Tony Blackburn looks at 1972 1973 January 1 January – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark entered the European Economic Community.[1] 4 January – 300 children attacked British Army troops in Derry, Northern Ireland.[2] 11 January – The Open University awarded its first degrees.[3] 18 January – Eleven Labour Party councillors in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England, are ordered to pay £6,985 for not enforcing the Housing Finance Act. 19 January – The super tug Statesman was sent to protect British fishing vessels from Icelandic action in the Cod War.[4] 22 January – British share values fell by £4,000,000,000 in one day. 25 January – English actor Derren Nesbitt is convicted of assaulting his wife Anne Aubrey.
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