1965 in the United Kingdom

none April 2020 January 2013 1965 Constituent countries of the United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Popular culture 1965 British Grand Prix 1965 English cricket season Football: England Scotland 1965 in British television 1965 in British music 1965 in British radio UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 Events from the year 1965 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – Harold Wilson (Labour) Events 1 January – Introduction of the new "Worboys Committee" road signs. 7 January – Identical twin brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray, 31, are arrested on suspicion of running a protection racket in London,https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/7/newsid_3325000/3325399.stm 1965: Krays in custody over menace charge BBC News 2008-01-15 7 January 1965 https://web.archive.org/web/20071226054344/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/7/newsid_3325000/3325399.stm 26 December 2007 live although acquitted on 6 April. 14 January – The Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. 15 January – Sir Winston Churchill is reported to be seriously ill after suffering a stroke. 24 January – Sir Winston Churchill dies aged 90 at his home, 28 Hyde Park Gate in London. 30 January – Thousands attend Winston Churchill's state funeral in London. During the three days of lying-in-state, 321,000 people have filed past the catafalque in Westminster Hall and the funeral procession travels from here to the service at St Paul's Cathedral, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Harold Wilson and representatives of 112 countries.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/30/newsid_2505000/2505981.stm Last farewell to Churchill BBC News 2008-01-15 30 January 1965 https://web.archive.org/web/20080103112626/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/30/newsid_2505000/2505981.stm 3 January 2008 live He is buried privately at Bladon near his family's ancestral home in Oxfordshire. 31 January – National Health Service prescription charges end. 1 February – The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive in Ethiopia on a state visit. 4 February – Confederation of British Industry founded.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 423–424 0-7126-5616-2 6 February – Stanley Matthews plays his final First Division game, at the record age of 50 years and 5 days. He became the first footballer to be awarded a knighthood in the New Year's honours list. 12 February – Civil rights leader Malcolm X visits Smethwick in Birmingham, UK, following the racially charged 1964 general election campaign here.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-31417235 Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick 12 February 2015 BBC 16 February – The British Railways Board (chairman: Richard Beeching) publishes The Development of the Major Trunk Routes proposing which lines should receive investment (and, by implication, which should not).https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/16/newsid_2545000/2545597.stm Beeching plans for 'bloated' railways 2008-01-15 BBC News 16 February 1965 https://web.archive.org/web/20080218020958/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/16/newsid_2545000/2545597.stm 18 February 2008 live 18 February – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 3 March – The remains of Roger Casement, from Pentonville Prison, are reburied in Dublin. 7 March – Debut of the BBC Radio comedy series Round the Horne, hosted by Kenneth Horne. The fourth programme (28 March) introduces the camp pair Julian and Sandy (played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams) who will go on to introduce the gay and theatrical cant Polari to a regular audience which builds to 15 million. 11 March – Goldie, a London Zoo golden eagle, is recaptured after thirteen days of freedom.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/7/newsid_2516000/2516021.stm Goldie the eagle evades capture again BBC News 2008-01-15 7 March 1965 19 March – A record price of 760,000 guineas is paid at Christie's London auction house for Rembrandt's painting Titus. 23 March – Dr. Dorothy Hodgkin is appointed a member of the Order of Merit. 27 March – PizzaExpress opens its first restaurant in London.Peter Boizot https://www.pizzaexpress.com/about-us/peter-boizot PizzaExpress 2022-11-05 28 March – The Queen's aunt, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, dies of a heart attack at Harewood House aged 67. The United Kingdom will not have another Princess Royal until 1987. 1 April The Greater London Council comes into its powers, replacing the London County Council and greatly expanding the metropolitan area of the city. Finance Act introduces corporation tax, replacing income tax for corporate institutions. 