Date School News National Or International News 21St January 1963 19Th June 1963 School Opened in New Building with 57 Children
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Date School News National or International News 21st January 1963 School opened in new building with 57 children June 16 Russian cosmonaut, Lieutenant on roll under the headship of Mr W. G. Valentina Tereshkova, becomes the first Bullivant. woman to go into space 19th June 1963 School broken into. August 8. A gang of 15 men steal £2.6 million from a travelling post office “Up Special” train, in what is to become known as The Great Train Robbery August 28 Between 200,000 and 300,000 people take part in the 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom’. During the march, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his historic “I Have a Dream” speech November 22 John F. Kennedy is assassinated while riding with his wife Jacqueline in a Presidential motorcade 22nd October 1964 Divisional Education Officer voiced concerns January 11 United States Surgeon General that school understaffed for number of Luther Leonidas Terry releases the first report children. 65 pupils for 2 staff and 1 part-time. claiming that smoking may be hazardous to one’s health August 13 Murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen are the last people to be executed in the United Kingdom 6th September 1965 73 children on roll. January 30 Sir Winston Churchill is buried in a 6 boys, 1 girl, accompanied by Headmaster state funeral 29th October 1965 and Vicar, left for weekend’s walking tour of the Lakes. 8 March 3,500 U.S. Marines are dispatched to South Vietnam, marking the beginning of the American ground war 5th September 1966 75 children on roll. July 30 England beats West Germany 4-2 to Jumble Sale in school raised £40 for a 16mm win the World Cup. The trophy was stolen in the 27th October 1966 film projector. run-up to the tournament but was found a week later by a dog named “Pickles” May 6 'Moors murderers’ Ian Brody and Myra Hindley are jailed for life May 16 Mao Zedong, chairman of the Communist Party of China, launches the Cultural Revolution 30th January 1967 Builders, Barratt and Sons of Cockerham, 3 December Christiaan Barnard performs the started new classroom (infants). first successful human-to-human heart 22nd May 1967 School visit to York visited the Railway transplant in Cape Town, South Africa Museum, the Castle Folk Museum and the Debtors’ Prison and then sailed up the river 28 May Francis Chicester becomes the first Ouse. person to sail single-handed around the world 3rd July 1967 Infants moved into new classroom. 4th September 1967 77 children on roll. June 27 The world’s first ATM is installed in Barclay’s Bank in Enfield Town, North London 1st. 5th 8th April 1968 Medical Officer in school. April 4 Martin Luther King is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, 9th September1968 Mr A. Webster commenced duty as sparking several days of riots Headmaster. 82 children on roll. Aug 21 Several thousand Soviet troops invade 17th October 1968 Mrs Ambrose and Mr Bishop HMIs in school to Czechoslovakia in reaction to the Prague query the possibility of further extensions if Spring numbers increase. October 17 African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos perform the Black power salute as they collect their Olympic gold and bronze medals for the 200 metre race. 5th March 1969 4th Year took Verbal Reasoning Tests. March 5 Gangland twins Ronald and Reginald Kray are given life sentences for murder. 14th April 1969 Football and skittleball rally held in Lancaster. One team of boys and one team of girls April 15-18 500,000 music fans travel to Bethel, attended. New York for Woodstock festival 26th June 1969 School Summer Fair opened by Mr and Mrs R June 30 The Nigerian government bans all Red Beetham. £110 raised for school funds. Cross aid to Biafra, leaving four million people facing starvation 22nd July 1969 Children form Class 1 attended Lunesdale Secondary School Sports. July 21 American astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to set foot on the moon 7th September 89 children on roll. September 1 Muammar al Gaddafi and his 29th September 1969 The School Health Visitor, Mrs Storey, revolutionary army officers sieze power of Libya examined children for cleanliness. 100% from King Idris cleanliness reported. 