1999 in the United Kingdom explained
Events from the year 1999 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for the first meetings of the new Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January – Vauxhall launches a facelifted Vectra to improve its disappointing ride and build quality.
- 1 January – The Euro currency is launched, but Britain's Labour government reportedly has no plans to introduce the currency here, preferring to stick to pound sterling instead.
- 13 January – Unemployment has fallen to just over 1,300,000 – the lowest for 20 years.
- 30 January – England national football team manager Glenn Hoddle gives an interview to The Times newspaper in which he suggests that people born with disabilities are paying for sins in a previous life.
February
- 2 February – The Football Association dismisses Glenn Hoddle as England manager due to the controversy sparked by his comments about disabled people.
- 12 February – Scientists at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen reinforce warnings that genetically modified food may be damaging to the human body.[1]
- 22 February – Harold Shipman, the Hyde GP accused of murdering eight female patients last September, is charged with a further seven murders.
- 24 February – The report of the murder of black London teenager Stephen Lawrence, who was stabbed to death in 1993, condemns London's police force as "institutionally racist", as well as condemning its officers for "fundamental errors".[2]
March
- 2 March – Singer Dusty Springfield, who received an OBE last month, dies aged 59 at Henley-on-Thames after a five-year battle against breast cancer.
- 7 March – American-born film director Stanley Kubrick dies at his home in St Albans, Hertfordshire, of a heart attack aged 70, five days after completing his final film Eyes Wide Shut, which is released in July.
- 16 March – The NSPCC launches its new "full stop" advertising campaign, which depicts different objects of childhood heroes shielding their eyes as voices were heard being abused. Broadcast after the 9.00pm watershed, this advertisement is part of the largest campaign ever undertaken by a charity and the beginning of a long-term strategy to end violence against children.
- 17 March – Comedian and entertainer Rod Hull is accidentally killed in a fall aged 63 outside his home in Winchelsea, Sussex, after trying to adjust his television aerial.[3]
- 21 March – Comedian Ernie Wise, who formed one-half of the Morecambe and Wise comedy double from 1941 to 1984, dies of a heart attack aged 73 at Wexham, Buckinghamshire.[4]
- 24 March – Ross Kemp, who has achieved TV stardom with his role as Grant Mitchell in EastEnders, signs a £1million deal with ITV, meaning that he will leave EastEnders this autumn after nearly 10 years.
- 26 March – A total £2 billion in compensation is paid to 100,000 former miners who are suffering from lung disease after years of working in British coalfields.[5]
- 29 March – The family of James Hanratty, one of the last men to be executed in Britain (for the A6 murder 37 years ago), are given the right to appeal against his conviction by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.[6]
April
- April – Vauxhall launches its Zafira, a compact MPV which makes use of the Astra hatchback's chassis.
- 1 April
- A minimum wage is introduced throughout the UK – set at £3.60 an hour for workers over 21, and £3 for workers under 21.[7]
- Anthony Sawoniuk, 78, becomes the first person convicted of Second World War crimes in a British court when he is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 18 Jews in his native Belarus. He has lived in Britain since 1947.
- 14 April – Edgar Pearce, the so-called "Mardi Gra bomber", convicted for a series of bombings and sentenced to 21 years in jail.[8]
- 17 April – A bomb explodes in Brixton, South West London, and injures 45 people.[9]
- 24 April – A second bomb explosion in Brick Lane, east London injures 13 people.
- 26 April – TV presenter Jill Dando, 37, dies after being shot on the doorstep of her Fulham home.[10]
- 30 April – A third bomb in London explodes in the Admiral Duncan pub, in Old Compton Street, Soho, London – the centre of the London gay scene – killing two people (including a pregnant woman) and injuring over thirty. David Copeland, a 23-year-old Farnborough man, is arrested hours later in connection with the three explosions.[11]
May
June
- 8 June – Former cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is sentenced to 18 months prison for perjury.[18]
- 10 June – The European parliament elections are held. The Conservatives enjoy their best performance in any election since the 1992 general election by gaining 36 seats compared to Labour's 29 – a stark contrast to the previous European elections five years ago where they had a mere 18 MEP's compared to Labour's 62.[19]
- 10 June – At the Leeds Central by-election, Hilary Benn holds the seat for the Labour Party.[20] #
- 12 June – The Queen's Birthday Honours are announced. They include a knighthood for the Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and the ITV newsreader Trevor McDonald.[21]
- 14 June – Conservative leader William Hague hails his party's strong European election results as vindication of his party's opposition to the single European currency.[22]
- 16 June – David Sutch, the founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, is found hanged at his home in Harrow. He was 58.
