1979 in England

April 2024 1979Events from 1979 in England Incumbent Politics of England Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - James Callaghan (until 4 May), Margaret Thatcher (from 4 May) Events April 23 – Fighting breaks out in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group; protester Blair Peach receives fatal injuries during the incident, now officially attributed to the SPG. May 8 – Ten shoppers die in a fire at the Woolworths department store in Manchester city centre in England.Thomson Norman https://books.google.com/books?id=mU8ZKzWit4oC&q=woolworths+fire+manchester&pg=PA91 Fire Hazards in Industry (Death toll in Manchester) Elsevier 2001 0-7506-5321-3 December 4 – The Hastie fire in Kingston upon Hull, leads to the deaths of 3 boys and begins the hunt for Bruce George Peter Lee, the UK's most prolific killer. Births 18 January – Katie Hooper, synchronised swimmer 20 March – Freema Agyeman, actressThank You Letter From Freema Agyeman http://community.livejournal.com/freema_love/154559.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100510051604/http://community.livejournal.com/freema_love/154559.html 10 May 2010 8 April 2008Jury, Louise 23 March 2007 From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2383877.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071019000735/http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2383877.ece 19 October 2007 18 September 2007 The Independent London 10 April – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer April 2008 Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Biography https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/sophie-ellis-bextor/ https://archive.today/20200729064840/https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/sophie-ellis-bextor/ 29 July 2020 29 July 2020 Hello! 2 December – Gayle Adamson, synchronised swimmer Deaths 2 February – Sid Vicious, musician 24 March – Yvonne Mitchell, actress 13 October – Rebecca Clarke, composer and violist 30 October – Barnes Wallis, engineer and inventor (born 1887) 23 November – Merle Oberon, actress (born 1911) See also 1979 in Northern Ireland 1979 in Scotland 1979 in Wales References Category:1979 in England England