1979 in England

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See also:	1978–79 in English football 1979–80 in English football 1979 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1979

Events from 1979 in England

Incumbent

Further information: Politics of England

Events

• April 23 – Fighting breaks out in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group; protester Blair Peach receives fatal injuries during the incident, now officially attributed to the SPG.
• May 8 – Ten shoppers die in a fire at the Woolworths department store in Manchester city centre in England. ^[1]
• December 4 – The Hastie fire in Kingston upon Hull, leads to the deaths of 3 boys and begins the hunt for Bruce George Peter Lee, the UK's most prolific killer.

Births

• 18 January – Katie Hooper, synchronised swimmer
• 20 March – Freema Agyeman, actress ^{[2] [3]}
• 10 April – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer ^[4]
• 2 December – Gayle Adamson, synchronised swimmer

Deaths

• 2 February – Sid Vicious, musician
• 24 March – Yvonne Mitchell, actress
• 13 October – Rebecca Clarke, composer and violist
• 30 October – Barnes Wallis, engineer and inventor (born 1887)
• 23 November – Merle Oberon, actress (born 1911)

See also

• 1979 in Northern Ireland
• 1979 in Scotland
• 1979 in Wales

References

1. Thomson, Norman (2001). Fire Hazards in Industry (Death toll in Manchester). Elsevier. ISBN   0-7506-5321-3.
2. "Thank You Letter From Freema Agyeman". Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
3. Jury, Louise (23 March 2007). "From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick". The Independent . London. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
4. "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Biography". Hello! . April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.