Nobel Prize
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, co-founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement
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1976 in Great Britain — Page 10
Explore 447 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1976.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1976
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Norwich Forward Emerges
Kevin Reeves developed into an important Norwich City forward during the late 1970s, earning recognition for his finishing before a move to Manchester City.
OBE
Awarded the OBE for his services to drama
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party
Party Leader
Foot contests the party leadership and led in the first ballot, but was ultimately defeated by James Callaghan
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party
Pay Policy
Criticises the government's economic direction during disputes over cuts and pay.
Pay Policy
Takes over employment policy as the second phase of pay restraint develops.
Pay Policy
Defends voluntary incomes policy as central to the government's anti-inflation strategy.
Pay Policy
Healey links public spending restraint with continued pay discipline.
Pay Policy
Represents transport workers as union leaders judge whether pay restraint can hold.
Pay Policy
Represents engineering workers during debates over the limits of pay restraint.
Pay Policy
Leaves office after the first phase of voluntary pay restraint is established.
Peace People in Ulster
Helps found the Peace People in Ulster
Peace People in Ulster
Helps found the Peace People in Ulster
Penetration Formation
Fronts Penetration as the County Durham band forms and joins the rapidly expanding British punk movement.
Political Adviser
Appointed Political Adviser to James Callaghan
Post-Revie Forward Line
Leads Leeds United's attack during the period of transition after Don Revie's departure, establishing himself as an important Scottish international forward.
Presence
Plant later regards Presence as one of Led Zeppelin's greatest records.
Prevention and Health Policy
The government publishes Prevention and Health: Everybody's Business, promoting disease prevention and healthier behaviour alongside the treatment services of the NHS.
Priorities for Health and Personal Social Services
The government publishes national priorities directing greater attention toward services for older people, mental illness, disability and community-based care.
Privy Council
Appointed Member of Privy Council
Public Spending
Healey negotiates with the IMF. Makes spending cuts & abandons the policy of full employment.
Public Spending
Healey negotiates with the International Monetary Fund.
Public Spending Cuts
Makes spending cuts while negotiating with the IMF.
Public Spending Cuts - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Makes spending cuts while negotiating with the IMF.
Public Spending Cuts - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Makes spending cuts while negotiating with the IMF.
Public Spending Cuts - IMF
IMF context: Makes spending cuts while negotiating with the IMF.
Publication of Medicine and Politics: 1975 and After
Publishes Medicine and Politics: 1975 and After, revisiting health policy from his later political perspective.
Race Relations Act
Race Relations Act 1976 consolidates and strengthens race discrimination law
Race Relations Act
Britain adopts the Race Relations Act with sweeping anti-racial laws, but the laws do not extend to Northern Ireland, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) is formed to enforce the new laws banning racial discrimination
Reefer Madness
"Reefer Madness" lyrics are inspired by the 1936 anti-Marijuana propaganda film Reefer Madness. Hawkwind release Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
Reform of Education
Large Grammer Schools have direct grants removed. Grammar Schools must go comprehensive or fee-paying
Reform of Government
Incitement to race hatred becomes an offence. Britain adopts the Race Relations Act with sweeping anti-racial laws, but the laws do not extend to Northern Ireland, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) is formed to enforce the new laws banning racial discrimination. A Commission on Race Equality is established
Reform of Housing
The Layfield Committee reports on the rate system advising not much can be done
Reform of Housing
The Layfield Committee reports on the rate system advising not much can be done
Relativity, Theory of
Unruh predicts that accelerated observers detect thermal radiation, connecting quantum theory and relativity
Resignation of Jeremy Thorpe
Resigns after the scandal of the murder of Norman Scott
Resource Allocation Working Party Report
The Resource Allocation Working Party proposes a population-based method for distributing NHS funds more equitably between regions according to relative health need.
Restrictive Trade Practices Act
Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 consolidates restrictive trade practice controls
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