Articles on 1968 in the United Kingdom, Including - Rivers of Blood Speech, United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, 1968 British Grand Prix, Partridge V Crittenden, List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1968 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Events from the year 1968 in the United Kingdom. *Prime Minister - Harold Wilson, Labour Party ** The 'I'm Backing Britain' campaign encouraging workers to work extra hours without pay, or take other actions to help competitiveness, spreads across Britain. * 4 February - 96 Indians and Pakistanis arrive in Britain from Kenya. Some 1,500 Asians have now arrived in Britain from Kenya, where they were forced out by increasingly draconian immigration laws. * 29 February - Announcement of the first discovery of a pulsar by astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell at University of Cambridge. * 12 March - Mauritius achieves independence from British Rule. * 17 March - A demonstration in London's Grosvenor Square against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War leads to violence - 91 police injured, 200 demonstrators arrested. * 7 April - Motor racing world champion Jim Clark, 32, is killed when his car leaves the track at 170 mph and smashes into a tree during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim. * 18 June - Frederick West, Britain's first heart transplant, dies 46 days after his operation. * 4 July - Alec Rose returns from a 354-day single-handed round-the-world trip for which he receives a knighthood the following day. * 17 July - The Beatles animated film Yellow Submarine debuts in London. * 11 August - The last steam passenger train service runs in Britain: British Rail steam locomotives make the 314-mile journey from Liverpool to Carlisle and return before being dispatched to the scrapyard or