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1966 in the United Kingdom

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1966 in the United Kingdom
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1964 | 1965 | 1966 (1966) | 1967 | 1968
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Popular culture

Events from the year 1966 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

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Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Undated

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Publications

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Births

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Undated

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Deaths

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See also

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  1. ^ Nock, O. S. (1965). Britain's New Railway: Electrification of the London-Midland main lines from Euston to Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Liverpool and Manchester. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. OCLC 59003738.
  2. ^ "UK politicians assaulted in Rhodesia". BBC News. 12 January 1966. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  3. ^ "New nuclear reactor for Dounreay". BBC News. 9 February 1966. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  4. ^ "Britain to go decimal in 1971". BBC News. 1 March 1966. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  5. ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-102715-9.
  6. ^ Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review Reports. Justice of the Peace, Limited. 1969. p. 720.
  7. ^ "Slight Risk for Mr. Wilson". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. 30 March 1966. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Harold Wilson wins sweeping victory". BBC News. 31 March 1966. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  9. ^ Gilbert, David (2006). "'The Youngest Legend in History': Cultures of Consumption and the Mythologies of Swinging London". The London Journal. 31: 1–14. doi:10.1179/174963206X113089. S2CID 159698288.
  10. ^ "Title reclaimed after Chelsea win". LiverpoolFC.tv. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  11. ^ UK Patent No.1,197,183. Brocklehurst, Steven (27 June 2017). "The man who really invented the cash machine". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Moors murderers jailed for life". BBC News. 6 May 1966. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  13. ^ "Wembley – Saturday 14th May – Everton 3 Sheffield Wednesday 2."
  14. ^ "Emergency laws over seamen's strike". BBC On This Day. 23 May 1966. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  15. ^ Guyana. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  16. ^ "Broadcast – BBC Programme Index". Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  17. ^ "The Beatles Bible – the Beatles' only live Top of the Pops appearance". 5 May 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  18. ^ Turner, Steve (2016). Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year. New York, NY: Ecco. pp. 211, 213. ISBN 978-0-06-247558-9.
  19. ^ Everett, Walter (1999). The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-19-512941-0.
  20. ^ Rodriguez, Robert (2012). Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined Rock 'n' Roll. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-61713-009-0.
  21. ^ "Clip of 'lost' Beatles Top of the Pops performance unearthed". BBC News. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Footage of Beatles' only Top of the Pops live show found". BBC News. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  23. ^ The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (2009). "The U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones". Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  24. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 424–425. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
  25. ^ "Arrests in London after Vietnam rally". BBC News. 3 July 1966. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  26. ^ "Ministers in talks on car insurance safeguards". The Scotsman. 5 July 1966. p. 6.
  27. ^ Connell, Jon; Sutherland, Douglas (1978). Fraud: The Amazing Career of Doctor Savundra. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-22601-3.
  28. ^ "Euston staff 'colour bar' ended". BBC News. 15 July 1966. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  29. ^ "Football glory for England". BBC News. 30 July 1966. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  30. ^ Marshall, Prince (1972) (1972). Wheels of London. The Sunday Times Magazine. pp. 110–111. ISBN 0-7230-0068-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  31. ^ "Tireless footballer who starred for England in 1966".
  32. ^ "The Beatles, Revolver". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  33. ^ Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-8818-0.
  34. ^ Hutchins, Michael H. (14 August 2006). "A Tom Stoppard Bibliography: Chronology". The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  35. ^ "Death notices – Rest in Peace – 1960s and 1970s". Nigel's Webspace – Galleries of English Football Cards 1965/66-1979/80. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  36. ^ Chumbley, Stephen, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 (rev. ed.). London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 531. ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7.
  37. ^ a b c d The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 978-1-85986-000-7.
  38. ^ "New Ford Cortina with more room". The Glasgow Herald. 18 October 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  39. ^ "Coal tip buries children in Aberfan". BBC News. 21 October 1966. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  40. ^ "Double-agent breaks out of jail". BBC News. 22 October 1966. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  41. ^ Corner, John. "Cathy Come Home". Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  42. ^ Barbados. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  43. ^ "History of the Camelia Botnar Children's Centre". Archived from the original on 16 October 2009.
  44. ^ "Life Peers to Order of the Companion of Honour". BBC News. 31 December 1998.
  45. ^ "Chris Evans". Chris Evans Breakfast Show (BBC Radio 2). Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  46. ^ Schott, Ben. "Ben Shott's Almanac for April 2008". The Times. London. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  47. ^ Lucia Bozzola (2015). "Vanessa Angel – Biography – Movies & TV – NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  48. ^ Pulp bassist Steve Mackey dies aged 56
  49. ^ "Rianna Scipio". explore.bfi.org.uk. web.archive.org. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  50. ^ "Olympedia – Charlotte Cooper". olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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