Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1906 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:
Normans Invade Ireland - 1169, Great Exhibition opens - 1851, TUC meets to agree on a General Strike - 1926, Sutton Hoo Dig Begins - 1939, Betting Shops Legal - 1961, Last UK Concert by Beatles - 1966, Tony Blairs 'New Labour' sweeps to power - 1997, Millennium May Day Protests - 2000
Famous and historic events from 1906
Prince of Wales Opens Vauxhall Bridge
Royal Navy launches the first 'Dreadnought' battleship
Famous Britons born in 1906
A J P Taylor
Carol Reed
Catherine Cookson
Edward Hulton
Eric Birley
Ernst Chain
Hugh Gaitskell
Ithell Colquhoun
J I M Stewart
Joan Hassall
John Betjeman
John Phillips
Phyllis Pearsall
Richard Llewellyn
Richard van der Riet Woolley
T H White
Vero Wynne-Edwards
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