Labour Deputy Leadership
Wins the Labour deputy leadership after the election defeat.
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1970 in Great Britain — Page 4
Explore 363 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1970.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1970
Sorted by month and day. Records with no month are shown last. Showing 40 of 363 unique records.
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July
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd play to 20,000 people at a free concert in London's Hyde Park
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd play to 20,000 people at a free concert in London's Hyde Park
Original Bristol Dry Dock Receives Ship
Great Britain returned to its original building dock in Bristol after a century away from the city.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Time and a Word
Sings on Time and a Word, the second Yes album.
Time and a Word
Plays keyboards on Time and a Word before the band expands its progressive ambitions.
Economic Policy Shift
Begins policies aimed at reducing state intervention and changing industrial relations.
August
Performance
Appears in the film Performance, expanding his work beyond the Rolling Stones.
Watney Cup Final Goal Against United
Dave Mackay scores as Brian Clough’s Derby County defeat Manchester United 4-1 in the 1970 Watney Cup final. His contribution helps the Rams claim the inaugural edition of the competition.
Watney Cup Final Opening Scorer
Roy McFarland scores against Manchester United in the Watney Cup final at the Baseball Ground. Derby County run out 4-1 winners under Brian Clough.
Watney Cup Winning Midfield Goal
Alan Durban scores in Derby County’s 4-1 Watney Cup final victory over Manchester United. The result gives Brian Clough a summer trophy before the new league campaign.
Reform of Government
Internment without trial introduced in Northern Ireland
Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Perform at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
Social Democratic Labour Party
Founded when six Stormont MPs and one Senator former members of the Republican Labour Party (a party with ties to the Irish Labour Party) the National Democratic Party (NDP
Social Democratic Labour Party
The SDLP initially rejected the Nationalist Party's policy of abstentionism and sought to fight for civil rights within the Stormont system but the SDLP quickly comes to that Stormont is unreformable, and withdraws from Parliamentary involvement.
Social Democratic Labour Party
a small nationalist party that dissolved itself after the foundation of the SDLP) individual nationalists former members of the Nationalist Party and members of the Northern Ireland Labour Party join to form a new party
September
Arnold Signed from Crewe
Steve Arnold joined Liverpool from Crewe Alexandra in September 1970 as the club continued searching the lower divisions for promising players.
First Pictorial Banknote Issued
Harry Norman Eccleston designs the first Bank of England pictorial banknote, a twenty-pound note featuring William Shakespeare.
Paranoid
Creates the guitar riffs for Paranoid, Iron Man and War Pigs during the band's breakthrough year.
Paranoid
Sings on Paranoid, the album that gives Black Sabbath its early commercial breakthrough.
Paranoid
Drums on Paranoid, anchoring one of heavy metal's foundational albums.
CPSF
Creates the Central Policy Review Staff, "think tank" to advise the Cabinet
Mad Dogs and Englishmen Live Album
Releases the live album Mad Dogs and Englishmen, documenting the large touring ensemble.
October
Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd release Atom Heart Mother in the United Kingdom
Marriage
Marries Norma Johnson
Led Zeppelin III
Releases Led Zeppelin III, broadening the band's acoustic side.
Pink Floyd
"Atom Heart Mother" is released
Pink Floyd
"Atom Heart Mother" is released
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison & Phil Spector begin work on the final mixing of the album, "All Things Must Pass"
Trespass
Drums on Trespass, Genesis's first album for the Charisma label.
Trespass
Plays guitar on Trespass, his final Genesis studio album.
Budget
Cuts income tax, reduces subsidies, replaces industrial grants with tax incentives. Cuts income tax by 2 1/2 pence
Income Tax
Cuts income tax, reduces subsidies, replaces industrial grants with tax incentives. Cuts income tax by 2 1/2 pence
Negotiations
Britain begisns negotiating, Geoffrey Rippon reports back to the Cabinet
November
Birth of Karis Jagger
Birth of Karis Jagger, Marsha Hunt, gives birth to Mick Jaggers daughter Karis Jagger
Birth of Karis Jagger
Birth of Karis Jagger, Marsha Hunt, gives birth to Mick Jagger's daughter Karis Jagger
The Man Who Sold the World
Releases The Man Who Sold the World in the United States, introducing a heavier rock sound with Mick Ronson.
The Man Who Sold the World
Produces The Man Who Sold the World and plays bass during Bowie's heavy rock period.
Toshack Adds Aerial Presence to Forward Line
John Toshack joined from Cardiff City in November 1970 and later formed a productive attacking partnership with Kevin Keegan.
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