Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1929 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:
Drake completes the first circumnavigation of the globe - 1580, 1st British Open Golf Championship - 1861, Blackpool illuminations light up for 1st time - 1925, 1st Birds Eye Fishfingers go on Sale - 1955, 21 IRA men escape from Maze Prison - 1983
Famous and historic events from 1929
BBC begins TV Transmissions
First Green Belt land approved
Gillingham Firefighting Display Disaster
Heaviest British Snowfall
Paisley Cinema Disaster
Wall Street Crash
Famous Britons born in 1929
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alun Hoddinott
Alun Richards
Betty Boothroyd
Brian Friel
David Sheppard
Gerry Anderson
Graham Hill
Jack Higgins
Jean Simmons
Jim Slater
Joan Plowright
John Osborne
Keith Waterhouse
Kenneth Leighton
Kenneth MacMillan
Kenneth Macmillan
Len Deighton
Magnus Magnusson
Nicholas Ridley
Nigel Hawthorne
Patricia Routledge
Patrick Mayhew
Peter Higgs
Robert Welch
Roger Bannister
Ronnie Barker
Stirling Moss
Thom Gunn
Willis Hall
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