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This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England .
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
British molecular biologists Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, along with American James D. Watson, share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".
It was the only general strike in British history, for TUC leaders such as Ernest Bevin considered it a mistake. Most historians treat it as a singular event with few long-term consequences, but Martin Pugh says it accelerated the movement of working-class voters to the Labour Party, which led to future gains. [ 161 ]
British liner SS Athenia becomes the first civilian casualty of the war when she is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-30 between Rockall and Tory Island. Of the 1,418 aboard, 98 passengers and 19 crew are killed. [22] In the week beginning today 400,000 pets are euthanised. [23]
November – The first production Blue Danube atomic bomb, the first British-developed and -built nuclear weapon, is delivered to the Bomber Command stockpile at RAF Wittering, concluding the High Explosive Research project to develop it. 2 November – The Samaritans telephone counselling service for the suicidal is started by Rev. Chad Varah ...
The number of workforce deaths in the coal industry is reported to have fallen to a record low since nationalisation two years ago. [20]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 ...
1 January – The government nationalises the coal industry in the UK [1] and Cable & Wireless. [2]2 January – British coins cease to include any silver content. [1]8 January – A Cabinet sub-committee approves High Explosive Research, a civil project to develop an independent British atomic bomb.