Today in United Kingdom History (Part 19)
Sub-Topics: Ascension Islands - Bermuda - Cayman Islands - England - Falkland Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Isle of Man - Jersey - Montserrat - Northern Ireland - Scotland - Turks and Caicos Islands - Virgin Islands (British) - Wales
Historical Events
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2005-12-05 - The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
2006-01-12 - The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
2006-02-22 - At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or 78€ million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
2006-03-22 - BC Ferries' M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.
2006-03-22 - Three Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
2006-04-01 - The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is created in the United Kingdom.
2006-06-07 - British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down due to anthrax alert.
2006-08-10 - Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes.
2006-11-11 - The New Zealand war memorial monument was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
2006-12-12 - Peugeot produces its last car at the Ryton Plant signalling the end of mass car production in Coventry, formerly a major centre of the British motor industry.
2007-01-18 - The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. Other losses include the Container Ship MSC Napoli destroyed by the storm off the coast of Devon, England.
2007-01-22 - The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
2007-01-31 - Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.
2007-03-07 - British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
2007-04-04 - 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
2007-05-03 - British girl Madeleine McCann disappears from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
2007-06-01 - Smoking is banned from United Kingdom's public places.
2007-06-25 - 2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flood including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull.
2007-07-31 - Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
2007-10-01 - Most of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 came into force in the United Kingdom.
2007-12-20 - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
Famous Birthdays
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1961-11-16 - Frank Bruno, British boxer (European champ)
1961-11-20 - Tim Harvey, British racing driver
1961-11-22 - Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
1961-11-28 - Martin Clunes, British actor
1961-12-23 - Carol Smillie, British television personality
1962-02-07 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
1962-02-21 - Vanessa Feltz, British television presenter
1962-03-04 - Simon Bisley, British comic book artist
1962-06-03 - Susannah Constantine, British fashion guru
1962-08-04 - Paul Reynolds, British musician
1962-09-24 - Jack Dee, British comedian
1962-09-28 - S C Grant, British Lt-General
1962-10-05 - Caron Keating, British television personality (d. 2004)
1962-10-25 - Nick Hancock, British television presenter
1962-12-25 - Darren Wharton, British Keyboardist (Thin Lizzy and Dare)
1962-12-31 - Heather McCartney, British activist
1963-01-03 - Alex Wheatle MBE, black British novelist
1963-03-12 - Paul Way, British golfer
1963-03-20 - David Thewlis, British actor
1963-04-02 - Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
1963-04-16 - Nick Berry, Britain, actor (Wicksy-EastEnders)
1963-04-20 - Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist
1963-05-03 - Jamie Reeves, British strongman
1963-05-06 - Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina (American Ballet Theater)
1963-05-08 - Terry Christian, British radio presenter
1963-05-08 - Robin Jarvis, British writer
1963-05-28 - Gavin Harrison, British drummer (Porcupine Tree)
1963-05-29 - Blaze Bayley, British singer (ex-Iron Maiden)
1963-05-30 - Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12)
1963-06-25 - George Michael [Panos], British rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex)
1963-07-02 - Mark Kermode, British film critic
1963-08-25 - James Backhouse, British artist
1963-08-30 - Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey
1963-09-18 - Rob Brettle, British historian
1963-09-18 - Jim Pocklington, British racing driver
1963-11-07 - John Barnes, British soccer player
1963-11-20 - Timothy Gowers, British mathematician
1963-11-23 - Joe Ahearne, British television director
1963-12-24 - Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress
1963-12-29 - Dave McKean, British artist and filmmaker
1964-01-14 - Mark Addy, British actor
1964-01-29 - Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer and television presenter
1964-02-08 - Trinny Woodall, British fashion guru
1964-02-18 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
1964-02-21 - Jane Tomlinson, British cancer campaigner (d. 2007)
1964-02-21 - Huw Higginson, British actor
1964-02-24 - Andy Crane, British children's television presenter
1964-02-24 - Bill Bailey, British comedian
1964-02-27 - Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town)
1964-03-10 - Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandson
1964-03-11 - Shane Richie, British actor
1964-03-18 - Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist
1964-03-19 - Jake Weber, British actor
1964-04-18 - Niall Ferguson, British historian
1964-05-05 - Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums)
1964-05-08 - Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur)
1964-05-24 - Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker (Olympic-gold-1988)
1964-05-24 - Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor)
1964-06-03 - James Purefoy, British actor
1964-06-10 - Ben Daniels, British actor
1964-06-19 - Boris Johnson, British politician
1964-06-21 - David Morrissey, British actor
1964-06-22 - Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
1964-07-03 - Joanne Harris, British author
1964-07-22 - Adam Godley, British actor
1964-08-04 - Gary King, British radio presenter
1964-08-30 - Gavin Fisher, British engineer
1964-09-19 - Patrick Marber, British playwright
1964-09-25 - Gary Ayles, British racing driver
1964-10-01 - Harry Hill, British comedian
1964-10-03 - Clive Owen, British actor
1964-11-21 - Liza Tarbuck, British entertainer
1964-12-31 - Lowri Turner, British TV presenter
1965-01-04 - Cait O'Riordan, British musician (The Pogues)
1965-01-14 - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef
1965-01-18 - Richard Dunwoody, British(?) jockey)
1965-02-19 - Andrew Jameson, British(?) swimmer
1965-03-02 - Lembit Öpik, British politician
1965-03-11 - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter
1965-04-07 - Alison Lapper, British artist
1965-05-06 - Norman Whiteside, British soccer player
1965-05-26 - Hazel Irvine, British television presenter
1965-06-23 - Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)
1965-07-15 - David Miliband, British politician
1965-07-31 - J. K. Rowling, British writer
1965-07-31 - Julian Richards, British film director
1965-08-01 - Sam Mendes, British stage and film director
1965-08-06 - Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
1965-09-13 - Zak Starkey, British musician
1965-10-10 - Clive Jones, British engineer
1965-11-21 - Alexander Siddig, British actor
1965-11-22 - Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
1966-03-06 - Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
1966-04-28 - John Patrick Daly, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1995 British Open)
1966-05-10 - Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96)
1966-05-19 - Polly Walker, British actress
1966-07-05 - Susannah Doyle, British actress
1966-10-09 - David Cameron, British politician
1966-10-15 - Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer (Deacon Blue-Raintown)
1966-10-26 - Steve Valentine, British actor
Famous Deaths
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