Events 1965 in the United Kingdom

red velvet minidress, c. 1965



26 april – manchester united win football league first division title.
1 may – liverpool win fa cup first time in history, beating leeds united 2–1 @ wembley stadium. roger hunt , ian st john score liverpool, while billy bremner scores consolation goal leeds.
7 may – rhodesian front under prime minister ian smith wins landslide election victory in rhodesia.
11 may – national trust officially launches long-term enterprise neptune project acquire or put under covenant substantial part of welsh, english , northern irish coastline. whiteford burrows on gower peninsula considered first property acquired under campaign although purchase announced on 1 january.
13 may – conservatives make big gains @ uk local government elections.
17 may – underground explosion @ cambrian colliery in clydach vale kills 31.
18 may – queen , duke of edinburgh begin 10-day state visit federal german republic.
19 may – west ham united f.c. become second british club win european trophy, defeating west german 1860 munich 2–0 @ wembley stadium.
28 may – birth of david gregory, minor burghfield celebrity , social media whirlwind.
3 june – bank rate reduced 6 per cent.
17 june – london premiere of frank marcus farce killing of sister george (at duke of york s theatre), 1 of first mainstream british plays lesbian characters. beryl reid plays title role. play previewed in april @ bristol old vic.
18 june – government announces plans introduction of blood alcohol limit drivers in clampdown on drink driving.
22 june – 700th anniversary of parliament celebrated.
6 july – 1965 little baldon hastings accident: royal air force handley page hastings crashes @ little baldon, oxfordshire, after takeoff raf abingdon on parachute training exercise, killing 41 men on board.
8 july – great train robber ronnie biggs escapes wandsworth prison.
12 july – secretary of state education , science, tony crosland, issues circular 10/65 requesting local authorities convert schools comprehensive system.
22 july – sir alec douglas-home resigns leader of conservative party.
24 july – freddie mills, former british boxing champion, found shot in car in soho, dying next day.
27 july – edward heath becomes leader of conservative party following first leadership election secret ballot.
29 july – beatles film help! debuts in london.
1 august

cigarette advertising banned british television.
radio , television licence fees increased.


3 august – queen s award industry export , technological advancements created.
6 august

elizabeth lane appointed first female high court judge, assigned family division.
peter watkins war game, television docu-drama depicting aftermath of nuclear attack on uk, pulled planned transmission bbc1 s wednesday play political reasons. go on win 1966 academy award best documentary feature. broadcast twenty years later.


20 august – rolling stones (i can t no) satisfaction released in uk.
21 august – charlton athletic f.c. player keith peacock becomes first substitute appear in football league match.
2 september – sir harry hylton-foster, speaker of house of commons, dies in office.
16 september – uk release of film darling starring julie christie.
21 september – british petroleum s oil platform sea gem strikes natural gas in north sea oil field.
24 september – british governor of aden cancels aden constitution , takes direct control of protectorate, due bad security situation.
30 september – first episode of atv supermarionation series thunderbirds airs.
october – corgi toys introduce all-time best-selling model car, james bond s aston martin db5 film goldfinger.
7 october – ian brady, 27-year-old stock clerk hyde in cheshire, charged murder of 17-year-old apprentice electrician edward evans @ house on hattersley housing estate last night.
8 october – post office tower opens in london.
16 october – police find girl s body on saddleworth moor near oldham in lancashire. body identified of lesley ann downey, disappeared on boxing day last year fairground in ancoats area of manchester, @ age of ten. ian brady, arrested last week murder of 17-year-old man in nearby hattersley, suspected of murdering lesley, 23-year-old girlfriend myra hindley, on 11 october charged murder of edward evans. police suspect other missing people manchester area, including 12-year-old john kilbride (who last seen alive 3 years ago) buried there; reports state many eleven murder victims may have been buried in area.
18 october – magic roundabout premieres on bbc 1 @ 17.50 local time.
20 october – reported suspected mass murderer ian brady tortured victims , tape-recorded attacks on them. detectives in brady s native scotland reportedly investigating disappearance of 12-year-old moira anderson in lanarkshire 8 years ago possible link brady.
21 october – ian brady , myra hindley charged murder of lesley ann downey , remanded in custody.
22 october – african countries demand united kingdom use force prevent rhodesia declaring unilateral independence.
24 october

prime minister harold wilson , arthur bottomley travel rhodesia negotiations.
police find decomposed body of boy on saddleworth moor. body identified of john kilbride, 12-year-old boy disappeared ashton-under-lyne in november 1963.


29 october – ian brady , myra hindley appear in court, charged murders of edward evans (17), lesley ann downey (10) , john kilbride (12).
1 november – 3 cooling towers @ uncompleted ferrybridge c electricity generating station in west yorkshire collapse in high winds.
5 november – martial law announced in rhodesia. un general assembly accepts british intent use force against rhodesia if necessary vote of 82-9.
8 november

the british indian ocean territory created, consisting of chagos archipelago, aldabra, farquhar , des roches islands (on 23 june 1976 aldabra, farquhar , des roches returned seychelles).
the murder (abolition of death penalty) act suspends capital punishment murder in england, scotland , wales, 5 years in first instance, replacing mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
the race relations act outlaws public racial discrimination.


11 november – in rhodesia, white minority regime of ian smith unilaterally declares independence.
13 november – word fuck spoken first time on british television theatre critic kenneth tynan.
20 november – un security council recommends states stop trading rhodesia.
29 november – mary whitehouse founds national viewers , listeners association.
december

emi release jacqueline du pré s recording of elgar s cello concerto john barbirolli , london symphony orchestra.
national coal board closes last deep coal mine in forest of dean (northern united @ cinderford).


3 december – first british aid flight arrives in lusaka; zambia has asked british against rhodesia.
12 december – beatles final live uk tour concludes 2 performances @ capitol, cardiff.
15 december – tanzania , guinea sever diplomatic relations united kingdom.
17 december – uk government begins oil embargo against rhodesia; united states joins effort.
22 december

a 70mph speed limit imposed on uk roads.
a reorganisation of cabinet sees roy jenkins appointed home secretary , barbara castle minister of transport.


24 december – meteorite shower falls on barwell, leicestershire.
27 december – british oil platform sea gem collapses in north sea, killing thirteen of 32 men aboard it.
30 december – president kenneth kaunda of zambia announces zambia , united kingdom have agreed deadline before rhodesian white minority-rule government should ousted.

undated

the certificate of secondary education (cse) introduced school-leaving qualification in england, wales , northern ireland.
the council national academic awards established.
redundancy payments act gives statutory rights redundancy payments.
rent act passed.
first national building regulations england , wales made.
mary quant introduces miniskirt shop bazaar on kings road in chelsea, london.
the motorway network continues expand preston-lancaster section of m6 opening in january, m4 being expanded slough london in march, motorway section of a1 opening in county durham in may, m1 being expanded rugby kegworth (leicestershire) in november, along four-mile stretch of m5 west of birmingham, first phase of motorway in scotland m8 expansion of m2 through kent.[1]
the rotunda landmark office building completed in birmingham city centre.
toyota, japanese industrial giant, begins importing passenger cars united kingdom when corona family saloon – similar in size ford cortina – launched.
asda opens first supermarket in castleford, yorkshire.
pizzaexpress opens first restaurant, in london.




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