Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1910 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
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Launch of BBC2 - 1964, Enoch Powells Rivers of Blood Speech - 1968, Sinclair ZX Spectrum Launched - 1982
Famous and historic events from 1910
A draw in the General Election - both sides get 272 seats
Crippen convicted at Old Bailey
Crippen hanged
First Briton Killed in Aircraft Accident
First Man Utd Match at Old Trafford
First UK Air Display
Westhoughton Pit Disaster
Famous Britons born in 1910
Alfred Robens
Alicia Markova
Barbara Castle
Charles Coulson
Christopher Cockerell
David Niven
Dorothy Hodgkin
Douglas Bader
Frederick Bruce
Gordon Gray
Hugh Greene
Hywel Lewis
Jack Hawkins
Jacquetta Hawkes
Joy Adamson
Joyce Grenfell
Misha Black
Norman MacCaig
Peter Pears
Ronald Coase
Sir Edmund Leach
Sir Wilfred Thesiger
Veronica Wedgwood
Recommended Books:
A Picture of Britain |
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Coast |
Churchill |
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