Timeline: Graham James HOUSEMAN: The Housemans of Nidderdale

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Graham James HOUSEMAN (1975 - 2015)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1975	1975—1975: Unemployment in Britain rises above 1M for first time since before WW2 11 February 1975—11 February 1975: Margaret Thatcher becomes leader of Conservative party (in opposition) 28 February 1975—28 February 1975: Moorgate tube crash in London - over 43 deaths, greatest loss of life on the Underground in peacetime. The cause of the incident was never conclusively determined 4 March 1975—4 March 1975: Charlie Chaplin knighted 5 June 1975—5 June 1975: UK votes in a referendum to stay in the European Community 29 October 1975—29 October 1975: 'Yorkshire Ripper' commits his first murder 3 November 1975—3 November 1975: First North Sea oil comes ashore 29 November 1975—29 November 1975: The name 'Micro-soft' coined by Bill Gates (Microsoft' became a Trademark the following year) 27 December 1975—27 December 1975: Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Act come into force
2	1976	1976—1976: National Theatre opens in London 1976—1976: 'Cod War' between Britain and Iceland 1976—1976: Deaths exceeded live births in E&W for first time since records began in 1837 1976—1976: James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister 21 January 1976—21 January 1976: Concorde enters supersonic passenger service 1 April 1976—1 April 1976: Apple Computer formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 6 August 1976—6 August 1976: Drought Act 1976 comes into force ? the long, hot summer
3	1977	2 March 1977—2 March 1977: 'Red Rum' wins a third Grand National 25 May 1977—25 May 1977: George Lucas' film Star Wars' released 5 June 1977—5 June 1977: Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale 7 June 1977—7 June 1977: Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations in London 22 November 1977—22 November 1977: Regular supersonic Concorde service between London and NY inaugurated
4	1978	8 April 1978—8 April 1978: Regular broadcast of proceedings in Parliament starts 1 May 1978—1 May 1978: First May Day holiday in Britain 25 July 1978—25 July 1978: World's first 'test tube' baby, Louise Browne born in Oldham 30 November 1978—30 November 1978: Publication of The Times suspended - industrial relations problems (until 13 Nov 1979)
5	1979	1 March 1979—1 March 1979: 32.5% of Scots vote in favor of devolution (40% needed) - Welsh vote overwhelmingly against 30 March 1979—30 March 1979: Airey Neave killed by a car bomb at Westminster 31 March 1979—31 March 1979: Withdrawal of the Royal Navy from Malta 4 May 1979—4 May 1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman UK Prime Minister 1 July 1979—1 July 1979: Sony introduces the Walkman 27 August 1979—27 August 1979: Lord Mountbatten and 3 others killed in bomb blast off coast of Sligo, Ireland 18 September 1979—18 September 1979: ILEA votes to abolish corporal punishment in its schools
6	1980	5 May 1980—5 May 1980: SAS storm Iranian Embassy in London to free hostages 8 December 1980—8 December 1980: John Lennon assassinated in New York
7	1981	25 January 1981—25 January 1981: Launch of SDP by 'Gang of Four' in Britain 29 March 1981—29 March 1981: First London marathon run 11 April 1981—11 April 1981: Brixton riots in South London - 30 other British cities also experience riots 25 April 1981—25 April 1981: Worst April blizzards this century in Britain 27 April 1981—27 April 1981: First use of computer mouse (by Xerox PARC system) 29 July 1981—29 July 1981: Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (divorced 28 Aug 1996) 12 August 1981—12 August 1981: IBM launches the first PC 12 August 1981—12 August 1981: IBM launches its PC ? starts the general use of personal computers
8	1982	26 January 1982—26 January 1982: Unemployment reached 3 million in Britain (1 in 8 of working population) 5 February 1982—5 February 1982: Laker Airways collapses 19 February 1982—19 February 1982: DeLorean Car factory in Belfast goes into receivership 18 March 1982—18 March 1982: Argentinians raised flag in South Georgia 2 April 1982—2 April 1982: Argentina invades Falkland (Malvinas) Islands 5 April 1982—5 April 1982: Royal Navy fleet sails from Portsmouth for Falklands 2 May 1982—2 May 1982: British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks Argentine cruiser General Belgrano 28 May 1982—28 May 1982: First land battle in Falklands (Goose Green) 14 June 1982—14 June 1982: Ceasefire in Falklands 21 June 1982—21 June 1982: Prince William is born 20 July 1982—20 July 1982: IRA bombings in London (Hyde Park and Regents Park) 19 September 1982—19 September 1982: Smiley emoticon :-) said to have been used for the first time 11 October 1982—11 October 1982: Mary Rose' raised in the Solent (sank in 1545) 31 October 1982—31 October 1982: Thames Barrier raised for first time (some say first public demonstration Nov 7) 2 November 1982—2 November 1982: Channel 4 TV station launched - first programme 'Countdown' 4 November 1982—4 November 1982: Lorries up to 38 tonnes allowed on Britain's roads 12 December 1982—12 December 1982: Women's peace protest at Greenham Common (Cruise missiles arrived 14 Nov 1983)
