Gentle Giant
Produces Gentle Giant's debut album, adding progressive rock to his expanding production work.
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1970 in Great Britain — Page 7
Explore 363 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1970.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1970
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Gibson Les Paul
Buys a vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar, helping set the musical direction of the T. Rex sound.
Hawkwind
Pretty Things guitarist Dick Taylor is brought in to produce the 1970 debut album Hawkwind
Hayward Funds Falklands Salvage Campaign
Jack Hayward contributed substantial financial support that helped make the recovery of Great Britain possible.
Hedda Gabler
Plays the title role in Ingmar Bergmans London production of the Ibsen play Hedda Gabler, winning her second Evening Standard award for Best Actress
Hoffman
Sellers takes the title role of Benjamin Hoffman in the dark comedy-drama Hoffman.
Honours
Awarded the OBE
House of Lords
Speaks occasionally from the Lords as a former Conservative prime minister
Hurst Reunites With Greaves at West Ham
Hurst became Greaves' teammate at West Ham, bringing together two forwards who had competed for places in England's 1966 team.
Hyde Park Free Concert
At a free Hyde Park concert, Pink Floyd performed ambitious extended compositions with additional classical musicians.
Immigrant Song
Sings Immigrant Song, inspired by the band's northern European travels.
Industrial Heritage Interest Grows At Block Mills
The mills increasingly attracted attention for their pioneering mechanisation and naval architecture history. The engineering linked steam power to workshop processes.
International Caps
Makes his World Cup appearance for England in the 1970 quarter-final against West Germany after Gordon Banks falls ill.
Is It Love
Issues Is It Love as part of the Ride A White Swan single release.
Joe Cocker
Releases Album, "Joe Cocker"
Knighthood
Ayer is knighted
Knighthood
Receives a knighthood after returning to Parliament and being appointed Solicitor General in Edward Heath's government.
League Championship
Stein leads Celtic to a League and League Cup double; they also finish runners-up in the Scottish Cup
Legislation
Puts through the Equal Pay Act 1970
Let It Rain
Clapton releases his 1st solo album, named Eric Clapton, which included the Bramlett composition, "Bottle Of Red Wine", and one of Claptons best songs from this period, "Let It Rain"
Letters of Lytton Strachey
Published correspondence offered insight into Strachey's literary friendships and work.
Lifehouse
"Lifehouse" is never completed in its intended form, although it is reconstructed as a radio play for the BBC in 2000, and most of the material was released on a 6-CD album from Pete Townshends website
Lithium Beryllium and Boron
Hoyle, Hubert Reeves, and Fowler examined cosmic-ray production of lithium, beryllium, and boron in stars.
Local Authority Social Services Act
Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 creates social services departments in local authorities
Man Booker Prize
Bernice Rubens becomes the first woman to win the Booker Prize, for The Elected Member
Mary, Queen of Scots
Plays Mary, Queen of Scots in Mary, Queen of Scots
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe
Member of Parliament
Unsuccessfully challenges for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party
Member of Parliament
1st elected Member of Parliament, age 28
Member of Parliament
Elected member of Parliament for the North Antrim constituency, which he has retained since then and is now the longest serving Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Hull East
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Bolsover
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for North Lanarkshire
Metaphysical Poetry Studies
Bradbury coedited a volume in the Stratford Upon Avon Studies series on metaphysical poetry.
Minister of Housing
Appointed Minister of Housing
Moore West Ham Captain With Greaves
Moore captained West Ham during Greaves' spell at the club after the veteran forward transferred from Tottenham.
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Northern Ireland Goal Against England
Best scores for Northern Ireland against England at Wembley in the British Home Championship, although England win the contest.
OBE
Awarded the OBE
OBE
Awarded the OBE
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