Timeline: Marion Cecil Trower: Our Family History

1910 - 1983 (72 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1383	1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
2	1832	4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
3	1850	9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
4	1863	2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
5	1898	7 Jul 1898—20 Aug 1959: Territory of Hawaii was Oraganized
6	1901	1 1901—6 May 1910: Edward VII House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark
7	1909	4 Mar 1909—4 Mar 1913: William Howard Taft William Howard Taft U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1909—4 Mar 1913: William Taft
8	1910	1910—1910: Halley's comet reappears 1910—1910: Tango becomes popular in North America and Europe 1910—1910: Madame Curie isolates radium 1910—1910: Dr Crippen caught by radio telegraphy; hanged 23 Nov at Pentonville 1910—1910: Constitutional crisis in Britain 1910—1910: Railway strike and coal strikes in Britain 1910—1910: Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture 1910—1910: Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris 6 May 1910—6 May 1910: Edward VII dies - George V becomes King 5 Jun 1910—20 Jan 1936: George V House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
9	1911	1911—1911: Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers (1911-1912) 1911—1911: Rutherford: theory of atomic structures 1911—1911: First British Official Secrets Act 1911—1911: British MPs receive a salary 1911—1911: Parliament Act in Britain reduces the power of the House of Lords 1911—1911: Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system 6 Jan 1911—1 Jun 1911: Census of Canada Census of 9 Provinces and 2 Territories counts 7,206,643 individuals 2 Apr 1911—2 Apr 1911: Census: Population - England and Wales: 36 Million; Scotland: 4.6 Million; N Ireland: 1.25 Million 22 Jun 1911—22 Jun 1911: Coronation of George V 14 Dec 1911—14 Dec 1911: National Insurance introduced in Britain
10	1912	1912—1912: Britain nationalises the telephone system 1912—1912: Discovery of the 'Piltdown Man' - hoax, exposed in 1953 1912—1912: Irish Home Rule crisis grows in Britain 1912—1912: Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras 1912—1912: The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole 1912—1912: Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912 18 Jan 1912—18 Jan 1912: Captain Scott's last expedition - he and his team reach the south pole on Jan 18th; all die on the way back, their bodies found in November 14 Apr 1912—14 Apr 1912: The 'unsinkable' Titanic sinks on maiden voyage - loss of 1,513 lives 13 May 1912—13 May 1912: Royal Flying Corps (later the RAF) founded in Britain 1 Jun 1912—6 Jan 1912: New Mexico 47th State 5 1912—13 May 1912: 17th Amendment passed by Congress 2 1912—14 Feb 1912: Arizona 48th State 8 1912—2 Jan 1959: Alaska Territory Organized 6 1912—30 Jun 1912: Saskatchewan tornado The worst tornado in Canadian history claims 28 lives in Regina
11	1913	1913—1913: Geiger invents his counter to measure radioactivity 1913—1913: Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley of Sheffield 1913—1913: Trade Union Act in Britain establishes the right to use Union funds for political purposes 1913—1913: Suffragette demonstrations in London - Mrs Pankhurst imprisoned 1913—1913: Third Irish Home Rule Bill rejected by House of Lords - threat of civil war in Ireland - formation of Ulster Volunteers to oppose Home Rule 1913—1913: The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne 1913—1913: The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now know as, ecstasy 1913—1913: Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra 1913—1913: Gideon Sundback invents the modern zipper 2 Mar 1913—3 Feb 1913: 16th Amendment ratified 4 Mar 1913—4 Mar 1921: Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1913—3 Mar 1921: Woodrow Wilson 4 Jun 1913—4 Jun 1913: Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby and dies 4 Aug 1913—8 Apr 1913: 17th Amendment ratified
