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Events from the year 1968 in the United Kingdom.

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  1. ^ Marshall, Rita (1968-01-02). "C Day Lewis Is Poet Laureate". The Times (57138): p. 1. 
  2. ^ Stephenson, Hannah (24 September 2007). "Gardeners' World at 40". Bedford Today. http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/features/gardeners_world_at_40_1_1093309. Retrieved 2011-01-04. [dead link]
  3. ^ Chartres, John (9 January 1968). "Wilson Joins 'I Back Britain'". The Times: p. 1. 
  4. ^ "1968: More Kenyan Asians flee to Britain". On This Day (BBC News). 4 February 1968. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4/newsid_2738000/2738629.stm. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
  5. ^ "Historic Background". Northamptonshire County Council. http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/Transport/TP/Documents/PDF%20Documents/Chapter%202%20Problems%20and%20Opportunites%20-%20Section2.2%20(pdf%20format%203044kb).pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
  6. ^ Hewish, A.; Bell, S. J.; Pilkington, J. D. H.; Scott, P. F.; Collins, R. A. (24 February 1968). "Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source". Nature 217: 709–713. doi:10.1038/217709a0. 
  7. ^ Vocal Selections: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard. 1994. ISBN 978-0-7935-3427-2. 
  8. ^ "About The Show". The Really Useful Group. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081225062752/http://www.reallyuseful.com/shows/joseph/history-inspiration. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 
  9. ^ "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". AndrewLloydWebber.com. 1991. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. http://www.andrewlloydwebber.com/shows/joseph-and-dreamcoat/. Retrieved 2010-10-08. 
  10. ^ "The closing of Baggeridge Colliery". Black Country Society. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. http://www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/articles/baggeridge2.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
  11. ^ a b The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 978-1-85986-000-7. 
  12. ^ "1968: Jim Clark killed in car smash". BBC News. 7 April 1968. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/7/newsid_2837000/2837559.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-102715-9. 
  14. ^ "1968: Powell slates immigration policy". BBC News. 20 April 1968. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/20/newsid_2489000/2489357.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  15. ^ Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood Speech
  16. ^ BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1968: Surgeons conduct UK's first heart transplant
  17. ^ "1968: Krays held on suspicion of murder". BBC News. 8 May 1968. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/8/newsid_2518000/2518695.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-14. 
  18. ^ "Newcastle United 3 Man City 4". football-england-com. http://www.football-england.com/newcastle_3_man_city_4_1968.html. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
  19. ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 427–428. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0. 
  20. ^ "1968: Manchester Utd win European Cup". BBC News. 29 May 1968. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29/newsid_4464000/4464446.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  21. ^ "1968: Alec Rose sails home". BBC News. 4 July 1968. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2744000/2744481.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  22. ^ "The great flood of 1968". Memories of Bristol. Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20060502142132/http://weldgen.tripod.com/the-great-flood-1968/index.html. Retrieved 2006-01-04. 
  23. ^ [1] Archived November 21, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Official text of the Theatres Act 1968 as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
  25. ^ "1968: Musical Hair opens as censors withdraw". BBC News. 27 September 1968. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/27/newsid_3107000/3107815.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  26. ^ Motorways - West Yorkshire
  27. ^ "1968: Birth of sextuplets stuns Britain". BBC News. 2 October 1968. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/2/newsid_3107000/3107371.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  28. ^ "1968: Londonderry march ends in violence". BBC News. 5 October 1968. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/5/newsid_4286000/4286818.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  29. ^ "Birmingham Post". 8 October 2007. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/birmingham-post-england-the/mi_7996/is_2007_Oct_8/october-8/ai_n38653111/. Retrieved 12 May 2010. [dead link]
  30. ^ "National Giro Service". Hansard. 17 October 1968. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1968/oct/17/national-giro-service. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
  31. ^ "1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters". BBC News. 27 October 1968. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478197.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  32. ^ "James Watt Street Fire". SunnyGovan. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. http://www.sunnygovan.com/PLACES/Places/JamesWattStreetFire.html. Retrieved 2010-07-14. 
  33. ^ Ollerenshaw, Philip (2006). "Innovation and Corporate Failure: Cyril Lord in UK Textiles 1945-1968". http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers2/Olleren.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-02. 
  34. ^ Financial Times 22 November 1968.
  35. ^ Marr, Andrew (2007). A History of Modern Britain. London: Macmillan. p. 281. ISBN 978-1-4050-0538-8. 
  36. ^ BBC ON THIS DAY | 26 | 1968: Race discrimination law tightened
  37. ^ "1968: Shops told to stop conning customers". BBC News. 30 November 1968. Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/30/newsid_4018000/4018793.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  38. ^ "1968: Mary Bell found guilty of double killing". BBC News. 17 December 1968. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/17/newsid_3261000/3261087.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 

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