News and statistics

UK Births: 1,014,672

UK Deaths: 611,130
Retail Price Index (RPI) 4.8%

Index 14.4

Interest Rate (gross) on Savings Accounts 3.50%

Unemployment quoted at 405,000
Philips introduced the musicassette (compact cassette)

Rudi Gernreich 'designs' the topless swimsuit
China tests its first atomic bomb
Ian Smith becomes Prime Minister of Rhodesia

The first MOOG synthesiser is developed by Robert Moog
Peter Sellers marries Britt Ekland at Guildford register office

British troops are sent into Cyprus
Henry Cooper wins the European Heavyweight boxing title

Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton
Chemotherapy is first used in the treatment of cancer

Miss World is Ann Sidney (Miss United Kingdom)

Miss Universe is Corinna Tsopei (Miss Greece)

Honda diversifies into car production
The first postulation of the existence of Quarks is made

Construction of the Aswan Dam is commenced at Abu Simbel

Word processors are first generally seen
John Surtees becomes the only man to win world titles on both two and four wheels

Donald Campbell captures world land (403.10 m.p.h.) and water (276.33 m.p.h.) speed records in Australia
Grand Prix crashes claim the lives of Carel de Beaufort and Tim Mayer
U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin resolution to allow America to make war on Vietnam

The first official world surfing championships are held at Manly, Sydney and won by Australian, Bernard 'Midget' Farrelly
Nelson Mandela and 7 others are sentenced to life imprisonment for treason

The first electronic ticket barriers and unmanned trains are seen on the London Underground
The abolition of Resale Price Maintenance prompts the rise of supermarkets