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Events from1979 inEngland
Incumbent
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Events
[edit]- April 23– Fighting breaks out in London between theAnti-Nazi Leagueand theMetropolitan Police'sSpecial Patrol Group;protesterBlair Peachreceives fatal injuries during the incident, now officially attributed to the SPG.
- May 8– Ten shoppers die ina fire at the Woolworths department storeinManchestercity centre in England.[1]
- December 4– The Hastie fire inKingston upon Hull,leads to the deaths of 3 boys and begins the hunt forBruce George Peter Lee,the UK's most prolific killer.
Births
[edit]- 20 March –Freema Agyeman,actress[2][3]
- 10 April –Sophie Ellis-Bextor,singer[4]
Deaths
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Thomson, Norman (2001).Fire Hazards in Industry (Death toll in Manchester).Elsevier.ISBN0-7506-5321-3.
- ^"Thank You Letter From Freema Agyeman".Archived fromthe originalon 10 May 2010.Retrieved8 April2008.
- ^Jury, Louise (23 March 2007)."From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick".The Independent.London. Archived fromthe originalon 19 October 2007.Retrieved18 September2007.
- ^"Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Biography".Hello!.April 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 29 July 2020.Retrieved29 July2020.