1959 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1959 in the United Kingdom.
- Monarch - HM Queen Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister - Harold Macmillan, Conservative Party
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[edit] Events
- February 19 - The United Kingdom grants Cyprus its independence.
- May - First Ten Tors event held in Dartmoor.
- late May / early June - import tariffs lifted in the United Kingdom.
- May 24 - British Empire Day becomes Commonwealth Day.
- October 12 - Large scale diamond robbery in London.
- October 21 - Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi is arrested in Nyeri, Kenya.
- November 2 - The first section of the M1 motorway was opened between the present junctions 5 and 18.
- November 8 - Leeds City Tramways closes down
[edit] Unknown dates
- Philip John Noel-Baker wins the Nobel Prize for Peace.
[edit] Births
[edit] January - February
- 7 January - Angela Evans Smith, British Labour Co-operative politician and MP for Basildon
- 16 January - Sade Adu, Nigerian-born British singer, composer, songwriter and record producer
- 30 January - Alex Hyde-White, English actor
- February 3 - Laurence Tolhurst, cofounder and former drummer/keyboardist of The Cure
- February 23 - Richard Dodds, British field hockey player
- 27 February - Simon Critchley, British philosopher
[edit] March - April
- 9 March - Mark Carwardine, British zoologist
- 15 March - Ben Okri,Nigerian-born poet and novelist.
- March 20 - Steve McFadden, British actor
- 21 March - Colin Jones, Welsh boxer, who represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 5 April - Ian Pearson,British Labour politician and MP for Dudley South
- 15 April - Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, and screenwriter.
- April 16 - Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player
- April 21 - Robert Smith, British musician (The Cure)
- 25 April - Adrian Sanders, British Liberal Democrat politician and MP for Torbay
- April 27 - Sheena Easton, Scottish singer
[edit] May - June
- May 3 - Ben Elton, British comedian and writer
- May 5 - Ian McCulloch, English singer (Echo & the Bunnymen)
- May 15 - Andrew Eldritch, British musician (The Sisters of Mercy)
- 17 May - Paul Whitehouse, Welsh comedian and actor
- May 22 - Steven Morrissey, British singer
- 29 May - Rupert Everett, English actor
- May 29 - Adrian Paul, British actor
- 1 June - Martin Brundle, English motor racing and former Formula One driver
- 1 June - Peter Skinner, British Labour politician and MEP for South East England
- 11 June - Hugh Laurie , English actor, comedian and writer
- 19 June - Sophie Grigson, British cookery writer and celebrity chef
- 21 June - John Baron, British Conservative politician and MP for Billericay
- June 27 - Clint Boon, British musician (Inspiral Carpets)
- 29 June - Richard Vranch, British comedian, actor, and TV panel show participant
[edit] July - August
- July 3 - Julie Burchill, British journalist
- July 13 - Richard Leman, British field hockey player
- 26 July - Kevin Spacey, American actor and director
- 31 July - Kim Newman, English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer
- August 1 - Joe Elliott, British singer (Def Leppard)
- 20 August - Andrew Pelling, British Conservative politician and MP for Croydon Central
- 24 August - Meg Munn, British Labour Co-operative politician and MP for Sheffield Heeley
- 27 August - Jeanette Winterson, British novelist.
[edit] September - October
- September 18 - Ian Arkwright, English footballer
- October 7 - Simon Cowell, English music producer and television talent show judge
- October 10 - Kirsty MacColl, British singer and songwriter (d.2000)
- October 15 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
- 16 October - Gary Kemp, English pop artist (Spandau Ballet)
- 16 October - John Whittingdale, British Conservative politician and MP for Maldon and Chelmsford East
- 20 October - Niamh Cusack, Irish-born actress
- October 26 - Brian Bovell, British actor
[edit] November - December
- November 14 - Paul McGann, British actor
- 15 November - Tibor Fischer, British novelist and short story writer
- November 18 - Jimmy Quinn, Irish footballer and football manager
- November 25 - Charles Kennedy, British Liberal Democrat politician
- November 30 - Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist
- 2 December - Gwyneth Strong, British actress
- 6 December - Stephen Hepburn, British Labour politician and MP for Jarrow
- 12 December - Jasper Conran, English fashion designer
- 28 December - Andy McNab, is a British soldier turned novelist
- 30 December - Tracey Ullman, is an English comedian, actress, singer, dancer, screenwriter, and author
[edit] Unknown date
- Dilly Braimoh, African-British television presenter and producer.
- Amanda Craig, British novelist.
- Susanna Clarke, British writer (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
- Peter Doig, British painter.
- Mick Hume, British journalist and former organiser of the Revolutionary Communist Party
- WPC Yvonne Fletcher, British policewoman shot and killed during a protest outside the Libyan embassy (d. 1984)
- Nick Griffin, British politician and chairman of the British National Party (BNP).
- Lucy Kellaway, British columnist at the Financial Times
- Mick Manning, British children's author and illustrator
- Peter Mullan, Scottish actor
- Jasper Morrison, English product and furniture designer.
- Yvonne Ridley, British journalist and Respect Party politician
[edit] Deaths
- January 22 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)
- February 15 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- July 11 - Charlie Parker, English cricketer (b. 1882)
- August 5 - Edgar Guest, English poet (b. 1881)
- November 15 - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
- December 22 - Gilda Gray, Polish-born dancer and actress (b. 1901)

