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8 March – The notable composer Sir William Walton dies aged 80 at La Mortella, his home on the Italian island of Ischia. 15 March – The Budget raises tax allowances, and cuts taxes by £2 billion. 26 March – Liverpool win the Football League Cup for the third year in succession, beating Manchester United 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium.
23 March – Chelsea F.C. are the first winners of the Football League's new Full Members Cup, beating Manchester City 5–4 in the final at Wembley, although Manchester City clawed the deficit to a single goal in the last five minutes after being 5–1 down. 29 March – The first high-speed catamaran ferry is introduced into service in the ...
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.
The heavy metal band Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris in London. The Wizard of Oz is shown on British television for the first time, on BBC One. 29 December – Two new laws, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Equal Pay Act 1970, come into force aiming to end unequal pay of men and women in the workplace.
1 January New Year's celebrations all over the UK fall silent for two minutes as a mark of respect for those who died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.; The Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the main provisions of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004 (introducing a Child Trust Fund with a government contribution for children that were born on or ...
March. 4 March – Purley rail crash: two trains collide at Purley, Surrey killing six people. [ 8] 6 March – Glasgow Bellgrove rail accident: two trains collide in Scotland, killing two people. 7 March – Iran breaks off diplomatic relations with the UK over Salman Rushdie 's controversial book The Satanic Verses.
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