- 17 June – Cardinal Basil Hume, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, dies of cancer aged 76 barely two months after the illness was diagnosed.[23]
- 18 June – Police clash with protesters at a demonstration against capitalism in London.[24]
- 19 June – The wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor.[25] Prior to the marriage, the Queen creates Prince Edward, her third and youngest son, Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn.
- 22 June – Patrick Magee is released from prison under the Good Friday Agreement, 14 years into his life sentence for the Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, which killed five people during the Conservative Party conference on 12 October 1984.[26]
- 23 June
- Fears about the future of the Rover Group's Longbridge plant in Birmingham are calmed by the news that owner BMW is to invest £2.5billion in the plant.[27]
- Construction of the Millennium Dome is finished.
- 26 June – The Millennium Stadium, national sports stadium for Wales, is opened in Cardiff.[28]
- 30 June – Manchester United announce that they will not compete in the FA Cup in the forthcoming football season so they can concentrate on their participation in the FIFA World Club Championship in Brazil at the start of the next year. Their decision is seen as a major boost to England's hopes of hosting the 2006 World Cup.
July
August
- 4 August
- 9 August – Charles Kennedy elected as Leader of the Liberal Democrats.[31]
- 11 August – The solar eclipse attracts the attention of 350,000,000 people across Europe, with Cornwall being the only region of Britain to experience totality.[10]
- 20 August – A MORI poll shows Labour support at 49%, giving them a 22-point lead over the Conservatives. However, it is the first time since their election win over two years ago that they have polled at less than 50% in the poll by the leading market research company.[32]
- 22 August – Norfolk farmer Tony Martin, 54, is charged with the murder of a sixteen-year-old burglar who was shot dead at his home two days ago. He is also charged with wounding a 29-year-old man who was also present at the time of the burglary.[33]
September
October
- October – The government distributes to all household a booklet concerning the Year 2000 problem, What everyone should know about the Millennium Bug.
- 1 October – The Rugby World Cup begins in the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
- 5 October
- 10 October – The London Eye begins to be lifted into position on the South Bank in London.[38]
- 16 October – 26 players are sent off in Premier League and Football League matches on the same day – the most dismissals on the same day in 111 years of league football in England.
- 19 October – Tracey Emin exhibits My Bed at the Tate Gallery as one of the shortlisted works for the Turner Prize.
- 20 October – Sales of Rover cars are reported to have fallen by 30% this year.[39]
November
December
Undated
- Main construction work on Cardiff Bay Barrage completed.
- More than 20% of the UK population (over 12 million people) now have internet access.
Publications
Births
- 2 January
- 10 January – Mason Mount, footballer
- 14 January – Declan Rice, English footballer
- 20 January – Flynn Downes, footballer
- 24 January – Jamie Barjonas, footballer
- 31 January – Alice Tai, swimmer
- 2 February – Marcus McGuane, footballer
- 5 February – Arthur Chatto, son of Lady Sarah Chatto and Daniel Chatto
- 8 February
- 9 February – Adrianna Bertola, actress
- 15 February – George Hirst, footballer
- 19 February – Georgia Coates, swimmer
- 22 February – Harry Brook, cricketer
- 1 March – Ryan Porteous, footballer
- 4 March – Brooklyn Beckham, footballer
- 14 March – Olivia Dean, singer
- 22 March – Marcus Tavernier, footballer
- 4 April – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist
- 12 April – Akai Osei, street dancer
- 18 April
- 19 April – Beth Shriever, BMX racer
- 24 April – Jonathan Leko, footballer
- 2 May – Andre Dozzell, footballer
- 6 May – Sophie Ecclestone, cricketer
- 7 May
- 22 May – Josh Tymon, footballer
- 26 May
- 30 May – Eddie Nketiah, footballer
- 2 June – Felix Organ, Australian-born English cricketer
- 3 June – Liam Banks, cricketer
- 23 June – Noah Marullo, actor
- 29 June – Tom Sang, Malaysian footballer
- 1 July – Charles Armstrong-Jones, son of Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley
- 14 July – Scott Twine, footballer
- 20 July – Ellie Downie, gymnast
- 20 August – Joe Willock, footballer
- 21 August – Henry Brookes, cricketer
- 24 August – Lewis Ferguson, footballer
- 27 August – Jack Plom, cricketer
- 28 August – Kyle Taylor, footballer
