Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1924 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
On this day:
Great London Tornado - 1091, Battle of Fornham - 1173, Battle of Neville Cross - 1346, Regicides Executed - 1660, London Beer Flood - 1814, 1st Professional Golf Tournament - 1860, First Motoring Offences in Britain - 1895, First Full-Scale British Air-raid - 1917, World’s First Fully Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Opened - 1956, Hatfield Rail Crash - 2000
Famous and historic events from 1924
First Broadcast by British Monarch
First Labour Government
Ramsay MacDonald becomes Britain's 1st Labour PM
Famous Britons born in 1924
Anthony Caro
Antony Hewish
Benny Hill
Bet Low
Brian Rix
Clement Freud
Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
Hugh Huxley
John Culshaw
John Lewis
Judith Hart
Leslie Phillips
Mary Warnock
Michael Hamburger
Neville Marriner
Peter Shore
Rikki Fulton
Robert Bolt
Sir James Black
Sir John Harvey-Jones
Stuart MacKenzie
Tony Hancock
Wolf Mankowitz
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