6 April – The Government publicly announces cancellation of the BAC TSR-2 nuclear bomber aircraft project.Burke Damien TSR2: Britain's Lost Bomber Ramsbury Crowood 2010 978-1-84797-211-8 The prototype broke the sound barrier on 22 February. 14 April – British United Airways Flight 1030X crashes on the island of Jersey; 23 people are killed, including all the passengers, and only one crew member survives. 23 April – The Pennine Way long-distance footpath officially opens. 26 April – Manchester United win the Football League First Division title.Old Trafford Centenary: 10 games that define 'Theatre of Dreams' https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/old-trafford-centenary-10-games-that-define-theatre-of-dreams-1904283.html?action=Gallery&ino=3 London The Independent Robin Scott-Elliot 19 February 2010 2012-03-30 1 May – Liverpool win the FA Cup for the first time in their history, beating Leeds United 2–1 at Wembley Stadium. Roger Hunt and Ian St John score for Liverpool, while Billy Bremner scores the consolation goal for Leeds.http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1965.htm FA Cup Final 1965 2007-10-06 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071006233554/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1965.htm 6 October 2007 3 May – Asda is formed and opens its first supermarket in Castleford, Yorkshire.Founding Principles Our History https://corporate.asda.com/our-story/our-history Asda 2022-11-05 7 May – The Rhodesian Front under Prime Minister Ian Smith wins a landslide election victory in Rhodesia from the white minority electorate.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/7/newsid_2880000/2880795.stm 1965: Huge Rhodesia election win for Smith BBC News 2015-07-06 7 May 1965 11 May – The National Trust officially launches its long-term Enterprise Neptune project to acquire or put under covenant a substantial part of the Welsh, English and Northern Irish coastline.2M. Appeal To Save Coastline The Times London 1965-03-08 56264 12 Whiteford Burrows on the Gower Peninsula is considered the first property to be acquired under the campaignhttp://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-trust/w-support/w-donations/w-appeals_and_campaigns/w-donate-neptune_coastline/w-donate-neptune-sofar.htm National Trust Neptune Coastline Campaign: The Story So Far National Trust 2011-02-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101231133812/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-trust/w-support/w-donations/w-appeals_and_campaigns/w-donate-neptune_coastline/w-donate-neptune-sofar.htm 31 December 2010 although its purchase was announced on 1 January.Trust Buys Gower Coast Estate The Times 1965-01-01 56208 5 13 May – The Conservatives make big gains at the UK local government elections. 17 May – An underground explosion at Cambrian Colliery in Clydach Vale kills 31.Death Roll, Cambrian Colliery, Explosion, 1965 Bill Richards Welsh Coal Mines http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/deathrolls/Cambrian.htm 2010-10-14 18 May – The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh begin a 10-day state visit to the Federal German Republic. 19 May – West Ham become the second British club to win a European trophy, defeating West German team 1860 Munich 2–0 at Wembley Stadium. May – The first UK branch of the KFC fast food restaurant chain opens in Preston, Lancashire.The untold story of Preston having the UK's first KFC restaurant Dominic Moffitt LancsLive 2021-08-15 https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/untold-story-preston-having-uks-21291060 2022-11-05 3 June – The bank rate is reduced to 6 per cent. 14 June – Paul McCartney of The Beatles records the song "Yesterday" at Abbey Road Studios in London.Lewisohn Mark 1988 Mark Lewisohn The Beatles Recording Sessions Harmony Books New York 0-517-57066-1 10 17 June – London premiere of Frank Marcus' farce The Killing of Sister George (at the Duke of York's Theatre), one of the first mainstream British plays with lesbian characters.Comedy Fulfilment of New Writer The Times 1965-06-18 15 56351 Beryl Reid plays the title role. The play previewed in April at the Bristol Old Vic. 18 June – The government announces plans for the introduction of a blood alcohol limit for drivers in its clampdown on drink driving.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/18/newsid_2562000/2562711.stm 1965: Drink-drive limit to be introduced BBC News 2008-01-15 18 June 1965 22 June – The 700th anniversary of Parliament is celebrated. 26 June – Fictional characters Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright return to contemporary Earth after travelling with The Doctor (Doctor Who). June – The Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) is first examined as a school-leaving qualification in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 6 July – 1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident: A Royal Air Force Handley Page Hastings crashes at Little Baldon, Oxfordshire, just after takeoff from RAF Abingdon on a parachute training exercise, killing all 41 men on board. 