- 4 September – Ellie Darcey-Alden, actress
- 13 September – Fraser Hornby, footballer
- 14 October – Daniel Roche, actor
- 15 October – Ben Woodburn, footballer
- 20 October – Connor Marsh, actor
- 24 October – Dujon Sterling, footballer
- 4 November – Ben Wilmot, footballer
- 6 November – Tristan Nydam, footballer
- 13 November – Lando Norris, racing driver
- 14 November
- 4 December – Aitch, rapper
- 8 December – Reece James, footballer
- 10 December – Reiss Nelson, footballer
- Undated – Freya Wilson, actress
Deaths
January
- 4 January – Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland, peer (born 1919)
- 6 January – Henrietta Moraes, artists' model and memoirist (born 1931)
- 9 January – Jim Peters, long-distance runner (born 1918)
- 10 January – John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol, peer and businessman (born 1954)
- 11 January – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (born 1897)
- 14 January
- 15 January
- 16 January – Dadie Rylands, literary scholar and theatre director (born 1902)
- 20 January – John Golding, politician (born 1931)
- 21 January – Leslie French, actor (born 1904)
- 22 January – Steven Sykes, artist (born 1914)
- 23 January – Terence Lewin, Baron Lewin, Royal Navy admiral, Chief of the Defence Staff in the Falklands War (born 1920)
- 25 January – Philip Mason, civil servant and writer (born 1906)
February
- 3 February
- 7 February – Andrew Keller, scientist (born 1925)
- 8 February
- Meredith Edwards, actor (born 1917)
- Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher (born 1919)
- 9 February
- 10 February – Joan Curran, Welsh physicist (born 1916)
- 11 February – Brian Parsons, cricketer (Surrey) (born 1933)
- 16 February – James Hill, politician (born 1926)
- 17 February – Thomas Carr, Northern Irish artist (born 1909)
- 19 February – Lady Pansy Lamb, writer (born 1904)
- 20 February – Sarah Kane, playwright (born 1971); suicide
- 23 February
- 24 February
- 28 February
March
- 1 March – Christine Glanville, puppeteer (born 1924)
- 2 March – Dusty Springfield, singer (born 1939)
- 5 March – Tom Denning, Baron Denning, judge (born 1899)
- 6 March
- 7 March – Stanley Kubrick, film director (born 1928 in the United States)
- 9 March – Arnold Machin, artist, coin and stamp designer (born 1911)
- 10 March – Adrian Love, radio presenter (born 1944)
- 13 March – Emmy Bridgwater, artist and poet (born 1906)
- 15 March – Rosemary Nelson, Northern Irish human rights solicitor (born 1958); murdered
- 17 March – Rod Hull, entertainer (born 1935); accidentally killed
- 20 March – Patrick Heron, artist, critic, writer and polemicist (born 1920)
- 21 March – Ernie Wise, comedian (born 1925)
- 24 March – Henry Brandon, Baron Brandon of Oakbrook, judge (born 1920)
- 27 March – Michael Aris, historian (born 1946)
April
- 2 April – Andrew Gardner, television journalist (born 1932)
- 3 April – Lionel Bart, composer (born 1930)
- 4 April – Bob Peck, actor (born 1945)
- 6 April – William Pleeth, cellist (born 1910)
- 7 April – Angus Paton, civil engineer (born 1905)
- 9 April
- 12 April – Alan Evans, darts player (born 1949)
- 14 April – Anthony Newley, actor, singer and songwriter (born 1931)
- 16 April – Margaret Tait, filmmaker and poet (born 1918)
- 17 April – Richard Negri, theatre director and designer (born 1927)
- 21 April – Liz Tilberis, fashion magazine editor (born 1947)
- 25 April
- Kemistry, drum and bass musician (born 1963); car accident
- William McCrea, astronomer and mathematician (born 1904)
- 26 April
- 28 April
- 29 April – Elspeth March, actress (born 1911)
May
- 1 May – Brian Shawe-Taylor, racing driver (born 1915)
- 2 May – Oliver Reed, actor (born 1938)
- 5 May – John Howard, Army officer and D-Day veteran (born 1912)
- 6 May – Johnny Morris, television presenter (born 1916)
- 7 May – Elliot Pinhey, entomologist (born 1910, Belgium)
- 8 May
- 9 May – Derek Fatchett, politician (born 1945)
- 11 May
- 13 May – Roy Crowson, biologist (born 1914)
- 18 May – Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeter (born 1921)
- 19 May
- 21 May – Norman Rossington, actor (born 1928)
- 30 May – Sonia Chadwick Hawkes, archaeologist (born 1933)
June
- 1 June – Christopher Cockerell, inventor (born 1910)
- 7 June
- 8 June – Christina Foyle, bookshop owner (born 1911)
- 13 June – Douglas Seale, actor (born 1913)
- 15 June – Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart, Army major-general (born 1919)
- 16 June
- 17 June – Cardinal Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster (since 1976) (born 1923)
- 18 June – Ross Baillie, athlete (born 1977)
- 23 June – Buster Merryfield, actor (born 1920)
