| 1960 | Macmillan Wind of Change speech
Cyprus and Nigeria become independent
EFTA established |
| 1961 | South Africa leaves Commonwealth
JF Kennedy US President |
| 1962 | National Economic Development Council is formed
Cuban Missile Crisis
Death of Marilyn Monroe |
| 1963 | Profumo Affair
Macmillan resigns as PM due to ill-health
The Earl of Home renounces peerage and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home becomes Prime Minister
Kennedy assassinated |
| 1964 | Labour wins General Election
Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister |
| 1965 | Death of Winston Churchill
Edward Heath succeeds Douglas-Home as Tory leader
Rhodesia declares independence |
| 1966 | Barclay's introduces first British credit card |
| 1967 | Sterling is devalued
Six Day Arab-Israeli War |
| 1968 | Commonwealth Immigration Act is passed
Anti Vietnam War riots throughout Europe |
| 1969 | Charter given to Open University
Start of present "Troubles" in Ulster
Prince Charles becomes Prince of Wales
Knox-Johnston, first non-stop single handed circumnavigation |
| 1970 | Tories win General Election
Edward Heath PM |
| 1971 | Decimal Currency introduced
Industrial Relations Act is passed |
| 1972 | Northern Irish Parliament is replaced by Westminster |
| 1973 | Britain joins EEC
VAT introduced
Yom Kippur War |
| 1974 | Labour win General Election
Harold Wilson is Prime Minister again |
| 1975 | British EEC Referendum
Sex Discrimination Act |
| 1976 | Race Relations Act
Concorde makes its first passenger flight
Wilson retires and Callaghan becomes Prime Minister |
| 1977 | Nationalisation of aircraft industry
Jimmy Carter becomes President of the USA |
| 1978 | Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II |
| 1979 | Tories win General Election
Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman PM
Lord Mountbatten assassinated by IRA |
