1977 in the United Kingdom

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1977 in the United Kingdom
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1975 | 1976 | 1977 (1977) | 1978 | 1979
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Popular culture

Events from the year 1977 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

  • Inflation has fallen slightly this year to 15.8%, but it is the fourth successive year that has seen double-digit inflation.[50]
  • Colour television licences exceed black and white ones for the first time in the UK.

Publications

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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  2. ^ "1977: EMI fires Sex Pistols". BBC News. 6 January 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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  5. ^ The Herring (Specified North Sea Waters) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1977; The Herring (North East Irish Sea) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1977; The Herring (Celtic Sea) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1977.
  6. ^ "1977: Government wins no confidence vote". BBC News. 23 March 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  7. ^ "1977: Hat trick for Red Rum". BBC News. 2 April 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
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  11. ^ "Liverpool ascends throne". Calgary Herald. 26 May 2019. p. 37. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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  17. ^ "1977: Manchester United sack manager". BBC News. 4 July 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  18. ^ "Maureen Long". The Yorkshire Ripper. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  19. ^ "1977: Gay paper guilty of blasphemy". BBC News. 11 July 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
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  25. ^ "1977: Tight security for Queen's Irish visit". BBC News. 10 August 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
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  27. ^ MacKie, Lindsay (15 August 1977). "The real losers in Saturday's battle of Lewisham". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  28. ^ "Greenwood takes over – until December". Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1977. p. 15. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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  32. ^ "1977: Liberal MP denies murder plot". BBC News. 27 October 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  33. ^ "1977: Firefighters strike over pay claim". BBC News. 14 November 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  34. ^ "SavaCentre". The Sainsbury Archive. Museum of London. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  35. ^ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1977". Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  36. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1977". Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  37. ^ "It's Greenwood – until 1980". Glasgow Herald. 13 December 1977. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  38. ^ "Marilyn Moore". The Yorkshire Ripper. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  39. ^ "1977: Queen opens 'tube' link to Heathrow". BBC News. 16 December 1977. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
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  41. ^ "Worst British Fire Tragedy". Times-Union. Warsaw, Indiana. 21 December 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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  47. ^ ITV and the BFI quote a figure of 21.3 million. "Features | Britain's Most Watched TV | 1970s". BFI. 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  48. ^ Moran, Joe (22 March 2011). "One nation Christmas television". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  49. ^ "1977: Star Wars fever hits Britain". BBC News. 27 December 1977. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  50. ^ "Inflation: the value of the pound 1750-1998" (PDF). Research Paper 99/20. House of Commons Library. 23 February 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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  53. ^ "Profile of Derek Mackay: the ex 'fundie' tipped as the next SNP leader". HeraldScotland.