81 children on roll. October 5 The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs on the BBC 25th January 1970 Annual commemoration service in church for Jan 22-23 The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its the opening of the new school. first commercial flight from New York to London, with Pan Am 7th September 1970 85 children on roll. 5th October 1970 School hand-bell ringers entertained at November 12 Bohla cyclone strikes Bangladesh Harvest Supper, Leck. and India’s West Bengal, killing between 300,000 and 500,000 people January BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom 18th February 25th Medical inspections of new starters and February 15 The United Kingdom and Ireland February 1st March children leaving school this year. switch to decimal currency 26th March 1971 30 children from infant class with 3 teachers March 26 Sk. Mujibur Rahman declares the and the vicar attended presentation of the independence of East Pakistan (now ‘Tinder Box’ at Ripley St Thomas CE Bangladesh) Secondary School July 3 Jim Morrison, leader of The Doors is 19th April 1971 94 children on roll. found dead in his bathtub in Paris, France 16th September 1971 School dentist began two weeks treatment in December 2 Six Persian Gulf sheikdoms found caravan situated in school car park. the United Arab Emirates 3rd December 1971 56 junior children and all members of staff and the vicar went to St Martin’s College, Lancaster to see their presentation of ‘Red Riding Hood’. 20th April 1972 Meeting in school to discuss suggested Middle Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrate School scheme for Lunesdale Secondary. Silver Wedding 30 Jan 26 unarmed civil rights protestors and bystanders are shot by members of the Britsh Army during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry. The incident later becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday’ 17th June 1972 Scottish Country Dance in Hornby Institute in May 28 and June 17 Five men break into the aid of school funds. £18 raised. Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The burglaries commence the Watergate scandal. 5th September 1972 92 children on roll. September 5 Eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered when eight members of the Arab terrorist group Black September storm the Olympic Village 4th January 1972 School re-opened, 92 children on roll. Cheque January 4 The pilot episode of Last of the for £16.50 sent to National Institute for the Summer Wine, which became the longest- blind being the total collected over the holiday running TV comedy series in the world, is period. broadcast on BBC One 2nd February 1973 First meeting of school Tufty Club for instruction in Road Safety. March 17 Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the 17th March 1973 Football trial held to select a Lunesdale team Moon is released for rally to be held in Lancaster. April 3 Martin Cooper, Motorola engineer, 4th September 1973 76 children on roll. makes the first ever public mobile phone call in New York 14th November 1973 School holiday to commemorate the wedding City of H.R.H. Princess Anne and Captain Mark 14th November 1973 – Princess Anne married Phillips. Captain Mark Philips 21st November 1973 Football match versus Melling School .November 20 The Sydney Opera House is opened by Queen Elizabeth. 12th March Junior classes entertained Hornby Old Age March The Terracotta Army is discovered by Pensioners with singing, dancing and playing Chinese archeologists near the capital of Xi’an of musical instruments, 7.30p.m. Village Institute. August 8 U.S. President Richard Nixon delivers his resignation speech on national television 3rd September 1974 Mr. J.O. Allen commenced duty as following his involvement in covering up the Headmaster. 82 children on roll. Watergate scandal 8th October 1974 Dry photocopier purchased. September 23 Ceefax (one of the first public service information systems) is started by the BBC 30th April 1975 Wray School and Tatham Fells School joined 30 April The Vietnam war is ended as North our school in a rehearsal for the Festival Vietnamese troops take control of Saigon Concert. 4th September 1975 78 children on roll. 27th September 1975 13 children attended an art workshop at Lancaster University run by Tony Hart. 17th November 1975 Ten children from Class 1 took part in a November 15 The Group of Six or G6 (now the sponsored swim for the Alexandra Day Fund. G8) is formed 21st January 1976 Six students form St Martin’s College visited Jan 21 Concorde begins its first commercial school and worked with Class 1 during the flight morning. This will continue throughout the term. 4th March 1976 The school attended the ‘Sod-cutting Ceremony’ for the swimming pool at Lunesdale County Secondary at 3p.m.. 12th March 1976 First PTA Function – a Family Evening. 1st April 1976 One of the Australian Leaf Insect Eggs received last year and put in the tank with the April 1 Apple Computer Company is founded by recently acquired leaf insects has hatched. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 31st August 1976 75 children on roll. August 26 The first known outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Yambuku, Zaire 25th May 1977 Five candidates for the post of Headmaster May 25 The first Star Wars film is released visited school in the morning.