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This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
September 21: International Day of Peace; Independence Day in Armenia ; Banned Books Week begins (2014) 1860 – Second Opium War : Anglo-French forces earned a decisive victory against Qing dynasty troops in the Battle of Palikao , allowing them to capture Beijing .
September 21 is the 264th day of ... 1745 – A British government army led by Sir John ... Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1950) 2014 ...
?Since 1981, the United Nations has annually recognized September 21 as the International Day of Peace.
The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. It is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian aid access. The day was first ...
21 August – 2014 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election: David Jamieson is elected, replacing Bob Jones, who died on 1 July. [100] 24 August A British man who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone is flown back to the UK for treatment. [101] British actor, director, producer, and entrepreneur Richard Attenborough dies ...
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1969. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. For narratives about this time period, see Post-war Britain (1945–1979), Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979),
The government of the colony of Southern Rhodesia, whose prime ministers had frequently attended Imperial and Commonwealth conferences since 1930, is excluded due to a decision to confine attendance at meetings to leaders of independent states. [2] 21 September Malta joins the Commonwealth upon being granted independence by the United Kingdom.