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UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. Events from the year 1974 in the United Kingdom . The year is marked by the Three-Day Week, two general elections, a state of emergency in Northern Ireland, extensive Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing of the British mainland, several large company collapses and major local government reorganisation.
Oct 31, 2014 · It was a massive hit for (the Swedish) Sylvia Vrethammar, reaching number four in the UK Singles Chart in September 1974. As Dominic Sandbrook has written, this song ‘captured the excitement, the hedonism and the sheer awfulness of package tourism in its early years’ (State of Emergency, The Way We Were: Britain 1970-1974, Allen Lane ...
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Sep 21, 2021 · The three day working week in action. From 1 January 1974, electricity was severely limited. Businesses had to limit their electricity usage to three consecutive days a week, and within that hours were severely limited. Essential services like hospitals, supermarkets and printing presses were exempt. TV channels were forced to stop broadcasting ...
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1974-75 – New democracies in Portugal, Greece and Spain. The overthrow of the Salazar regime in Portugal and the collapse of military rule in Greece in 1974, together with the death of General Franco of Spain in 1975, mark the end of these dictatorships in Europe. The 3 countries commit themselves to democratic government — an important ...
Events from the year 1974 in the United Kingdom. The year is marked by the Three-Day Week , two general elections , a state of emergency in Northern Ireland , extensive Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing of the British mainland, several large company collapses and major local government reorganisation.
The United Kingdom was composed of four constituent countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom had responsibilities for the following self-governing free associated states: Antigua, with two dependencies: Barbuda (from 23 December 1976) Redonda Dominica (to 2 November 1978) Grenada (to 6 February 1974)
February. 4 February – Eleven people are killed in the M62 coach bombing; [2] on 8 February the toll reaches 12 with the death in hospital of an 18-year-old soldier seriously injured in the bombing. 7 February. 12 February – BBC1 first airs the children's television series Bagpuss, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate 's Smallfilms in ...