8 July – Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs escapes from Wandsworth Prison.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/8/newsid_2706000/2706659.stm Ronald Biggs escapes from jail BBC News 2008-01-15 8 July 1965 12 July – The Secretary of State for Education and Science, Tony Crosland, issues Circular 10/65 requesting local authorities to convert their schools to the Comprehensive system.Andrew Andrew Marr Marr A History of Modern Britain London Macmillan 2007 978-1-4050-0538-8 248 22 July – Sir Alec Douglas-Home suddenly resigns as Leader of the Conservative Party.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22/newsid_2784000/2784465.stm Sir Alec steps down from top of Tory tree BBC News 2008-01-15 22 July 1965 24 July – Freddie Mills, former British boxing champion, is found shot in his car in Soho, dying the next day. 26 July – The Maldives become independent from the United Kingdom 27 July – Edward Heath becomes Leader of the Conservative Party following its first leadership election by secret ballot.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/27/newsid_2956000/2956082.stm Heath is new Tory leader BBC News 2008-01-15 27 July 1965 29 July – The Beatles film Help! makes its debut in London. 1 August Cigarette advertising is banned from British television. Radio and television licence fees are increased. 3 August – "The Queen's Award to Industry" for export and technological advancements is created. 5 August – The Redundancy Payments Act gives statutory rights to redundancy payments.The History Today Companion to British History https://archive.org/details/historytodaycomp0000unse registration London Collins & Brown 1-85585-178-4 1995 638 6 August Elizabeth Lane appointed as the first female High Court judge, assigned to the Family Division. Peter Watkins' The War Game, a television docudrama depicting the aftermath of a nuclear attack on the UK, is pulled from its planned transmission as BBC1's The Wednesday Play for political reasons. It will go on to win the 1966 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It will eventually be broadcast twenty years later. 20 August – The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is released in the UK. 21 August – Charlton Athletic F.C. player Keith Peacock becomes the first substitute to appear in a Football League match (for an injured player).1965 https://www.expressandstar.com/days/1950-75/1965.html Those were the days Express & Star 2012-03-30 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201056/http://www.expressandstar.com/days/1950-75/1965.html dead 2 September – Sir Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the House of Commons, dies in office. 16 September – UK release of the film Darling starring Julie Christie. 21 September – BP's oil platform Sea Gem strikes natural gas in the North Sea oil field. 24 September – The British governor of Aden cancels the Aden constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate, due to the bad security situation. 30 September – The first episode of ATV 'Supermarionation' series Thunderbirds airs. 7 October – Ian Brady, a 27-year-old stock clerk from Hyde in Cheshire, is charged with the murder of 17-year-old apprentice electrician Edward Evans at a house on the Hattersley overspill housing estate last night. 8 October – The Post Office Tower opens in London. 15 October – 150 police officers are drafted in to search Saddleworth Moor for the bodies of up to 11 missing people, mostly children or teenagers, who are believed to be buried there. The suspect in the murders is Ian Brady, charged with the murder of 17-year-old Edward Evans eight days ago. His 23-year-old girlfriend Myra Hindley has also since been charged with the murder, having been arrested on 11 October.https://www.lep.co.uk/news/ian-brady-lancashire-police-officer-who-found-first-body-moors-speaks-about-his-involvement-cases-shocked-nation-1122169 Ian Brady: Lancashire police officer who found the first body on the Moors speaks about his involvement in the cases that shocked the nation www.lep.co.uk 16 May 2017 16 October – Police find a girl's body on Saddleworth Moor, identified the following day as that of 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey, who disappeared on Boxing Day last year from a fairground in the Ancoats area of Manchester.Police Hunt Victims of Mass Killer https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KDo0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=H-sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4559,664993&dq=manchester&hl=en The Miami News 17 October 1965 2012-03-30 18 October – The Magic Roundabout makes its debut on BBC One at 5:50pm. 20 October – It is reported in the regional and national media that suspected mass murderer Ian Brady tortured his victims and tape-recorded the attacks on them. Detectives in Brady's native Scotland are also reportedly investigating the disappearance of 12-year-old Moira Anderson in Lanarkshire eight years ago as a possible link to Brady.Sadist Tapes Dying Scream https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8D9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W1cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6718,3436658&dq=manchester&hl=en Evening Independent St. Petersburg, Florida 20 October 1965 1 2012-03-30 21 October – Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are charged with the murder of Lesley Ann Downey and remanded in custody.