9	1983	1983—1983: First female Lord Mayor of London elected (Dame Mary Donaldson) 17 January 1983—17 January 1983: Start of breakfast TV in Britain 31 January 1983—31 January 1983: Seat belt law comes into force 21 April 1983—21 April 1983: ?1 coin into circulation in Britain 7 October 1983—7 October 1983: Plans to abolish GLC announced 26 November 1983—26 November 1983: Brinks Mat robbery: 6,800 gold bars worth nearly ?26 million are stolen from a vault at Heathrow Airport
10	1984	6 March 1984—6 March 1984: Miners strike begins 17 April 1984—17 April 1984: Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher killed by gunfire from the Libyan Embassy in London 22 June 1984—22 June 1984: Inaugural flight of Virgin Atlantic 9 July 1984—9 July 1984: York Minster struck by lightning - the resulting fire damaged much of the building but the Rose Window' not affected 12 October 1984—12 October 1984: IRA bomb explodes at Tory conference hotel in Brighton - 4 killed 24 October 1984—24 October 1984: Miners' strike ? High Court orders sequestration of NUM assets 3 December 1984—3 December 1984: British Telecom privatised - shares make massive gains on first day's trading
11	1985	3 March 1985—3 March 1985: Miners agree to call off strike 11 March 1985—11 March 1985: Al Fayed buys Harrods 13 July 1985—13 July 1985: Live Aid' pop concert raises over ?50M for famine relief 1 September 1985—1 September 1985: Wreck of Titanic' found (sank 1912)
12	1986	31 March 1986—31 March 1986: GLC and 6 metropolitan councils abolished 26 April 1986—26 April 1986: Chernobyl nuclear accident - radiation reached Britain on 2 Ma 26 May 1986—26 May 1986: The European Community adopts the European flag 23 July 1986—23 July 1986: Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey 27 October 1986—27 October 1986: 'Big Bang' (deregulation) of the London Stock Market 29 October 1986—29 October 1986: M25 motorway ring around London completed
13	1987	1987—1987: World population crossed the 5 billion mark 2 February 1987—2 February 1987: Terry Waite kidnapped in Beirut (released 17 Nov 1991) 6 March 1987—6 March 1987: Car ferry Herald of Free Enterprise' capsizes off Zeebrugge - 188 die 1 July 1987—1 July 1987: Excavation begins on the Channel Tunnel 19 August 1987—19 August 1987: Hungerford Massacre - Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a rifle 16 October 1987—16 October 1987: The 'Hurricane' sweeps southern England 19 October 1987—19 October 1987: 'Black Monday' in the City of London - Stock Market crash 8 November 1987—8 November 1987: Enniskillen bombing at a Remembrance Day ceremony 18 November 1987—18 November 1987: King's Cross fire in London - 31 people die
14	1988	5 February 1988—5 February 1988: First 'Red Nose Day' in UK, raising money for charity 6 July 1988—6 July 1988: Piper Alpha disaster - North Sea oil platform destroyed by explosion and fire killing 167 men 15 November 1988—15 November 1988: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act - reformulated the statutory basis of copyright law (including performing rights) in the UK 12 December 1988—12 December 1988: Clapham Junction rail crash kills 35 and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains 21 December 1988—21 December 1988: Lockerbie disaster - Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Scotland
15	1989	1989—1989: Poll Tax implemented in Scotland 14 February 1989—14 February 1989: The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is placed into orbit 2 March 1989—2 March 1989: EU decision to ban production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century 9 November 1989—9 November 1989: Berlin Wall torn down 21 November 1989—21 November 1989: Proceedings of House of Commons first televised live
16	1990	11 February 1990—11 February 1990: Nelson Mandela released in South Africa 31 March 1990—31 March 1990: Riots in London against Poll Tax which had been implemented in England & Wales 25 April 1990—25 April 1990: Hubble space telescope launched 22 November 1990—22 November 1990: Margaret Thatcher resigns as Conservative party leader (and Prime Minister) 1 December 1990—1 December 1990: Channel Tunnel excavation teams meet in the middle
