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An IRA bomb kills 5 women, a gardener & a priest
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1973 in Great Britain — Page 6
Explore 295 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1973.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1973
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IRA - Bombing of Aldershot
Government record concerning the IRA: An IRA bomb kills 5 women, a gardener & a priest
IRA - Bombing of Aldershot
Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: An IRA bomb kills 5 women, a gardener & a priest
IRA - Bombing of Aldershot
IRA context for Edward Richard George Heath: An IRA bomb kills 5 women, a gardener & a priest
IRA - IRA
Government record concerning the IRA: An IRA bomb kills 5 women, a gardener & a priest
IRA - IRA
Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: An IRA bomb kills 5 women, a gardener & a priest
IRA - IRA
IRA context for Edward Richard George Heath: An IRA bomb kills 5 women, a gardener & a priest
Jam
Paul Weller forms The Jam with his friends Steve Brooks (lead guitar), Rick Buckler (drums) and Bruce Foxton (rhythm guitar)
Jam
Paul Weller forms The Jam with his friends Steve Brooks (lead guitar), Rick Buckler (drums) and Bruce Foxton (rhythm guitar)
Jam
Paul Weller forms The Jam with his friends Steve Brooks (lead guitar), Rick Buckler (drums) and Bruce Foxton (rhythm guitar)
Jam
Paul Weller forms The Jam with his friends Steve Brooks (lead guitar), Rick Buckler (drums) and Bruce Foxton (rhythm guitar)
League Championship
Leads Liverpool to the league title in the 1972-73 season.
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin's Tampa stadium show breaks the Beatles' single-act attendance record.
Lee Welcomes Law into City Attack
Lee was among Manchester City's senior forwards when Denis Law returned to the club from United for the final season of his career.
Legislation
Passes the Water Act through Parliament creating 10 water authorities
Live and Let Die
Directs Live and Let Die
Living in a Material World
Releases album, "Living in a Material World"
Manager
Appointed Manager of Preston North End
Manager
Offered the job as manager of second division Middlesbrough on his 38th birthday in 1973, and he led them to promotion back to the top flight in his first season by such a considerable margin that he was given the Manager Of The Year award
Manager
A brief spell managing Brighton & Hove Albion, less successful on the South Coast than with his previous club, winning only 12 of his 32 games in charge of the 3rd Division side
Manager Of The Year
Offered the job as manager of second division Middlesbrough on his 38th birthday in 1973, and he led them to promotion back to the top flight in his first season by such a considerable margin that he was given the Manager Of The Year award
Manchester City Return
Law rejoined Manchester City after eleven years at United and added experience to the rival club's forward options.
Marriage
John Thaw marries actress Sheila Hancock
Marriage
John Thaw marries actress Sheila Hancock
Matrimonial Causes Act
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 consolidates divorce and matrimonial proceedings law
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Money Single Reaches America
The song Money became a major American radio and chart success, widening the audience for The Dark Side of the Moon.
NHS Whooping Cough Control
During Edward Heath's government, whooping cough cases fall to nearly zero following the immunisation programme.
NHS Whooping Cough Control Government
The Conservative Party Government is in office as this NHS milestone occurs: Whooping cough cases fall to nearly zero following the immunisation programme.
NHS Whooping Cough Control NHS Development
This NHS development occurs while Edward Heath serves as Prime Minister: Whooping cough cases fall to nearly zero following the immunisation programme.
No Quarter
Adds keyboards to No Quarter, expanding the band's atmospheric sound.
Northern Ireland Assembly
Following the abolition of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the SDLP emerges as the second-largest party, and the largest party representing the nationalist community, in elections to the new Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1973: the party wins 19 out of 75 seats
Ooh La La
The Faces release "Ooh La La", UK no 1 Album
Pin Ups
Releases the covers album Pin Ups.
Pop Robson Earns Supporters Award
Bryan “Pop” Robson is named Hammer of the Year after bringing movement and goalscoring threat to West Ham United’s attack.
Property Speculators
Healey develops a combative tax message against property speculation before Labour returns to office.
Publication of Common Market: Re-negotiate or Come Out
Publishes Common Market: Re-negotiate or Come Out, arguing that British EEC membership should be renegotiated or ended.
Publication of No Easy Answers
Publishes No Easy Answers, continuing his political and religious commentary.
Quadrophenia
"Quadrophenia", a work in the rock opera vein, which can also be seen as something of an autobiographical or social history piece about early 1960s adolescent life and conflict in London
Radio Source Counts in Cosmology
Hoyle published a further assessment of radio-source counts and their cosmological interpretation.
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