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8T9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W1cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3914,3764033&dq=manchester&hl=en 2 Charged on Murder of Girl, 10 Evening Independent St. Petersburg, Florida 21 October 1965 18 2012-03-30 22 October – African countries demand that the United Kingdom use force to prevent Rhodesia from declaring unilateral independence. 24 October Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Arthur Bottomley travel to Rhodesia for negotiations. Police find the decomposed body of a boy buried on Saddleworth Moor. The body is identified as that of 12-year-old John Kilbride, who disappeared from Ashton-under-Lyne in November 1963. 26 October – Horace King is appointed as the new Speaker of the House of Commons, the first member of the Labour Party to hold that position. 27 October – British European Airways Vickers Vanguard crash: a Vickers Vanguard of BEA crashes while landing at Heathrow Airport, and all 36 people on board are killed. 29 October – Moors murders: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley appear in court, charged with the murders of Edward Evans (17), Lesley Ann Downey (10), and John Kilbride (12) from Manchester. 31 October – The police search of Saddleworth Moor concludes after 16 days, although media reports suggest that police suspect that bodies may be buried there. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are expected to be tried for three murders next Spring. October – Corgi Toys introduce the all time best-selling model car, James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 from the film Goldfinger.http://www.corgi-toys.com/history.html Corgi History 2010-08-17 6 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006012904/http://www.corgi-toys.com/history.html dead 1 November – The uncompleted Ferrybridge C electricity generating station cooling towers in West Yorkshire collapse in high winds.Ford David N. Schlager, Neil When Technology Fails: significant technological disasters, accidents, and failures of the twentieth century Gale Research 1994 0-8103-8908-8 267–270 5 November – Martial law is announced in Rhodesia. The UN General Assembly accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary by a vote of 82–9. 8 November The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act suspends capital punishment for murder in England, Scotland and Wales, for five years in the first instance, replacing it with a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. Anyone sentenced to life imprisonment is liable to be imprisoned for the rest of his or her natural life, but can be paroled on life licence by the Home Secretary if deemed safe by the Parole Board. The Race Relations Act makes it a civil offence to discriminate in serving people in "places of public resort" on the grounds of colour, race, ethnicity or nationality and creates the offence of "incitement to racial hatred" (Act does not apply in Northern Ireland). A new Rent Act introduces regulated tenancies with fair rents set by independent regional assessors and protection from eviction without a court order. The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands (on 23 June 1976 Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches are returned to Seychelles). 11 November – In Rhodesia, the white minority regime of Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/11/newsid_2658000/2658445.stm Rhodesia breaks from UK BBC News 2008-01-15 11 November 1965 13 November – The word "fuck" is spoken for the first time on British television by the theatre critic Kenneth Tynan. 20 November – The UN Security Council recommends that all states stop trading with Rhodesia. 