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13 April – A 22-year-old woman is raped at her bedsit in Cambridge. Cambridgeshire Police believe that she was the sixth victim of a rapist who had been operating across the city since October last year. In June, the police arrest 47-year-old Peter Cook for the rapes; he is sentenced to life imprisonment in October.
30 March – 2008 Farnborough plane crash: A plane crashes into a row of houses in Farnborough, Hampshire, killing two pilots and three passengers. [ 14] 31 March – The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales hears that there is "not a shred of evidence" that The Duke of Edinburgh or MI6 ordered her death. [ 15]
Events. 1 January – establishment of the National Council for Civil Liberties by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith. [1] 21 January – ten thousand people attend a British Union of Fascists rally in Birmingham, organised by Oswald Mosley. [2] 27 March – the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 is passed.
March 5. March 5 is the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 301 days remain until the end of the year.
22 September – Terence Rattigan 's plays Separate Tables premiere in London. [ 27] 13 October – Chris Chataway breaks the world record for the 5000 metres by five seconds. [ 28] 14 October – The Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie visits the United Kingdom. [ 29] 19 October.
10–24 October – Great Britain competes at the Olympics in Tokyo and wins 4 gold, 12 silver and 2 bronze medals. 15 October – 1964 United Kingdom general election. The Labour Party defeats the Conservatives and Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister, having gained a majority of five seats.
7 August. Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 passed in the aftermath of Lloyd George 's sale of peerages and other honours for political party funds. [ 10] National Library of Scotland established by Act of Parliament to take over the national responsibilities of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh. 2 October – in London :
1935 in the United Kingdom. Events from the year 1935 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Political events included a general election in November and changes in the leadership of both the Conservative and Labour parties.