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Events from the year 1954 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Births
- 4 January - Dave Ulliott, professional poker player
- 6 January - Anthony Minghella, film director (died 2008)
- 9 February - Kevin Warwick, scientist
- 16 February - Iain Banks, writer
- 20 February - Anthony Stewart Head, actor
- 4 March - Willie Thorne, snooker player
- 8 March - David Wilkie, swimmer
- 13 March - Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, politician
- 17 March - Lesley-Anne Down, actress
- 19 April - Trevor Francis, footballer
- 1 May - Archie Norman, politician and businessman
- 10 July - Neil Tennant, musician
- 2 August - Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
- 11 August - Joe Jackson, singer
- 25 August - Elvis Costello, singer
- September 15 - Colin Cunningham, swimmer
- 3 November - Adam Ant, singer
- 8 November - Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-born author
- 5 December - Hanif Kureishi, novelist and screenwriter
- 8 December - Louis de Bernières, author
- 25 December - Annie Lennox, singer
- 31 December - Alex Salmond, Scottish National Party leader
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[edit] References
- ^ ""Comet jet crashes with 35 on board", BBC On This Day". http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_2709000/2709957.stm. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ ""New authority for atomic energy", BBC On This Day". http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/12/newsid_2540000/2540781.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 407–408. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ ""Oxford wins 100th Boat Race", BBC On This Day". http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/3/newsid_2889000/2889013.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ ""Bannister breaks four-minute mile", BBC On This Day". http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/6/newsid_2511000/2511575.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ a b "The Lost Decade Timeline, BBC". http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ a b c d Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ ""Housewives celebrate end of rationing", BBC On This Day". http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_3818000/3818563.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ ""National Trust buys remote island", BBC On This Day". http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/3/newsid_3020000/3020298.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ ""Chataway beats 5,000m world record", BBC On This Day". http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/13/newsid_3150000/3150709.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ ""Ethiopian emperor visits UK", BBC On This Day". http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/14/newsid_2532000/2532907.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
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