29 November – Mary Whitehouse founds the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association. December EMI release Jacqueline du Pré's recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto with John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra. National Coal Board closes the last deep coal mine in the Forest of Dean (Northern United at Cinderford).http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/projects_by_region/south_west/gloucestershire/forest_of_dean_local_history_society/mining_the.html Mining & The Forest of Dean Local Heritage Initiative Forest of Dean Local History Society 2006 2011-10-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110613224350/http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/projects_by_region/south_west/gloucestershire/forest_of_dean_local_history_society/mining_the.html 2011-06-13 3 December The first British aid flight arrives in Lusaka; Zambia has asked for British help against Rhodesia. Members of the Organization of African Unity decide to sever diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom unless the British Government ends the rebellion of Rhodesia by mid-December. 12 December – The Beatles' final live UK tour concludes with two performances at the Capitol, Cardiff.Live: Capitol Cinema, Cardiff The Beatles Bible http://www.beatlesbible.com/1965/12/12/live-capitol-cinema-cardiff-3/ 1965-12-12 2014-02-19 15 December – Tanzania and Guinea sever diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. 17 December – The UK government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia; the United States joins the effort. 20 December – West End opening of musical Twang!! A notorious flop, it closes after just 43 performances and ruins Lionel Bart, its writer.Roper David 1994 Bart! The Unauthorized Life and Times, Ins and Outs, Ups and Downs of Lionel Bart London Pavilion Books 9781857933307 22 December A 70 mph speed limit is imposed on UK roads. A reorganisation of the cabinet sees Roy Jenkins appointed Home Secretary and Barbara Castle as Minister of Transport. 24 December – A meteorite shower falls on Barwell, Leicestershire. 27 December – The British oil platform Sea Gem collapses in the North Sea, killing thirteen of the 32 men aboard it.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/27/newsid_4630000/4630741.stm Sea Gem oil rig collapses BBC News 2008-01-15 27 December 1965 https://web.archive.org/web/20071230073407/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/27/newsid_4630000/4630741.stm 30 December 2007 live 29 December – Thunderball, the fourth James Bond film, is released. 30 December – President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia announces that Zambia and the United Kingdom have agreed to a deadline before which the Rhodesian white minority-rule government should be ousted. Undated thumb|right|Red velvet minidress, c. 1965 1965 United Kingdom local elections. The Council for National Academic Awards begins validation of degree courses outside the university sector. First national Building Regulations for England and Wales are made. Mary Quant introduces the miniskirt from her shop Bazaar on the Kings Road in Chelsea, London.http://www.fashion-era.com/the_1960s_mini.htm The 60s Mini Skirt Fashion History – Mary Quant 2010-06-23 16 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161216101312/http://www.fashion-era.com/the_1960s_mini.htm dead The Rotunda landmark office building completed in Birmingham city centre. The motorway network continues to expand with the Preston-Lancaster section of the M6 opening in January, the M4 being expanded from Slough to London in March, a motorway section of the A1 opening in County Durham in May, the M1 being expanded from Rugby to Kegworth (Leicestershire) in November, along with a four-mile stretch of the M5 west of Birmingham, as well as the first phase of motorway in Scotland with the M8 as well as the expansion of the M2 through Kent.http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/chronology/1965 1965 cbrd 2018-07-21 German carmaker Audi begins importing cars to Britain, with its F103 range of family saloon cars.https://www.audi.co.uk/about-audi.html Audi UK Audi 2018-07-21 Toyota, the Japanese industrial giant, begins importing passenger cars to the United Kingdom when its Corona family saloon – similar in size to the Ford Cortina – is launched.https://www.toyota.co.uk/world-of-toyota/careers/tgb-history Our History Toyota 2018-07-21 The first hatchback production car, the French built Renault 16, goes on sale in Britain.https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/reviews/renault/16/ Renault 16 (1965–1979) Honest John 2013-10-19 2018-07-21 Publications Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel At Bertram's Hotel. Ian Fleming's posthumous James Bond novel The Man with the Golden Gun. John Fowles's novel The Magus. David Lodge's novel The British Museum Is Falling Down. W. Keble Martin's flora The Concise British Flora in Colour. Births 4 January Beth Gibbons, trip hop singer (Portishead) Cait O'Riordan, Nigeria-born British-Irish folk punk bass guitar player and songwriter Julia Ormond, actress Rob Wilson, politician 5 January – Vinnie Jones, footballer and actor 6 January – Laurence Hurst, biologist and academic 9 January – Joely Richardson, actress 13 January – Bill