Forth Road Bridge

On September 4 in the UK, the Forth Road Bridge opened over the Firth of Forth, linking Fife and Edinburgh. The final bill for construction amounted to £19.5 million. The bridge was opened by Her Majesty Queen Ekizabeth II. At the time, it was the first bridge of its kind in the UK, the longest outside the USA, and the fourth longest in the world.

Southampton becomes a city

Southampton on the coast of the south of England became a city on February 24, 1964. A Royal Charter was granted saying that henceforth it would be known as the City and County of the City of Southampton. This was the culmination of a long process that had begun 30 years earlier. It was the first place to be made a city by the then Queen Elizabeth II.