Events from 1979 in England
Incumbent
Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - James Callaghan (until 4 May), Margaret Thatcher (from 4 May)
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. 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 10 April – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer 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
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