1972 in the United Kingdom explained

Events from the year 1972 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Publications

Births

January–March

politician

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Becket, Andy. When the Lights Went Out. 63.
  2. News: Miners strike against government. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 9 January 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080112153230/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2515000/2515917.stm. 12 January 2008. live.
  3. News: UK unemployment tops one million. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 20 January 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080123213244/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/20/newsid_2506000/2506897.stm. 23 January 2008 . live.
  4. Web site: Unemployment in the 1930s and Now. Socialist Studies. 2012-02-10.
  5. Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 433–434. 0-7126-5616-2.
  6. Book: Day, Alan. Political violence in Northern Ireland: conflict and conflict resolution. Praeger. Westport, CT. 1997. 9780275954147. 9.
  7. Book: Baumann, Michael. Wie alles anfing = How it all began: the personal account of a West German urban guerrilla. Pulp Press. Vancouver. 2000. 9780889780453. 5.
  8. News: 91 Hurt in London in Ulster Protest. The New York Times. 6 February 1972.
  9. Book: Woodmansey, Mick. Mick Woodmansey

    . Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie. Mick Woodmansey. Pan Macmillan. London. 2016. 978-0-283-07274-1. 300.

  10. News: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 22 February 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113337/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22/newsid_2519000/2519029.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  11. News: Miners call off crippling coal strike. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 25 February 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080113011943/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_2516000/2516687.stm. 13 January 2008 . live.
  12. News: Barber's Bounty. Daily Mirror. London. 1972-03-22. 2.
  13. Book: King, Stanley. Bradford Trolleybuses. Glossop. Venture. 1994. 1-898432-03-1.
  14. News: CND begins march to Aldermaston. BBC News. 2012-02-10. 31 March 1972.
  15. New Big Ford the Granada. MotorSport. April 1972. 31. 2019-07-21.
  16. News: 'Bloody Sunday' report excuses Army. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 19 April 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080106153121/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19/newsid_2491000/2491125.stm. 6 January 2008. live.
  17. Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
  18. Web site: 1972 Leeds United. The FA Cup. https://web.archive.org/web/20070120170657/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1972.htm. 2019-07-21. 20 January 2007.
  19. News: Derby Take Title. The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 May 1972. 2012-02-10.
  20. Book: Mount, Ferdinand. Ferdinand Mount. Mind the Gap: the new class divide in Britain. London. Short Book. 2004. 1904095941.
  21. Web site: European Club Football Finals (1970s). sporting-heroes.net. 2012-02-10.
  22. Web site: M6 Junction 6. Route 6: The A6 and M6 Website. 2012-02-10. 21 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140621232412/http://route6.co.uk/m6junction6.html. dead.
  23. News: Thomas Cook packaged and sold. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 26 May 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080105121549/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/26/newsid_3003000/3003665.stm. 5 January 2008 . live.
  24. News: Official IRA declares ceasefire. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 30 May 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080102225127/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/30/newsid_2973000/2973759.stm. 2 January 2008 . live.
  25. News: London's 'forgotten' rollercoaster disaster . BBC News . 27 April 2022.
  26. Book: Sir Norman Skelhorn. Public Prosecutor: The Memoirs of Sir Norman Skelhorn, Director of Public Prosecutions, 1964-1977. 1981. Harrap. 978-0-245-53763-9. 95.
  27. News: Protestant march ends in battle. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 3 June 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113547/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/3/newsid_2496000/2496155.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  28. News: Duke of Windsor laid to rest. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 5 June 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080113163858/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/5/newsid_2496000/2496577.stm. 13 January 2008. live.
  29. News: UK's worst air crash kills 118. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 18 June 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113508/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/18/newsid_2515000/2515787.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  30. News: Chancellor orders pound flotation. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 23 June 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113551/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/23/newsid_2518000/2518927.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  31. Web site: Your London. 2008-04-02.
  32. Book: Coogan, Tim Pat. Tim Pat Coogan

    . Tim Pat Coogan. The IRA. New York. Palgrave. 2002. 392-395.

