1951-79

• January 1960


  end of the Mau Mau rebellion
• January 1960


  'Winds of Change' speech by Wilson in Accra, Ghana
• March 1960


  2500 jobs lost after the closure of the Naval Dockyard at Sheerness, Kent
• April 1960


  Blue Streak programme abandoned
• April 1960


  The Times of London abandons use of the term "Imperial and Foreign News", replacing it with "Overseas News" and changes its house style from "to-day" to "today".
• September 1960


  Formal conclusion of agreement for the supply from the United States of Skybolt nuclear missiles (later abandoned) to equip Vulcan bombers in exchange for permitting establishment of a U.S. Navy base on Holy Loch in Scotland for Polaris-equipped nuclear ballistic missile submarines.
• 1st October 1960


  Nigerian independence from UK
• 1961

  Betting and Gaming act 1960 comes into force
• July 1961


  Government calls for a voluntary 'pay pause'
• 1961

  Suicide Act decriminalises attempts of suicide
• August 1961


  UK applies for EEC citizenship
• October 1961


  Skelmersdale designated a 'new town'
• 25th October 1961


  First edition of Private Eye
• December 1961


  Birth Control pills become available on the NHS
• March 1962


  Education Act 1962 requires local education authorities to pay the tuition fees of students attending full-time first degree (or comparable) courses and to provide them with a maintenance grant, superseding the former system of state scholarships.[
• April 1962


   Commonwealth Immigrants Act in the United Kingdom removes free immigration from the citizens of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, requiring proof of employment in the UK. This comes into effect on 1 July
• July 1962


  In what the press dubs "the Night of the Long Knives", the prime minister Harold Macmillan dismisses one-third of his Cabinet.
• 16th to 28th October 1962


  Cuban Missile Crisis
• 1962

  Britain agrees to buy the Polaris missile system from the United States
• 30th March 1964


  Mods and rockers clash at clacton beach
• 16-18 May 1964


  Violent clashes between Mods and rockers in Brighton
• July 1964


  The Brook is opened
• 15th September 1964


  The Sun paper goes into circulation
• 1964


  90% of households own a TV
• 29th January 1963


  Charles de Gaulle vetoes UK's entry into EEC
• April 1963


  Bristol Bus Boycott
• June 1963


  Profumo affair
• September 1963


  Robbins Report released
• 1963


  Growth at 7.5%
• Jan 1965


  Ronnie and Reggie Kray arrested
• April 1965


  Finance Act introduces corporation tax, replacing income tax
• 1965

  Bank rate reduced to 6%
• 24th October 1965


  Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Arthur Bottomley travel to Rhodesia for negotiations
• 1965

  End of the Death Penalty
• 1965

  Race relations act makes it illegal to discriminate based on colour, race or ethnicity in public places.
• November 1965


  A new Rent Act introduces regulated tenancies with fair rents set by independent regional assessors and protection from eviction without a court order.
• November 1965

  Mary Whitehouse founds the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association
• 1965

  Oil embargo on Rhodesia
• 1965


  Mary Quant releases Miniskirt
• Rhodesian PM


  Ian Smith