1979 in England
List of events
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Events from 1979 in England
Incumbent
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.[1]
- 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
- 20 March – Freema Agyeman, actress[2][3]
- 10 April – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer[4]
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
References
- ^ Thomson, Norman (2001). Fire Hazards in Industry (Death toll in Manchester). Elsevier. ISBN 0-7506-5321-3.
- ^ "Thank You Letter From Freema Agyeman". Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
- ^ Jury, Louise (23 March 2007). "From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
- ^ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Biography". Hello!. April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
