Terence Carter

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Born	22 MAR 1946
Died	17 MAY 2003 , East Grinstead, West Sussex
Marriage	Lesley K. Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George VI

Birth

22 Mar 1946

Born
Age 1

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 2

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 2

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 2

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 4

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 5

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 6

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 6

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 6

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 7

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 7

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 8

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 8

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 9

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 10

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 10

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 11

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 11

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 12

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 13

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 16

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 16

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 17

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 18

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 19

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 20

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 20

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 21

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 22

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 23

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 24

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 26

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 29

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age 30

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age 31

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age 32

25 Jul 1978

Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born
Age 33

4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
Age 34

8 Dec 1980

John Lennon shot dead
Age 35

29 Jul 1981

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Age 36

2 Apr 1982

Falklands War
Age 37

1984–1985

Miners' strike
Age 39

13 Jul 1985

Live Aid
Age 40

26 Apr 1986

Chernobyl disaster
Age 40

29 Oct 1986

M25 motorway completed

It circles London through Surrey.
Age 40

6 Mar 1987

Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster
Age 41

16 Oct 1987

The Great Storm

Hurricane-force winds hit Surrey and Sussex especially hard.
Age 41

18 Nov 1987

King's Cross fire
Age 42

6 Jul 1988

Piper Alpha oil platform disaster
Age 42

21 Dec 1988

Lockerbie bombing
Age 43

Mar 1989

Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
Age 43

15 Apr 1989

Hillsborough disaster
Age 43

9 Nov 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall
Age 44

22 Nov 1990

Margaret Thatcher resigns
Age 44

17 Jan 1991

Gulf War begins
Age 45

20 Feb 1992

The Premier League is formed
Age 46

24 Feb 1993

Bobby Moore dies
Age 48

6 May 1994

Channel Tunnel opens
Age 50

8 Jun 1996

Euro 96 begins in England
Age 50

5 Jul 1996

Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, is born
Age 51

2 May 1997

Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister
Age 51

1 Jul 1997

Hong Kong handed back to China
Age 51

31 Aug 1997

Diana, Princess of Wales, dies
Age 52

10 Apr 1998

Good Friday Agreement
Age 53

26 May 1999

Manchester United win the Champions League and complete the Treble
Age 54

20 Feb 2001

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
Age 55

11 Sep 2001

September 11 attacks
Age 55

7 Oct 2001

War in Afghanistan begins
Age 56

20 Mar 2003

Iraq War begins
Age 57

17 May 2003

Died at East Grinstead, West Sussex