1974 in England

none 1974 Events from 1974 in England Incumbent Politics of England Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Edward Heath (until 4 March), Harold Wilson (from 4 March) Events 1 January–7 March – The Three-Day Week is introduced by the Conservative Government as a measure to conserve electricity during the period of industrial action by coal miners.British Economics and Trade Union politics 1973–1974 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/releases/2005/nyo/politics.htm The National Archives (UK Government records) 21 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070609060809/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/releases/2005/nyo/politics.htm 9 June 2007 live dmy February 4 February – Eleven people are killed in the M62 coach bombing;https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4/newsid_4148000/4148933.stm 1974: Soldiers and children killed in coach bombing BBC News 2008-02-10 4 February 1974 https://web.archive.org/web/20080307114357/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4/newsid_4148000/4148933.stm 7 March 2008 live on 8 February the toll reaches 12 with the death in hospital of an 18-year-old soldier seriously injured in the bombing. 7 February 12 February – BBC1 first airs the children's television series Bagpuss, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate's Smallfilms in stop motion animation.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7773124.stm Jonathan Duffy See Emily play 2011-03-14 BBC 12 September 2008Entertainment: Bagpuss cream of television BBC News 1 January 1999 https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/246080.stm 2011-03-14 14 February Bob Latchford, the Birmingham City centre forward, becomes Britain's most expensive footballer in a £350,000 move to Everton.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hYNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y6cMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4372,6384961&dq=bob-latchford&hl=en Evening Times – Google News Archive Search news.google.com March 3 March – 180 Britons are among the dead when Turkish Airlines Flight 981 travelling from Paris to London crashes in a wood near Paris, killing all 346 aboard. 10 March – Ten miners die in a methane gas explosion at Golborne Colliery near Wigan, Lancashire. April The current system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties came into effect on 1 April 1974 and replaced the administrative counties and county boroughs, which were abolished at that time. Births 16 January – Kate Moss, English model 30 January – Christian Bale, English actor 12 February – Naseem Hamed, British boxer 22 February – James Blunt, singer-songwriter 7 March – Tobias Menzies, actor 17 April – Victoria Beckham, singer and designerVictoria Beckham Biography & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victoria-Beckham www.britannica.com 24 May 2022 en 28 July – Hannah Waddingham, English actress and singer 5 September – Lauren Jeska, transgender fell runner convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbshttps://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/lauren-jeska-014470216 Lauren JESKA | Profile www.worldathletics.org 20 October – Mohammad Sidique Khan, Islamic terrorist, leader of the 7 July 2005 London bombings (died 2005)https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4762209.stm Profile: Mohammad Sidique Khan April 30, 2007 news.bbc.co.uk Deaths 12 January – Princess Patricia of Connaught (born 1886) 10 June – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, last surviving child of George V (born 1900) 4 July – Georgette Heyer, English novelist (born 1902) 24 July – James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) See also 1974 in Northern Ireland 1974 in Scotland 1974 in Wales References collapsed *England Category:Years of the 20th century in England Category:1970s in England England