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22 April – Chat Moss airport opens in Manchester, Britain's first municipal airport. [3] Age of Marriage Act 1929 passed, raising the legal marriageable age to sixteen years for both parties to a marriage. Yorkshire cricketer Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a match against Oxford University.
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of 209,331 km 2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world.
11–19 February – Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland and win one bronze medal. 12 February. An underground explosion at Haig Pit, Whitehaven, in the Cumberland Coalfield, kills thirteen miners undertaking clearance after an earlier fatal accident. [ 5]
10–24 October – Great Britain competes at the Olympics in Tokyo and wins 4 gold, 12 silver and 2 bronze medals. 15 October – 1964 United Kingdom general election. The Labour Party defeats the Conservatives and Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister, having gained a majority of five seats.
1992 English cricket season. Football: England | Scotland. 1992 in British television. 1992 in British music. 1992 in British radio. UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992. Events from the year 1992 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Ruby Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II .
10 January – British submarine HMS L24 sinks in a collision in the English Channel – 43 dead. 15 January – The world's first original adult radio play, Danger by Richard Hughes, is broadcast by the British Broadcasting Company from its studios in London. 22 January – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister, leading a ...
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.
29 July–14 August – Olympic Games held in London. [1] Great Britain and Northern Ireland win 3 gold, 14 silver and 6 bronze medals at the event which is televised by the BBC. 29 July Stoke Mandeville Games are held for the first time, the predecessor of the Paralympic Games. [14]