Bevan Succession
Returns to Parliament as the political heir to Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale.
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1960 in Great Britain — Page 3
Explore 186 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1960.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1960
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Beyond the Fringe
Collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brings Alan Bennett instant fame
Blue Streak
"Blue Streak" is cancelled, threatens an independent British deterrent
Blue Streak
The British Government cancels Blue Streak as a land based missile system and searches for an alternative nuclear delivery system
Blue Streak
Harold Watkinson explains the defence case for abandoning Blue Streak as an operational strategic missile
BUtterfield 8
Wins an Academy Award for BUtterfield 8. Taylor became the highest paid actress up to that time when she signed a one million dollar contract to play the title role in Twentieth Century Foxs lavish production of Cleopatra which is released in 1963
Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act
Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 regulates caravan sites and development permissions
Caretaker London Premiere
Harold Pinter's The Caretaker premiered in London, building unease through fragmented conversation and unstable domestic power.
Carry On Constable
First Carry on Film, Carry On Constable
CBE
Appointed a CBE
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Charities Act
Charities Act 1960 reforms charity registration, supervision, and charitable trust administration
Charlton Athletic Goalscoring Spell
Saunders joins Charlton Athletic and develops into one of the club's most productive post-war centre-forwards.
Chelsea Attacking Mainstay
Greaves remained the focal point of Chelsea's forward line during an era in which the club struggled to match his individual scoring output.
Clea
Publication of "Clea"
Commonwealth
Appointed Commonwealth Secretary
Commonwealth Secretary
Appointed Commonwealth Secretary
Constitution of Great Britain
Forced to give up his proposed reforms for Clause IV of the Labour Party
Constitution of Great Britain
Clause IV, supporting "common ownership"
Cregagh Boys Club Development
Best plays youth football with Cregagh Boys Club in Belfast, developing the close control and dribbling ability that would later define his professional career.
Debut
Earns a call up to the England Under-23 squad
Deputy Leader
Brown is elected, beating Lee by 146 votes to 83 when Callaghan had been eliminated
Deputy Shadow Secretary
Appointed Deuty Shadow Foreign Secretary
Edinburgh Festival
Collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brings Alan Bennett instant fame
Edinburgh Lectureship
Takes up a lectureship in mathematical physics at the Tait Institute of Mathematical Physics, University of Edinburgh.
Election
Foot returns to Parliament in 1960 at a by-election in Ebbw Vale in Monmouthshire, left vacant by Bevan's death
Electron Interference Test of Magnetic Flux
Uses electron interference around a magnetic whisker to obtain early experimental evidence for the Aharonov-Bohm phase effect.
Final Illness
Withdraws from public life as illness worsens.
Finance Act
Finance Act 1960 enacts annual taxation and public finance provisions
First Quarterly Bulletin Published
Cameron Cobbold serves as Governor when the Bank of England publishes the first edition of its Quarterly Bulletin.
Flamsteed House Becomes Museum
Flamsteed House opened as part of the National Maritime Museum, interpreting the astronomical heritage of Greenwich's first Astronomer Royal.
Foreign Affairs
Healey develops Labour policy on European security, NATO and relations with the Soviet Union.
Foreign Policy Statement at Chicago
Declares the familly name should be Mountbatten-Windsor, for HRH titles Windsor
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term
Full Circle
Publishes Full Circle, his account of later foreign policy and the Suez years
Full Circle
Publication of "Full Circle"
Greenwich Scientific Work Continues in Sussex
The Royal Greenwich Observatory maintained its historic name while undertaking much of its modern observing work in Sussex.
Homage to Clio
Publication of "Homage to Clio"
Huddersfield Mentor Loses Law to City
Shankly had coached Law at Huddersfield before Manchester City signed the teenage striker in a British-record transaction.
Hundred League Goals Before Age Twenty One
Greaves reached one hundred Football League goals at an exceptionally young age, underlining the scale of his early Chelsea scoring record.
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