Jenny Chapman, English politician
Jennifer Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington (born 25 September 1973) is a British politician and life peer attending shadow cabinet as a Shadow Minister of State at the Cabinet Office since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 2010 to 2019.
Born in Surrey and raised in Darlington, Chapman served as a Shadow Justice Minister from 2011 to 2016, a Shadow Education Minister in 2016 and a Shadow Brexit Minister from 2016 to 2019. She lost her seat in the House of Commons to the Conservative candidate at the 2019 general election. She chaired Keir Starmer's campaign in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, and was appointed his political secretary and awarded a life peerage following his election. In 2021, Chapman moved to the opposition front bench in a new position established to shadow Lord Frost.
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- 20Jul
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee, the famous Chinese actor and martial-arts expert, dies in Los Angeles at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller. - 15Aug
Cambodia
Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends. - 22Aug
Salvador Allende
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections. - 17Oct
1973 oil crisis
OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria. - 4Nov
1973 oil crisis
The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.