Bailey, comedian 14 January Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, chef Jemma Redgrave, actress Slick Rick, British-American rapper 15 January James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor Jill Saward, English rape victim and activist (died 2017) 16 January John Carver, football player and manager Rufus Norris, theatre director 20 January – Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, née Rhys-Jones 21 January – Robert Del Naja, artist and musician 25 January – Mark Jordon, actor 27 January – Alan Cumming, Scottish actor February – Alison Brittain, née Hopkins, business executive 2 February – Carl Airey, footballer 5 February – Martha Fiennes, film director 9 February – Keith Wickham, voice actor 15 February – Mickey Lewis, English footballer and manager (d. 2021) 21 February – David Frost, Baron Frost, diplomat and politician 26 February – Alison Armitage, English model and actress 28 February – Norman Smiley, wrestler 2 March – Martin Gilks, musician and band manager (d. 2006) 4 March Paul W. S. Anderson, filmmaker, producer and screenwriter Andrew Collins, radio DJ and journalist John Murphy film composer 6 March – Ian Austin, politician 8 March – Claudia Webbe, Labour politician and MPhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/28/leicester-east-mp-claudia-webbe-charged-with-harassment Labour suspends MP Claudia Webbe over harassment charge Peter Walker Rajeev Syal 28 September 2020 www.theguardian.com 11 March – Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, television presenter 14 March – Caroline Foot, butterfly swimmer 15 March – Michael Watson, boxer 20 March – Jill Mortimer, Conservative politician, MP for Hartlepool 26 March – Kerry McCarthy, Labour politician, MP for Bristol East 28 March – Steve Bull, footballer 29 March – Louise Casey, social welfare administrator 30 March – Piers Morgan, tabloid journalist 1 April – Robert Steadman, composer 4 April – Sean Wilson, actor 6 April – Andy Walker, football player and pundit 27 April – Anna Chancellor, actress 1 May – Alice Beer, television presenter 3 May Rob Brydon, comedian and actor Michael Marshall Smith, novelist, screenwriter and short story writer 10 May – Darren Matthews, professional wrestler 13 May – Tasmin Little, violinist 15 May – Christina Lamb, journalist 17 May – Jeremy Vine, BBC radio and television presenter 26 May – Hazel Irvine, Scottish sportscaster and journalist 31 May – Steve White, drummer (The Style Council) 1 June Andrew Havill, actor Nigel Short, chess player 3 June – Jonathan Djanogly, lawyer and politician 7 June – Damien Hirst, artist 10 June – Elizabeth Hurley, model and actress 16 June – Mike Lynch, businessman (died 2024) 17 June – David Longdon, multi-instrumentalist and singer (died 2021) 19 June – Sadie Frost, fashion designer and actress 22 June – Maurice Core, boxer 23 June – Paul Arthurs, rock guitarist (Oasis) 24 June – Richard Lumsden, actor, writer, composer and musician 25 June – Anne McElvoy, journalist 26 June – Catherine White, swimmer 28 June – Saul Davies, rock multi-instrumentalist 30 June Gary Pallister, footballer Adam Roberts, science fiction and fantasy novelist 2 July Tim Breacker, English footballer and coach James Turner, tennis player 4 July Gérard Watkins, English-French actor, playwright, director and songwriter Jo Whiley, radio DJ 7 July – Jeremy Kyle, broadcaster and writer 9 July – David O'Hara, Scottish actor 10 July David Ross, businessman Doreen Waddell, singer (died 2002) 11 July – Tony Cottee, footballer 15 July – David Miliband, Labour MP 16 July – Dinah Rose, QC 17 July – Martin Kelly, musician, music manager, Heavenly record label manager, music publisher and author 18 July – Steve Webb, English academic and politician 19 July – Evelyn Glennie. Scottish percussionist 31 July – J. K. Rowling, English author 1 August – Sam Mendes, English stage and film director 4 August – Adam Afriyie, Conservative politician and MP for Windsor 6 August – Mark Speight, television presenter (died 2008) 14 August – Mark Francois, politician 15 August – Mark Labbett, quizzer 26 August – Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician 28 August – Paul Brummell, diplomat, UK Ambassador to Kazakhstan 29 August Frances Ruffelle, actress and singer David Webb, activist in Hong Kong (died 2026) 2 September – Lennox Lewis, boxer 3 September – Rachel Johnson, journalist 19 September Goldie, music producer and DJ Nick Pope, journalist (died 2026) 29 September – Phylis Smith, sprinter, Olympic medallist October – Philip Day, fashion retailing billionaire businessman 3 October – Rachel Maclean, politician 4 October – Marcus Bentley, actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist 11 October – Lennie James, actor, screenwriter and playwrighthttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lennie-james/282638 https://web.archive.org/web/20080515192059/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lennie-james/282638 