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| 1 | 1898 | |
| 2 | 1959 | |
| 3 | 1969 | |
| 4 | 1971 | - 1971—1971: Banking and Financial Dealings Act - replaced the Bank Holidays Act of 1871
- 1971—1971: Sunday becomes the seventh day in the week as UK adopts decision of the International
Standardisation Organisation (ISO) to call Monday the first day
- 1971—1971: 'Greenpeace' founded
- 1971—1971: Rolls-Royce declared bankrupt
- 3 Jan 1971—3 Jan 1971: Open University starts
- 15 Feb 1971—15 Feb 1971: Decimalisation of coinage in UK and Republic of Ireland
- 9 Aug 1971—9 Aug 1971: Internment without trial introduced in N Ireland
- 28 Oct 1971—28 Oct 1971: Parliament votes to join Common Market (joined 1973)
- 28 Oct 1971—28 Oct 1971: UK launches its first (and only) satellite, Prospero
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