William Carr

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Born	1945 , Liverpool
Died	1997
Marriage	Billy W. Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George VI

Birth

1945

Born at Liverpool
Year of birth

8 May 1945

VE Day
Year of birth

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age c. 2

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age c. 3

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age c. 3

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age c. 3

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age c. 5

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age c. 7

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age c. 7

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age c. 8

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age c. 8

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age c. 8

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age c. 8

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age c. 9

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age c. 9

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age c. 10

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age c. 11

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age c. 11

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age c. 12

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age c. 13

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age c. 13

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age c. 14

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age c. 17

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age c. 17

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age c. 18

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age c. 20

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age c. 20

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age c. 21

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age c. 21

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age c. 22

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age c. 24

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age c. 24

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age c. 26

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age c. 28

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age c. 31

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age c. 31

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age c. 32

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age c. 33

25 Jul 1978

Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born
Age c. 34

4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
Age c. 35

8 Dec 1980

John Lennon shot dead
Age c. 36

29 Jul 1981

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Age c. 37

2 Apr 1982

Falklands War
Age c. 39

1984–1985

Miners' strike
Age c. 40

13 Jul 1985

Live Aid
Age c. 41

26 Apr 1986

Chernobyl disaster
Age c. 41

29 Oct 1986

M25 motorway completed

It circles London through Surrey.
Age c. 42

6 Mar 1987

Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster
Age c. 42

16 Oct 1987

The Great Storm

Hurricane-force winds hit Surrey and Sussex especially hard.
Age c. 42

18 Nov 1987

King's Cross fire
Age c. 43

6 Jul 1988

Piper Alpha oil platform disaster
Age c. 43

21 Dec 1988

Lockerbie bombing
Age c. 44

Mar 1989

Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
Age c. 44

15 Apr 1989

Hillsborough disaster
Age c. 44

9 Nov 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall
Age c. 45

22 Nov 1990

Margaret Thatcher resigns
Age c. 46

17 Jan 1991

Gulf War begins
Age c. 47

20 Feb 1992

The Premier League is formed
Age c. 48

24 Feb 1993

Bobby Moore dies
Age c. 49

6 May 1994

Channel Tunnel opens
Age c. 51

8 Jun 1996

Euro 96 begins in England
Age c. 51

5 Jul 1996

Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, is born
Age c. 52

1997

Died
Age c. 52

2 May 1997

Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister
Age c. 52

1 Jul 1997

Hong Kong handed back to China
Age c. 52

31 Aug 1997

Diana, Princess of Wales, dies