- 24 June – Geoff Lawson, car designer (born 1944)
- 25 June – Fred Feast, actor (born 1929)
- 27 June – Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham, trade unionist and politician (born 1910)
- 29 June – Declan Mulholland, Northern Irish actor (born 1932)
- 30 June – Sir Clifford Charles Butler, physicist, discoverer of the hyperon and meson types of particles (born 1922)
July
- 1 July – William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, politician (born 1918)
- 4 July – Jack Watson, actor (born 1915)
- 5 July – Joan Kemp-Welch, actress (born 1906)
- 9 July – Esme Mackinnon, Alpine skier (born 1913)
- 10 July – John Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden, peer (born 1912)
- 12 July
- 15 July – Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, Scottish peer (born 1914)
- 19 July – Jerold Wells, actor (born 1908)
- 21 July
- 22 July – Mary Kerridge, actress and theatre director (born 1914)
- 26 July
- 27 July – Amaryllis Fleming, cellist (born 1925)
August
- 4 August – Carl Toms, set and costume designer (born 1927)
- 5 August – David Munro, documentary filmmaker (born 1944)
- 9 August
- Bob Herbert, original manager of the Spice Girls (born 1942); car accident
- Helen Rollason, television sports presenter (born 1956)
- 10 August – Jennifer Paterson, television chef, one half of the Two Fat Ladies (born 1928)
- 12 August
- 13 August – John Geering, cartoonist (born 1941)
- 15 August
- 19 August – Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Orr-Ewing, politician (born 1912)
- 20 August – Arthur Cain, biologist and ecologist (born 1921)
- 23 August – James White, science-fiction writer (born 1928)
- 25 August
September
- 3 September – Paul Lucien Dessau, artist (born 1909)
- 5 September
- Alan Clark, Conservative Member of Parliament and former government minister (born 1928)
- Ivor Roberts, actor (born 1925)
- 9 September – Chili Bouchier, actress (born 1909)
- 11 September – Janet Adam Smith, writer and editor (born 1905)
- 14 September – Charles Crichton, film director and film editor (born 1910)
- 15 September
- 17 September
- 24 September – Rowena Mary Bruce, chess player (born 1919)
- 27 September – Sir Philip Haddon-Cave, colonial administrator (born 1925)
- 30 September – Thomas Holland, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Salford (1964–1983) (born 1908)
October
- 1 October – Noel Johnson, actor (born 1916)
- 3 October – Alastair Hetherington, journalist, editor of The Guardian (1953–1975) (born 1919)
- 6 October – Patrick Reilly, diplomat (born 1909)
- 7 October – Deryck Guyler, actor (born 1914)
- 11 October – John Foot, Baron Foot, politician (born 1909)
- 15 October
- 18 October – Tony Crombie, jazz musician (born 1925)
- 19 October
- 23 October – Bobby Willis, songwriter and husband of Cilla Black (born 1942)
- 27 October – Johnny Byrne, footballer (born 1939)
- 29 October – Colin Matthew, historian and academic (born 1941)
- 31 October – Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, rabbi (born 1921)
November
- 1 November – Edmund Dell, businessman (born 1921)
- 3 November – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (born 1928); car accident[43]
- 4 November – Charles Wintour, newspaper editor (born 1917)
- 8 November – Jerry Kerr, Scottish footballer (born 1912)
- 10 November – Eric Langton, motorcycle speedway rider (born 1907)
- 11 November
- 14 November – Minna Keal, composer (born 1909)
- 15 November – Sir Harry Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet, equestrian, Olympic champion (1952) (born 1911)
- 17 November – Edmund Fryde, historian (born 1923, Poland)
- 21 November – Quentin Crisp, writer and raconteur (born 1908)
- 24 November
- 26 November – John Skelton, letter-cutter and sculptor (born 1923)
December
- 4 December – Alick Walker, palaeontologist (born 1925)
- 5 December – Kendall Taylor, pianist (born 1905)
- 6 December
- 7 December – Kenny Baker, jazz trumpeter (born 1921)
- 8 December – Rupert Hart-Davis, publisher (born 1907)
- 9 December – Cecil Williamson, screenwriter, editor and film director (born 1909)
- 10 December – Mike Randall, journalist (born 1919)
- 12 December – John W. R. Taylor, aviation expert (born 1922)
- 13 December
- 14 December – Sven Berlin, painter, writer and sculptor (born 1911)
- 18 December
- 19 December – Desmond Llewelyn, actor (born 1914)
- 21 December – John Arnatt, actor (born 1917)
- 23 December
- 25 December – Peter Jeffrey, actor (born 1929)
- 26 December – Prunella Clough, artist (born 1919)
- 31 December – William Hughes, Baron Hughes, politician (born 1911)
See also
Notes and References
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