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  2. 1924 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    1 February – The United Kingdom recognises the Soviet Union. [6] 5 February – The hourly Greenwich Time Signal from Royal Greenwich Observatory is broadcast for the first time. [2] 18 February – Commissioning of HMS Hermes (95), the Royal Navy's first purpose-designed aircraft carrier. 28 March – First BBC broadcast from Plymouth ...

  3. List of United Kingdom censuses - Wikipedia

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    The census in the United Kingdom is decennial, that is, held every ten years, although there is provision in the Census Act 1920 for a census to take place at intervals of five years or more. There are actually three separate censuses in the United Kingdom – in England and Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland – although they are often co ...

  4. The Day the World Took Off - Wikipedia

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    The Day the World Took Off is a Channel 4 2000 six-part documentary series about the roots of the Industrial Revolution in England.. Five historians of science and industry gathered at the University of Cambridge to discuss why the Industrial Revolution occurred in England, at the time it did.

  5. Demographics of England - Wikipedia

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    Estimations of white and non-white population in England and Wales, 1951-1968 [29] Ethnic group (reported as 'Area of origin') 1951 [note 4] 1961 [note 4] 1966 mid-1968 Estimates based solely off of immigrant population [note 4] Total estimated (including estimates of those born in the UK) [note 5] Population % Population % Population ...

  6. Cinema of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known surviving film (from 1888) was shot in the United Kingdom as well as early colour films. While film production reached an all-time high in 1936, [6] the "golden age" of British cinema is usually thought to have occurred in the 1940s, during which the directors David Lean, [7] Michael Powell, [8] and Carol Reed [9] produced their most critically acclaimed works.

  7. Demographics of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at 67,596,281 in 2022. [1] It is the 21st most populated country in the world and has a population density of 279 people per square kilometre (720 people/sq mi), with England having significantly greater density than Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. [1]

  8. Category:1924 in England - Wikipedia

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    England portal; History portal; Geography portal; 1920s portal ... Pages in category "1924 in England" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

  9. Census in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Form used to poll English households during the 2001 Census. Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931, [1] and Scotland in 2021.