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Jacqueline Begum is a human born in the United Kingdom in 1973. The sex at birth is presumed to be female.
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This record was created on April 19, 2023 on The Population Project. It hasn't been edited since then.
The Context
What was the context in the United Kingdom in 1973?
The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community. Eleven Labour Party councillors in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England, are ordered to pay £6,985 for not enforcing the Housing Finance Act. The super tug Statesman is sent to protect British fishing vessels from Icelandic action in the Cod War. The Court of Appeal of England and Wales rules that The Sunday Times can publish articles on thalidomide and Distillers Company, despite ongoing legal actions by parents (the decision is overturned in July by the House of Lords). Two Pakistanis are shot dead by police in London after being found in the Indian High Commission carrying pistols, which are later established to have been fake.
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