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MP's vote 361–245 against the reinstatement of the death penalty, 18 years after its abolition. 15 July – Much of the country embraces a heatwave as temperatures reach 33 °C in London. 16 July – Twenty people are killed in the 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash in the Celtic Sea.
July 20. Buzz Aldrin's bootprint on the Moon. 1651 – Wars of the Three Kingdoms: After crossing the Firth of Forth, English Commonwealth forces defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing, opening the rest of the country to occupation. 1867 – The United States Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to seek peace ...
1952 in various calendars. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1952. 1952 ( MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.
April 14. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 261 days remain until the end of the year.
5 March – Gloucester City A.F.C. is formed. 15 March – Fenian dynamite campaign: An explosion at the Local Government Board, Charles Street, Mayfair ( Westminster) causes over £4,000 worth of damage and some minor injuries to people nearby. A second bomb at The Times newspaper offices in Queen Victoria Street, London does not explode.
1922 English cricket season. Football: England | Scotland. 1922 in British radio. Events from the year 1922 in the United Kingdom . Irish affairs occupied an important place in politics throughout this year. 1922 saw the establishment of the Irish Free State in the south and west of the island.
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, History of the formation of the United Kingdom and History of the United Kingdom
2015 (Sunday) January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 361 days remain until the end of the year (362 in leap years ).