12	1914	1914—1914: Chaplin and De Mille make their first films 1914—1914: Irish Home Rule Act provides for a separate Parliament in Ireland; the position of Ulster to be decided after the War 1914—1918: World War One Canadian forces fight in Europe during World War 1 1914—1914: Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask 6 Jan 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917. 28 Jun 1914—28 Jun 1914: Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo 4 Aug 1914—4 Aug 1914: Britain declares war on Germany, citing Belgian neutrality as reason 5 Aug 1914—5 Aug 1914: British cableship Telconia cut through all five of Germany's undersea telegraph links to the outside world 15 Aug 1914—15 Aug 1914: Panama Canal opened, the Canal cement boat 'Ancon' making the first official transit (plans for a grand opening were cancelled due to the start of WW1) Oct 1914—Oct 1914: Battle of Ypres - beginning of trench warfare on western front 27 Nov 1914—27 Nov 1914: First policewoman goes on duty in Britain 16 Dec 1914—16 Dec 1914: German battleships bombard Hartlepool and Scarborough 6 1914—19 Jun 1914: Alberta coal mine disaster The worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history claims 189 lives in Hillcrest 5 1914—30 May 1914: Empress of Ireland sinks 1,014 lives are lost when ship sinks in Gulf of St. Lawrence
13	1915	1915—1915: Junkers construct first fighter aeroplane 1915—1915: First automatic telephone exchange in Britain 1915—1915: A new constitution establishes a two-chamber parliament elected by universal suffrage 1915—1915: Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City 19 Jan 1915—19 Jan 1915: First Zeppelin air raid on England, over East Anglia - four killed Feb 1915—Feb 1915: Submarine blockade of Britain starts Apr 1915—Apr 1915: Second Battle of Ypres - poison gas used for first time 25 Apr 1915—25 Apr 1915: Gallipoli campaign starts (declared ANZAC Day in 1916) 7 May 1915—7 May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off coast of Ireland - 1,198 died 16 May 1915—16 May 1915: First meeting of a British WI (Women's Institute) took place in Llanfairpwll (aka Llanfair PG), Anglesey
14	1916	1916—1916: Compulsory military service introduced in Britain 1916—1916: Women get vote in Manitoba Manitoba is the first province to give women the right to vote 1916—1916: Radios tuners invented, that received different stations 1916—1916: Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly Feb 1916—Feb 1916: Battle of Verdun - appalling losses on both sides, stalemate continues 24 Apr 1916—24 Apr 1916: Easter Rising in Ireland - after the leaders are executed, public opinion backs independence 21 May 1916—21 May 1916: First use of Daylight Saving Time in UK 31 May 1916—31 May 1916: Battle of Jutland - only major naval battle between the British and German fleets 5 Jun 1916—5 Jun 1916: Sinking of HMS Hampshire and death of Kitchener 3 Aug 1916—3 Aug 1916: Sir Roger Casement hanged at Pentonville Prison for treason 15 Sep 1916—15 Sep 1916: First use of tanks in battle, but of limited effect (Battle of the Somme 1 July to 18 Nov: over 1 million casualties) 7 Dec 1916—7 Dec 1916: Lloyd-George becomes British Prime Minister of the coalition government 6 1916—29 Jun 1916: Ontario forest fire A forest fire in northern Ontario claims 233 lives
