1979 in the United Kingdom explained

Events from the year 1979 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Publications

Births

Deaths

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 'No chaos here' declares Callaghan. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 10 January 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080305034843/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_2518000/2518957.stm. 5 March 2008 . live.
  2. News: Public sector strike paralyses country. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 22 January 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131333/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/22/newsid_2506000/2506715.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  3. News: Forest break football transfer record. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 9 February 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080129104204/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/9/newsid_2538000/2538513.stm. 29 January 2008 . live.
  4. Book: Marr, Andrew. Andrew Marr. A History of Modern Britain. London. Macmillan Publishers. 2007. 978-1-4050-0538-8. 376.
  5. News: PM desperate to save Labour. Geoffrey. Barker. The Age. Melbourne. 27 February 1979. 7. 18 March 2013.
  6. Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
  7. https://www.expressandstar.com/days/1976-2000/1979.html Those were the days
  8. News: Three die in Golborne mine blast. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 18 March 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131720/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/18/newsid_4226000/4226271.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  9. News: British ambassador assassinated in Holland. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 22 March 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080104225033/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/22/newsid_2543000/2543867.stm. 4 January 2008. live.
  10. News: Early election as Callaghan defeated. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 28 March 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131506/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/28/newsid_2531000/2531007.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  11. News: Car bomb kills Airey Neave. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 30 March 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131310/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/30/newsid_2783000/2783877.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  12. Web site: Blair Peach killed by police at 1979 protest, Met report finds. The Guardian. 9 November 2013. 27 April 2010.
  13. Web site: Jubilee line facts. Transport for London. 27 January 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080212182726/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/linefacts/?line=jubilee. 12 February 2008. dead.
  14. News: Election victory for Margaret Thatcher. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 4 May 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20071219230053/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/4/newsid_2503000/2503195.stm. 19 December 2007 . live.
  15. Web site: John Major. John Major. 4 February 2015. 16 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150216010255/http://www.johnmajor.co.uk/bio.html. dead.
  16. News: Liverpool's 11th title. Sydney Morning Herald. 11 May 1979. 24. 18 March 2013.
  17. News: 1979 FA Cup Final. BBC Sport. 4 February 2015.
  18. Book: Palmer. Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Limited. London. 442–443. 0-7126-5616-2.
  19. News: Price of milk shoots up. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 25 May 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080119051309/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/25/newsid_2991000/2991847.stm. 19 January 2008 . live.
  20. Web site: European Parliament elections: 1979 to 1994. House of Commons. 2 June 1999. 4 February 2015.
  21. News: Thorpe cleared of murder charges. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 22 June 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/22/newsid_2518000/2518667.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  22. News: Queen oversees Manx millennium. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 5 July 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131708/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2494000/2494861.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  23. Web site: Education in England: a history. Derek. Gillard. 2018. HDA. 2020-10-24.
  24. Web site: The world car that wasn't. Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk. 18 March 2013.
  25. News: Brighton bares all. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 9 August 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131738/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/9/newsid_3906000/3906605.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  26. News: Freak storm hits yacht race. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 14 August 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080101095627/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/14/newsid_3886000/3886877.stm. 1 January 2008 . live.
  27. News: Disgraced ex-MP released from jail. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 14 August 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/14/newsid_2534000/2534073.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  28. News: James. Caven. It's a £50m new-look. Evening Times. Glasgow. 24 August 1979. 22 September 2011.
  29. News: IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 27 August 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080121045317/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/27/newsid_2511000/2511545.stm. 21 January 2008. live.
  30. News: Soldiers die in Warrenpoint massacre. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 27 August 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131600/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/27/newsid_3891000/3891055.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  31. News: Ripper suspected of 12th murder. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 2 September 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080101095742/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/2/newsid_2493000/2493531.stm. 1 January 2008 . live.
  32. News: Mountbatten buried after final parade. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 5 September 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080101174021/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/newsid_2499000/2499279.stm. 1 January 2008 . live.
  33. News: Buchanan signs on for a Danish manager. The Herald. Glasgow. 8 September 1979. 22 September 2011.
  34. News: Harrier crash kills three. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 21 September 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131254/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/21/newsid_2525000/2525419.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  35. Web site: The architectural secrets of Milton Keynes. How We Built Britain. BBC Three Counties Radio. 18 March 2013 . June 2007.
  36. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979. 27 January 2008.
  37. Web site: CIA Factbook entry for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 27 January 2008.
  38. News: Chairman Hua arrives in London. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 28 October 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131415/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/28/newsid_4114000/4114964.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  39. https://www.expressandstar.com/millennium/1900/1976-2000/1979.html Our Century 1976–2000
  40. News: Paperboy's killers convicted. 9 November 1979. BBC News. 18 March 2013.
  41. Web site: Britain's Most Watched TV – The 1980s . . 4 September 2006 . 7 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070106191745/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mostwatched/1980s.html . 6 January 2007 .
  42. News: Times returns after year-long dispute. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 13 November 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131607/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/13/newsid_2539000/2539795.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  43. Web site: Changes in Bank Rate. Bank of England. 2 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110102100001/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/rates/baserate.pdf. 2 January 2011 . live.
  44. News: Professor Blunt named as spy. Stewart. Tendler. Ian. Bradley. The Times. London. 16 November 1979. 1. 60476.
  45. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1979/nov/21/mr-anthony-blunt Mr. Anthony Blunt
  46. Web site: Voting Intention in Great Britain: 1976–present . Ipsos MORI . 18 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120923031349/http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/poll.aspx?oItemId=103 . 23 September 2012 .
  47. News: Lord Soames to govern Rhodesia. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 7 December 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131343/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/7/newsid_2535000/2535763.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  48. Web site: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1979. 27 January 2008.
  49. News: Daredevil Kidd's 80ft river jump. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 10 December 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131611/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/10/newsid_2544000/2544025.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  50. News: Council tenants will have 'right to buy'. BBC News. 27 January 2008. 20 December 1979. https://web.archive.org/web/20071223083115/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/20/newsid_4017000/4017019.stm. 23 December 2007 . live.
  51. Web site: Lancaster House Agreement. Fashion Forum. da-DK. 25 September 2021.
  52. Web site: Inflation Great Britain 1979. Inflation.eu. 4 February 2015.
  53. Max. Blythe. Barnes, Dame (Alice) Josephine Mary Taylor (1912–1999). 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/60885 . 3 February 2011.
  54. Web site: Refurb for Tim Martin's first outlet . https://archive.today/20120804203433/http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?articleid=2891 . dead . 4 August 2012 . Property News . . 21 January 2011 .
  55. A new British species, Senecio eboracensis (Asteraceae), another hybrid derivative of S. vulgaris L. and S. squalidae L.. Botany. Abbot. R.J.. Lowe. A.J.. 2003. 24. 375–388. 15 July 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020234958/http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Wats24p375.pdf. 20 October 2012. dead.
  56. News: Blooming unexpected. 13 February 2008. Martin. Wainwright. 20 February 2003. The Guardian. London.
  57. News: Dan. Warburton. Viz comic all set to celebrate 30th birthday. Evening Chronicle. Newcastle upon Tyne. 21 October 2009. 18 March 2013.
  58. Web site: James McAvoy · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards . BIFA · British Independent Film Awards . 8 September 2022 . 12 October 2018.
  59. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Ellen FALKNER Profile . results.glasgow2014.com . 15 March 2021.