| Year Summary | The monarch was Elizabeth II and Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour). Parliament decided to nationalize 90% of the British steel industry. UK applies for EEC membership although Charles de Gaulle vetoed it again. The <em>QE2</em> is launched. The <em>Concorde</em> supersonic aircraft was unveiled in Toulouse, France. The Grand National was won by 100-1 outsider Foinavon after a pile up at one fence. Donald Campbell was killed trying to break the speed record on Coniston Water. Sandie Shaw sang <em>Puppet on a String</em> for UK's first win in the Eurovision Song Contest. The Beatles released their album <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>. Wimbledon is televised in colour for the first time. Patrick McGoohan's <em>The Prisoner</em> was first broadcast in the UK on ITV. |
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