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The number of workforce deaths in the coal industry is reported to have fallen to a record low since nationalisation two years ago. [24]With an average Central England temperature of 10.64 °C or 51.15 °F, the record for the hottest year in that series set in 1834 and equalled in 1921 is broken. 1949's record stands until 1990 by when anthropogenic global warming has come largely to control ...
1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
17 December – The Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is opened in the Midlands, making it the first part of the UK outside London to receive the BBC Television Service. 31 December – BBC television ends the day with a brief live broadcast of 20 sleeping babies in St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Chrystabel Leighton-Porter. Comedy based on comic strip. The Adventures of PC 49. Godfrey Grayson. Hugh Latimer, John Penrose. Crime. All Over the Town. Derek N. Twist. Norman Wooland, Sarah Churchill.
7 February – Alan Lancaster, bass player ( Status Quo and The Party Boys) 16 February – Lyn Paul, English singer and actress ( The New Seekers) 26 February – Dame Emma Kirkby, soprano. 24 March – Nick Lowe, singer-songwriter. 11 April – Lee Sheriden, singer with Brotherhood of Man. 13 May – Jane Glover, conductor.
v. t. e. The winter of 1946–1947 was a harsh European winter noted for its adverse effects in the United Kingdom. It caused severe hardships in economic terms and living conditions in a country still recovering from the Second World War. There were massive disruptions of energy supply for homes, offices and factories.
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.
England. Northern Ireland. Scotland. Wales. Other countries. v. t. e. 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 ...