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1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.; 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (poster pictured), based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
The UK and Argentina restore diplomatic relations after eight years. Diplomatic ties were broken off in response to Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982. Neil Kinnock's dream of being prime minister appears closer to becoming reality as the latest MORI poll shows Labour on 51% with a 17-point lead over the Conservatives. [5]
D Day delivers new UK currency (BBC News, On this Day, 15 February 1971) Britain to go decimal in 1971 (BBC News, On this Day, 1 March 1966) Decimalisation ; The History Files: Decimalisation in the UK. Musical satirist Tom Lehrer singing a song about plans for the decimalisation of the UK's currency on the David Frost Report.
The UK's largest toy retailer, Toys "R" Us, goes into administration with a £15,000,000 VAT bill it is unable to pay. [41] One of the UK's biggest electronics retailers, Maplin, goes into administration after talks with potential buyers fail to secure a sale. [42] An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 and depth of 4 km hits Mosser, Cumbria.
January–June – The United Kingdom holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time.; January – The Ford Fiesta car goes on sale in the UK.; 3 January – Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary, announces he is leaving the House of Commons to become President of the European Commission.
As of February 2017, there were more than 400 hours of content uploaded to YouTube each minute, and one billion hours of content being watched on YouTube every day. As of October 2020 [update] , YouTube is the second-most popular website in the world, behind Google , according to Alexa Internet . [ 1 ]
The UK joins 11 other European countries in an agreement to form the European Space Research Organisation, predecessor of the European Space Agency. 1 July – Another heavy smog develops over London. 3 July – Opening of Chichester Festival Theatre, Britain's first large modern theatre with a thrust stage.
12 March – The island of Mauritius achieves independence from the UK. [14] 14 March – In the early hours, the Prime Minister convenes a meeting of the privy council to declare the following day a non-statutory bank holiday, allowing the government to suspend the London Gold Pool to stem the losses being suffered by the pound sterling.