Historical place archive

Huddersfield in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Huddersfield in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records5 event labels4 people1909–1977

Historical events in Huddersfield

1909

15 May 1909
Birth of James Mason
James Mason · Cinema

Birth of James Mason

1916

11 March 1916
Birth of Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson · Labour Party

Birth of Harold Wilson

1946

4 July 1946
Birth of Paul Fenton
Paul Fenton · Popular Music

Birth of Paul Fenton

1977

25 December 1977
Huddersfield Benefit
Johnny Rotten · Popular Music

Performs at the Ivanhoes benefit shows, the band's final British performances of the original era.

25 December 1977
Sex Pistols
Johnny Rotten · Popular Music

The Sex Pistols final UK performance takes place at Ivanhoes, where the band play a matinee and evening show as part of a benefit for the families of striking firemen

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Huddersfield. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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