Glasgow University Delta Club 1964 - 1970
GLAGOW UNIVERSITY DELTA CLUB
TIMELINE OF NATIONAL AND WORLD EVENTS (OCTOBER 1964-JULY 1970)
(Compiled by William Wallace)
“The Times, They Are a-Changin.” Bob Dylan: 1964
1964
15 October. General Election; Labour Government elected, with Harold Wilson as Prime Minister, after 13 years of continuous Conservative administrations.
3 November. Lyndon Johnson elected President of USA in his own right, having assumed the role 12 months earlier on the assassination of President Kennedy.
1965
30 January. Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in London: largest gathering of world statesmen ever seen.
8 March. First American ground troops arrive in Vietnam.
21 March. Rev. Martin Luther King leads civil rights march in Alabama.
25 July. Bob Dylan, controversially, “goes electric” at Newport Folk Festival.
27 July. Edward Heath elected as leader of Conservative Party.
16 October. Moors Murders: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley charged.
11 November. Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, Ian Smith, declares UDI. [independence from UK]
1966
31 March. Labour Party and Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, re-elected with increased majority at General Election.
30 July. England win World Cup at Wembley stadium, defeating West Germany 4-2, after extra-time
13 August. In China, Mao Zedong begins the Cultural Revolution.
21 October. Aberfan disaster in South Wales: 144, including 116 children, killed by collapsing coal tip
1967
27 January. Three American astronauts killed by fire on the launch pad. [of Apollo 1]
25 May. Celtic become first British team to win European Cup: they defeat Inter. Milan 2-1 in Lisbon
1 June. The Beatles release their album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
5 June. Six-day War between Israel and Arab neighbouring states begins.
20 September. QE2 liner launched from John Brown’s shipyard at Clydebank.
30 September. First broadcast from BBC Radio 1.
25 October. The Abortion Act is passed. This legalised abortion on medical, and some social, grounds.
2 November. Winne Ewing wins Hamilton by-election for the Scottish National Party.
19 November. The Pound is devalued.
3 December. First heart transplant carried out by Professor Christian Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
1968
30 January. Tet Offensive begins in Vietnam War.
31 March. US President Lyndon Johnson announces on television that he will not seek re-election.
4 April. Martin Luther King shot dead on balcony of hotel in Memphis
5 June. US Presidential candidate, Bobby Kennedy assassinated in kitchen of Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
20 April. Enoch Powell makes controversial “Rivers of Blood” speech about immigration.
20 August. “Prague Spring” brutally ended by invasion of troops from USSR and its allies.
22-26 August. At US Democratic Convention in Chicago there are riots in the streets and clashes between anti-war protestors and police.
5 November. Republican, Richard Nixon elected President of USA, defeating his Democrat challenger, Hubert Humphrey.
1969
22 April. Robin Knox-Johnston becomes first man to sail around the world, without stopping.
1 July. Charles, Prince of Wales invested with his title at Carnarvon Castle.
12 July. Tony Jacklin becomes first home winner of Open Golf Championship for 18 years.
20 July. The Eagle spacecraft lands on the moon and Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to step onto the lunar surface.
12 August. Rioting in Derry is the first major confrontation of “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland.
14 October. New 50p coin introduced, to replace 10-shilling note.
15 November. Regular colour TV broadcasts begins on BBC and ITV.
1970
13 April. Apollo 13 spacecraft forced to abort journey to the moon after oxygen tank explodes.
14 June. England’s defence of the World Cup ends, when they are beaten 3-2 by West Germany at Leon in Mexico.
18 June. General Election: in a surprise result, Conservatives are elected to Government with Edward Heath as Prime Minister.
“That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong: 1969