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Events relating to england
Paul Scofield plays Thomas More in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons
British artist Anthony Caro begins welding and painting abstract metal sculpture
Penguin Books are prosecuted for obscenity for publishing D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover, and are acquitted
British artist Bridget Riley creates patterns that produce unexpected optical effects, in a style that becomes known as op art
Britain formally tables an application to join the European Economic Community
British author Roald Dahl publishes a novel for children, James and the Giant Peach
British novelist Muriel Spark publishes The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, set in an Edinburgh school in the 1930s
In a series of informal meetings, Harold Macmillan tries to persuade Charles de Gaulle that Britain should join the EEC
Harold Macmillan dismisses a third of his cabinet, including his chancellor, in what becomes known as 'the night of the long knives'
Sean Connery creates on screen the role of 007 in the first James Bond film, Dr No
The Rolling Stones, led by Mick Jagger, give their first performance as a group, in London's Marquee Club
Coventry's new cathedral is inaugurated, enhanced by a wide range of work by leading British artists
A great tapestry by Graham Sutherland hangs above the altar in the newly consecrated Coventry cathedral
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, setting poems by Wilfred Owen, is first performed in the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral
British author Doris Lessing publishes an influential feminist novel, The Golden Notebook
David Lean directs Peter O'Toole in the title role of the film Lawrence of Arabia
17-year-old English cellist Jacqueline du Pré creates a stir playing Elgar's concerto in the Royal Festival Hall
British author P.D. James's first novel, Cover Her Face, introduces her poet detective Adam Dalgleish
British Grand Prix driver Graham Hill wins the first of two world championship titles
Anthony Burgess publishes A Clockwork Orange, a novel depicting a disturbing and violent near-future
British surgeon John Charnley pioneers the technique of joint replacement, giving a patient a new hip in a small hospital in Wrightington
John Profumo, secretary of state for war, tells the House of Commons there is no truth in rumours about a sexual relationship between himself and Christine Keeler
John Profumo resigns from- his cabinet position after admitting that he had lied to the House of Commons about his relationship with Christine Keeler
Harold Macmillan, in hospital for a prostate operation, resigns as UK prime minister
On Macmillan's advice to the Queen, Lord Home (rather than Rab Butler) succeeds him as prime minister