dead 15 May 2008 TVGuide.com Lennie James 19 June 2014 14 October – Steve Coogan, comedian and actor 15 October – Stephen Tompkinson, actor 22 October – John Wesley Harding, born Wesley Stace, singer-songwriter 28 October – David Warburton, politician (died 2025) 30 October – Gavin Rossdale, English musician 31 October Denis Irwin, footballer Rob Rackstraw, voice actor 4 November – Shaun Williamson, actor 7 November – Steve Parkin, English footballer and manager 8 November – Jason Nicolle (born 1965), English squash player 9 November – Bryn Terfel, opera singer 10 November Sean Hughes, comedian (died 2017) Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish racing driver 12 November – Eddie Mair, BBC radio and television presenter 14 November – Greg Hands, politician 16 November Mark Benton, actor Walter Stern, music video and film director 21 November Magnus Fiennes, composer Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-born actor 28 November – Peter Beagrie, English footballer 29 November – Lauren Child, children's fiction writer and illustrator 6 December – Paul Jenkins, comic book writer 8 December Ned Dennehy, actor David Harewood, actor and presenter 9 December – Russell Norman, restaurateur (died 2023) 12 December – Will Carling, English rugby player 13 December – Kate Peyton, journalist (murdered 2005) 25 December – Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat politician, MP for Kingston and Surbiton Deaths 4 January – T. S. Eliot, poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888 in the United States) 11 January – A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, politician (born 1885) 24 January – Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1874) 28 January – Tich Freeman, English cricketer (born 1888) 23 February – Stan Laurel, English-born comic film actor (born 1890) 10 March – Beatrice Harrison, cellist (born 1892) 28 March Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, 6th Princess Royal (born 1897) Richard Beesly, British Olympic gold medal rower (born 1907) 9 April – Sarah Ward, politician (born 1895)Dale Iain Smith Jacqui The Honourable Ladies: Volume I: Profiles of Women MPs 1918–1996 4 September 2018 Biteback Publishing 978-1-78590-449-3 128 https://books.google.com/books?id=lvhqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT128 en 21 April – Sir Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892) 3 May – Howard Spring, Welsh-born novelist (born 1889) 21 May – Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, aircraft designer (born 1882) 5 June – Eleanor Farjeon, children's writer (born 1881)Campbell Margaret Farjeon, Eleanor D.L. Kirkpatrick Twentieth-century Children's Writers London Macmillan 1978 978-0-33323-414-3 426 8 June – Cecil L'Estrange Malone, British politician, first communist Member of Parliament (born 1890) 29 June – Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, admiral, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1883) 1 July – Wally Hammond, English cricketer (born 1903) 25 July – Freddie Mills, English boxer (born 1919) 2 September – Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1905) 14 September – J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (born 1891) 20 September – Arthur Holmes, geologist (born 1890) 25 September – Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Tudor, British soldier (born 1871) 27 September – Sir William Stanier, railway engineer and steam locomotive designer (LMS Coronation Class) (born 1876) 22 October – William Williams, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1890) 4 November – Sir Ifor Williams, academic (born 1881) 8 November – George Hall, politician (born 1881) 11 November – James Chuter Ede, Labour politician, Home Secretary (born 1882) 19 November – Una Ledingham, physician (born 1900)The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science Marilyn Ogilvie Joy Harvey Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie 25 November – Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (born 1890) 16 December – W. Somerset Maugham, English novelist (born 1874) 17 December – Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, army officer (born 1887) 22 December – Richard Dimbleby, journalist and broadcaster (born 1913) 24 December Sir John Black, industrialist, chairman of Standard-Triumph (born 1895) David Margesson, politician (born 1890) 26 December – Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1878) 28 December – Jeremy Wolfenden, journalist and spy (born 1934) 30 December – Lilias Margaret Frances, Countess Bathurst, newspaper proprietor (born 1871) See also 1965 in British music 1965 in British television List of British films of 1965 References 30em 1965 Category:Years of the 20th century in the United Kingdom Category:1965 by country Category:1960s in the United Kingdom Category:1965 in Europe