17	1991	1991—1991: Poll Tax replaced (by Council Tax) 1991—1991: The 'Internet' comes into existence 18 May 1991—18 May 1991: Helen Sharman is first British Astronaut in Space August 1991—August 1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union 6 September 1991—6 September 1991: Leningrad renamed St Petersburg 5 November 1991—5 November 1991: Robert Maxwell drowns at sea
18	1992	7 February 1992—7 February 1992: European Union formed by The Maastricht Treaty 22 April 1992—22 April 1992: Betty Boothroyd elected as first female Speaker of the House of Commons 15 August 1992—15 August 1992: Football Premier League kicks off in England 16 September 1992—16 September 1992: 'Black Wednesday' as Pound leaves the ERM 20 November 1992—20 November 1992: Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle causing over ?50 million worth of damage 24 November 1992—24 November 1992: The Queen describes this year as an 'Annus Horribilis'
19	1993	1993—1993: Betty Boothroyd first woman Speaker of the House of Commons (to 2000) 1993—1993: Elizabeth II becomes first British Monarch to pay Income Tax July 1993—July 1993: Ratification of Maastricht Treaty, established the European Union (EU)
20	1994	1994—1994: 15 million people now connected to the Internet 12 March 1994—12 March 1994: Church of England ordains its first female priests 6 May 1994—6 May 1994: Channel Tunnel open to traffic 19 November 1994—19 November 1994: National Lottery starts
21	1995	26 February 1995—26 February 1995: Nick Leeson brings down Barings Bank 15 July 1995—15 July 1995: First item sold on Amazon.com 16 November 1995—16 November 1995: The Queen Mother has a hip replacement operation at 95 years old 22 November 1995—22 November 1995: Toy Story' released - first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery
22	1996	9 February 1996—9 February 1996: IRA bomb explodes in London Docklands - ends 17 month ceasefire 13 March 1996—13 March 1996: Dunblane massacre 15 June 1996—15 June 1996: IRA bomb explodes in Manchester 5 July 1996—5 July 1996: Scientists in Scotland clone a sheep (Dolly) 28 August 1996—28 August 1996: Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales are divorced
23	1997	30 March 1997—30 March 1997: Channel 5 TV begins in UK (launched by the Spice Girls) 1 May 1997—1 May 1997: 'New' Labour landslide victory in Britain (Tony Blair replaces John Major as Prime Minister) 6 May 1997—6 May 1997: Announcement that Bank of England to be made independent of Government control 11 May 1997—11 May 1997: First time a computer beats a master at chess (IBM's Deep Blue v Garry Kasparov) 1 July 1997—1 July 1997: Hong Kong returned to China 19 July 1997—19 July 1997: IRA declares a ceasefire 31 August 1997—31 August 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales killed in car crash in Paris 25 September 1997—25 September 1997: Land speed record breaks sound barrier for first time
24	1998	10 April 1998—10 April 1998: Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland - effectively implemented in May 2007 14 August 1998—14 August 1998: Car bomb explodes in Omagh killing 29 people 27 September 1998—27 September 1998: 'Google' search engine founded
25	1999	1999—1999: World population reaches 6 billion 1 January 1999—1 January 1999: European Monetary Union begins - UK opts out - by the end of the year the Euro has approximately the same value as the US Dollar 1 July 1999—1 July 1999: The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth - powers are officially transferred from the Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh 11 August 1999—11 August 1999: Total eclipse of the sun visible in Devon and Cornwall 11 November 1999—11 November 1999: Hereditary Peers no longer have right to sit in House of Lords
26	2000	1 January 2000—1 January 2000: The year in Britain started with a 'flu bug rather than a millennium bug March 2000—March 2000: London Eye opens, late but popular 22 April 2000—22 April 2000: The Big Number Change takes place in the UK - affected telephone dialling codes assigned to Cardiff, Coventry, London, Northern Ireland, Portsmouth and Southampton 4 May 2000—4 May 2000: Ken Livingstone elected first Mayor of London (not to be confused with Lord Mayor of London!) 10 June 2000—10 June 2000: Millennium footbridge over the Thames opens, but wobbles and is quickly declared dangerous and closed - finally reopened Feb 2002 25 July 2000—25 July 2000: A chartered Air France Concorde crashes on take-off at Paris with the loss of all lives September 2000—September 2000: 'People Power' emerged suddenly as protestors against high Road Fuel Tax used mobile phones and the Internet to co-ordinate blockades on fuel depots - resulted in nationwide panic buying of fuel and service stations running out across the country October 2000—October 2000: Heavy rains cause worst flooding since records began (1850s) in many parts of Britain (Oct-Dec) 17 October 2000—17 October 2000: Derailment at speed on the main London-North eastern line at Hatfield caused by a broken rail
