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A century after the 1871 act, the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), which currently regulates bank holidays in the UK, was passed. [13] The majority of the current bank holidays were specified in the 1971 Act: however New Year's Day and May Day were not introduced throughout the whole of the UK until 1974 and 1978 respectively. [14]
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923. In England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar ...
20 November: Haiti, President, Chamber of Deputies (24/119 seats 2nd round), Senate (6/30 seats 2nd round) and Senate (10/30 seats 1st round)[58][59] San Marino, Parliament (1st round) 24 November: Grenada, Constitutional Referendum [60] 26 November: Kuwait, Parliament [61] 27 November: Switzerland, Referendum.
Paul Daniels (1938–2016), a world renowned magician and television performer, in 2013. Ronnie Corbett (1930–2016), acclaimed for his work on The Two Ronnies with comedy partner Ronnie Barker. Denise Robertson (1932–2016), dubbed "the best agony aunt in the business". 1 March.
English school holidays. The English school year runs from early September to mid- or late July. Most schools divide the year into three terms, each term divided into half terms: Autumn term runs from early September to mid December (half term ends in late October). Spring Term runs from early January to Easter (half term ends in mid-February).
4–4–5 calendar. The 4–4–5 calendar is a method of managing accounting periods, and is a common calendar structure for some industries such as retail and manufacturing. It divides a year into four quarters of 13 weeks, each grouped into two 4-week "months" and one 5-week "month". The longer "month" may be set as the first (5–4–4 ...
2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election take place. [21] 7 May – Sadiq Khan is sworn in as mayor of London, succeeding Boris Johnson and becoming London's first Muslim mayor. [22] 17 May – John Beckett QC is installed as a Senator of the College of Justice, with the judicial title Lord Beckett. [23] 18 May.
Party conference season. In the United Kingdom the party conference season is a period of three weeks during September and October of each year, whilst the House of Commons is in recess, in which the annual political party conferences are held. The Conservative Party conference, Labour Party conference and the twice-per-year Liberal Democrat ...