  33. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch72.htm CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict – 1972
  34. News: National dock strike begins. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 28 July 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080111013100/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/newsid_2496000/2496609.stm. 11 January 2008 . live.
  35. News: Claudy bomb: conspiracy allowed IRA priest to go free. BBC News Northern Ireland. 24 August 2010. 2010-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20100825014212/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11061296. 25 August 2010 . live.
  36. News: 1972: Prince William killed in plane crash . BBC News . 28 August 1972.
  37. Web site: Attendance FAQs. DfES.gov.uk. 26 August 2009. 2010-08-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080511154550/http://www.dfes.gov.uk/schoolattendance/faq/#faq18. 11 May 2008.
  38. Web site: Education leaving age. Politics.co.uk. 12 June 2007. 2010-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20071223141431/http://www.politics.co.uk/issuebrief/education/schools/school-leaving-age/education-leaving-age-%24474737.htm. 23 December 2007. dead.
  39. Legislation dated 20 January and 14 April respectively.
  40. The Hypermarket – Gold mine or white elephant. International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management. MCB. 1. 6. 42–44. 10.1108/eb017761. 18 April 2011 .
  41. News: Expelled Ugandans arrive in UK. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 18 September 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113621/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_2522000/2522627.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  42. News: Parcel bomb attack on Israeli embassy.. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 19 September 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113613/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/19/newsid_2523000/2523027.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  43. United Reformed Church Act 1972.
  44. Web site: Emmerdale Farm Episode 1. 2002. 2012-02-10. 15 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101215215317/http://emmerdale.org/emmerdale/emguide1.htm. dead.
  45. Web site: Gordon Banks, englandcaps.co.uk. 2010-10-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20100928014651/http://www.englandcaps.co.uk/GordonBanks.html. 28 September 2010 . live.
  46. Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972. News: Pay and price freeze aims to curb inflation. BBC News. 2008-01-27. 6 November 1972. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113515/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6/newsid_2538000/2538623.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  47. Book: Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management. 2009. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-4443-1324-6. 220.
  48. Web site: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1972. 2008-01-27.
  49. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1972. 2008-01-27.
  50. Web site: Inflation: the Value of the Pound 1750–1998. 2010-10-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060219130455/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-020.pdf. 19 February 2006.
  51. Book: Marr, Andrew. Andrew Marr. A History of Modern Britain. London. Macmillan. 2007. 978-1-4050-0538-8. 273.
  52. Web site: 30 Years of the Honda Civic. CarPages. 23 February 2002. 2012-02-10.
  53. Web site: Accord (1976–1982). www.hondaclassiccars.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20040219035903/http://www.hondaclassiccars.co.uk/accord.htm. 2019-07-21. 19 February 2004.
  54. Web site: Aardman History. Culture. 2022-01-15.
  55. Web site: About the Cochrane Library. The Cochrane Library. 2011-01-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110105124021/http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/AboutTheCochraneLibrary.html#ABOUT. 5 January 2011. dead.
  56. Web site: About The Ecologist. The Ecologist. 2011-01-21.
  57. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html 83rd Academy Awards Official Website.
  58. Web site: Over 200 Famous or Infamous People and Characters with Local Connections who have Contributed to Sheffield's fame and fortune. PDF. sheffield.gov.uk. sheffield.gov.uk/libraries. 27 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20080220173739/http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies/local-history. 20 February 2008. dead.
  59. Web site: Davies, Stephen Owen (1886?-1972), miners' leader and Labour politician . Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
  60. Book: Whitaker's Almanack. 1973. J. Whitaker & Sons. 560.
  61. Webster, Alan. "Fisher, Geoffrey Francis, Baron Fisher of Lambeth", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2019
  62. Book: New Scientist. 8 September 1977. Reed Business Information. 573.
  63. Book: Malcolm MacDonald. The Symphonies of Havergal Brian: Symphonies 30-32, survey, and summing-up. 1983. Taplinger Publishing Company. 978-0-8008-7528-2. 63.
  64. Book: Orel, Harold. Popular Fiction in England, 1914-1918. 1 January 1992. University Press of Kentucky. 0-8131-1789-5. 91.
  65. Obituary. Variety. 13 December 1972. 63.
  66. Book: Jones, Edward T.. L.P. Hartley. Twayne Publishers. 1978. 978-0805767032. G.K. Hall & Co.. 13–200. registration.