27	2001	February 2001—February 2001: Outbreak of Foot & Mouth disease in UK - lasted until October - caused postponement of local and general elections from May to June 12 May 2001—12 May 2001: FA Cup Final played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff - first time away from Wembley since 1922 7 June 2001—7 June 2001: General Election - Labour returned again with a large majority, the first time they had succeeded in gaining a second term 1 September 2001—1 September 2001: New-style number plates on road vehicles in UK [eg. AB 51 ABC] 7 November 2001—7 November 2001: Concorde flights resume after modifications to tyres and fuel tanks December 2001—December 2001: UK Christmas stamps self-adhesive for the first time (self-adhesive 1st & 2nd class definitives already on sale)
28	2002	1 January 2002—1 January 2002: Twelve major countries in Europe (Austria, Belgium, Holland, Irish Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Portugal) and their dependents start using the Euro instead of their old national currencies; the UK stays out - the Euro worth 62?p at this time 22 February 2002—22 February 2002: Millennium Bridge over the Thames in London finally opens 30 March 2002—30 March 2002: The Queen Mother dies, aged 101 years 2 July 2002—2 July 2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon
29	2003	17 February 2003—17 February 2003: Start of Congestion Charge for traffic entering central London 10 August 2003—10 August 2003: Temperatures reach record high of 101 F (38.3 C) in Kent 24 October 2003—24 October 2003: Last commercial flight of Concorde 22 November 2003—22 November 2003: England wins Rugby World Cup in nail-biting final in Australia - first northern hemisphere team to do this 13 December 2003—13 December 2003: Saddam Hussein captured near his home town of Tikrit (executed 30 Dec 2006) 26 December 2003—26 December 2003: Queen Mary 2 arrives in Southampton from the builder's yard in France 2004
30	2004	29 March 2004—29 March 2004: Ireland becomes first country in the world to ban smoking in public places 29 March 2004—29 March 2004: Alistair Cooke dies at the age of 95 - until four weeks previously, and since 1946, he had broadcast his regular 'Letter from America' on BBC radio 1 May 2004—1 May 2004: Enlargement of the European Union to include 25 members by the entry of 10 new states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus
31	2005	16 February 2005—16 February 2005: Kyoto Protocol on climate change came into force 18 February 2005—18 February 2005: Ban on hunting with dogs came into force in England & Wales (had already been a similar law for about two years in Scotland) 6 July 2005—6 July 2005: London chosen as venue for the 2012 Olympic Games 7 July 2005—7 July 2005: Suicide bombers attack London for the first time 28 July 2005—28 July 2005: IRA declare an end to their 'armed struggle' 12 September 2005—12 September 2005: England regain the 'Ashes' after a gripping Test series (but are whitewashed 5-0 in the return series in Australia 2007) 9 December 2005—9 December 2005: Last Routemaster bus runs on regular service in London 11 December 2005—11 December 2005: Explosions at the Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead 21 December 2005—21 December 2005: Same-sex civil partnerships begin - famously, on this day, between Elton John and David Furnish
32	2006	1 March 2006—1 March 2006: Welsh Assembly Building opened by the Queen 26 March 2006—26 March 2006: Prohibition of smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland 21 April 2006—21 April 2006: 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II 21 August 2006—21 August 2006: UK postage rates start to be measured by size as well as by weight
33	2007	1 January 2007—1 January 2007: Further enlargement of the European Union to include Bulgaria and Romania 19 February 2007—19 February 2007: Extension of Congestion Charge zone for London, westwards 8 May 2007—8 May 2007: A Northern Ireland Executive formed under the leadership of Ian Paisley (DUP) and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein) 1 July 2007—1 July 2007: Prohibition of smoking in enclosed public places in England (thus completing cover of the entire UK) 14 November 2007—14 November 2007: First rail service direct from St Pancras to France (replacing that from Waterloo)