April 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20080219004424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/7/newsid_2837000/2837559.stm. 19 February 2008 . live.
  17. Web site: The Sun (Vancouver). news.google.com.
  18. Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 978-0-14-102715-9. 2006.
  19. News: 1968: Powell slates immigration policy . BBC News. 2008-02-05. 20 April 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307124645/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/20/newsid_2489000/2489357.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  20. http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/rivers_blood2.html Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood Speech
  21. Web site: 1968: Surgeons conduct UK's first heart transplant. 3 May 1968. news.bbc.co.uk.
  22. News: 1968: Krays held on suspicion of murder. BBC News. 2008-02-14. 8 May 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20080303101455/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/8/newsid_2518000/2518695.stm. 3 March 2008 . live.
  23. Web site: Newcastle United 3 Man City 4. football-england-com. 2011-08-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110821101929/http://www.football-england.com/newcastle_3_man_city_4_1968.html. 21 August 2011.
  24. News: Ordination of women is approved. The Times. 23 May 1968. 3. 57258.
  25. News: 1968: Manchester Utd win European Cup. BBC News. 2008-01-15. 29 May 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20080121093916/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29/newsid_4464000/4464446.stm. 21 January 2008. live.
  26. Web site: When history was made in Dagenham. 2020-08-26. Socialist Review. en.
  27. Web site: 2013-06-06. Dagenham sewing machinists recall strike that changed women's lives. 2020-08-26. The Guardian. en.
  28. Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd.. London. 427–428. 978-0-7126-5616-0.
  29. News: 1968: Alec Rose sails home. BBC News. 2008-01-15. 4 July 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20071219015932/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2744000/2744481.stm. 19 December 2007. live.
  30. Web site: The great flood of 1968. Memories of Bristol. 2006-01-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20060502142132/http://weldgen.tripod.com/the-great-flood-1968/index.html. 2 May 2006.
  31. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/contents/enacted Theft Act 1968
  32. Web site: BBC – History of the BBC, Dad's Army 31 July 1968 . BBC . 11 February 2022.
  33. http://www.middleschoolresearch.org.uk/middschinfo.html
  34. Web site: Nissan/Datsun – reallyloud.co.uk. 14 August 2018. 14 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180814170246/http://www.reallyloud.co.uk/nissandatsun/. dead.
  35. News: 1968: Musical Hair opens as censors withdraw. BBC News. 2008-01-15. 27 September 1968.
  36. Web site: Police STOP!: Patrol and Response Vehicles in England and Wales. Paddy. Carpenter. 20 October 2016. Amberley Publishing. Amazon.
  37. News: 1968: Birth of sextuplets stuns Britain. BBC News. 2008-01-15. 2 October 1968.
  38. News: 1968: Londonderry march ends in violence. BBC News. 2008-01-15. 5 October 1968.
  39. Web site: Birmingham Post. 8 October 2007. 12 May 2010 .
  40. Web site: National Giro Service. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 17 October 1968. 2011-08-12.
  41. News: 1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters. BBC News. 2008-01-15. 27 October 1968.
  42. Web site: James Watt Street Fire . SunnyGovan . 2010-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100603202611/http://www.sunnygovan.com/PLACES/Places/JamesWattStreetFire.html . 3 June 2010 . dead .
  43. Web site: Innovation and Corporate Failure: Cyril Lord in UK Textiles 1945–1968. Philip. Ollerenshaw. 2006. 2011-09-02.
  44. Financial Times 22 November 1968.
  45. Book: Marr, Andrew. Andrew Marr. A History of Modern Britain. London. Macmillan. 2007. 978-1-4050-0538-8. 281.
  46. Web site: 1968: Race discrimination law tightened. 26 November 1968. news.bbc.co.uk.
  47. News: 1968: Shops told to stop conning customers. BBC News. 2008-01-15. 30 November 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20071202102653/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/30/newsid_4018000/4018793.stm. 2 December 2007 . live.
  48. News: 1968: Mary Bell found guilty of double killing. BBC News. 2008-01-15. 17 December 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20071219163425/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/17/newsid_3261000/3261087.stm. 19 December 2007. live.
  49. Roden. A. T.. 1969. National experience with Hong Kong influenza in the United Kingdom, 1968-69. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 41. 3-4-5. 375-80. 2022-03-19.
  50. News: History of major virus outbreaks in the UK in recent times. 2020-12-13. Express and Star. Wolverhampton. 2020-03-03.
  51. News: Bennett. Asa. Half a century ago stoic Britons battle a similar health crisis without any lockdown. 2020-12-13. The Telegraph. London. 2020-05-02.
  52. Allan . David B . Waddell . Gordon . 1989-01-01 . An historical perspective on low back pain and disability . Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica . 60 . sup234 . 1–23 . 10.3109/17453678909153916 . 2533783 . 22502801 . 0001-6470.
  53. Web site: Kate Osamor. politics.co.uk.
  54. Web site: Peaky Blinders star Helen McCrory dies, aged 52 . Radio Times . 16 April 2021 . en.
  55. Web site: Carl Sargeant: Profile of long-serving AM's career. BBC News.