A Look Back At

Born in 1966

What Was Life Like in 1966?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Harold Wilson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

14p

Loaf of Bread

9p

Petrol (per litre)

7p

Average House

£3,840

Weekly Wage

£20.30

Value of Money

£1 in 1966 would be worth approximately £26.90 in today's money.

Events of 1966 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1966 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 March – In an interview published in the Evening Standard, John Lennon of The Beatles comments, "We're more popular than Jesus now".
  • 31 March – The Labour Party led by Harold Wilson win the general election with a landslide majority of 96 seats.
  • 26 May – British Guiana achieves independence from the United Kingdom, becoming Guyana.
  • 5 August – The Beatles release the album Revolver.
  • 24 August – Tom Stoppard's tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is first staged, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
  • 30 September – The Bechuanaland Protectorate in Africa achieves independence from the UK as Botswana.
  • 4 October – Basutoland becomes independent and takes the name "Lesotho".
  • 30 November – Barbados achieves independence.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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UK No. 1 on 1 January 1966

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