15	1917	1917—1917: Ministry of Labour is established in Britain 1917—1917: Battle of Cambrai - first use of massed tanks, but effect more psychological than actual 1917—1917: Income Tax introduced 1917—1917: Gideon Sundback patented the modern zipper (not the first zipper) Feb 1917—Feb 1917: February revolution in Russia; Tsar Nicholas abdicates 6 Apr 1917—11 Nov 1918: World War I World War I 16 Apr 1917—16 Apr 1917: Lenin returns to Russia after exile 17 Apr 1917—17 Apr 1917: USA declares war on Germany 26 May 1917—26 May 1917: George V changes surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor (Royal proclamation on 17 July) 12 Jun 1917—6 Dec 1917: The Halifax Explosion Canada's worst single disaster, claims 1600 lives, injures 9000 and leaves 6000 homeless in Halifax, Nova Scotia Jul 1917—Jul 1917: Battle of Passchendaele - little gained by either side (Jul-Nov) 4 Sep 1917—12 Apr 1917: WW1 - Vimy Ridge Canadian Corps take Vimy Ridge in France but 3,600 die and another 5,000 wounded 7 Nov 1917—7 Nov 1917: 'October' Revolution in Russia - Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government; Lenin becomes Chief Commissar 6 Dec 1917—6 Dec 1917: Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion, one of the world's largest artificial non-nuclear explosions to date: a ship loaded with wartime explosives blew up after a collision, obliterating buildings and structures within two square kilometres of the explosion 9 Dec 1917—9 Dec 1917: British forces capture Jerusalem 12 1917—17 Dec 1917: 18th Amendment passed by Congress
16	1918	1918—1918: War of Independence in Ireland 1918—1918: Vote for women over 30, men over 21 (except peers, lunatics and felons) 1918—1918: The superheterodyne radio circuit invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong 1918—1918: Charles Jung invented fortune cookies 18 Jan 1918—18 Jan 1918: Bentley Motors founded 8 Mar 1918—8 Mar 1918: Start of world-wide 'flu pandemic Jul 1918—Jul 1918: Second Battle of the Marne: last major German offensive in WW1 (Jul-Aug) 1 Oct 1918—1 Oct 1918: Arab forces under Lawrence of Arabia capture Damascus 11 Nov 1918—11 Nov 1918: Armistice signed Dec 1918—Dec 1918: First woman elected to House of Commons, Countess Markiewicz as a Sinn Fein member refused to take her seat
17	1919	1919—1919: Sir Ernest Rutherford publishes account of splitting the atom 1919—1919: Britain adopts a 48-hour working week 1919—1919: Soldier Settlement Act Land grants awarded to 25,000 veteran soldiers 1919—1919: The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite 1919—1919: Short-wave radio invented 1919—1919: The flip-flop circuit invented 1919—1919: The arc welder invented 6 Apr 1919—4 Jun 1919: 19th Amendment passed by Congress 15 Jun 1919—15 Jun 1919: Alcock and Brown complete first nonstop flight across the Atlantic 28 Jun 1919—28 Jun 1919: Treaty of Versailles signed 1 1919—16 Jan 1919: 18th Amendment ratified
18	1920	1920—1920: Thompson patents his machine gun (Tommy gun) 1920—1920: Marconi opens a radio broadcasting station in Britain 1920—1920: Regular cross-channel air service starts 1920—1920: After a referendum, northern Schleswig is returned to Denmark 1920—1920: The tommy gun patented by John T Thompson 1920—1920: The Band-Aid (pronounced 'ban-'dade) invented by Earle Dickson Feb 1920—Feb 1920: First roadside petrol filling station in UK - opened by the Automobile Association at Aldermaston on the Bath Road 8 1920—18 Aug 1920: 19th Amendment ratified
19	1921	1921—1921: First birth control clinic 1921—1921: Insulin discovery announced 1921—1921: Railway Act in Britain amalgamates companies - only four remained 1921—1921: Newfoundland census Census taken in Newfoundland 1921—1921: Artificial life begins -- the first robot built 1921—1921: John Larson invented the lie detector 6 Jan 1921—1 Jun 1921: Census of Canada counts 8,787,949 individuals 4 Mar 1921—2 Aug 1923: Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1921—2 Aug 1921: Warren Harding Warren Harding dies of an embolism in San Francisco. He had taken ill on 31 Jul 1921 19 Jun 1921—19 Jun 1921: Census: Population - England and Wales: 37.9 Million; Scotland: 4.9 Million; N Ireland: 1.25 Million 6 Dec 1921—6 Dec 1921: Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in London, leading to the formation of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland 11 1921—21 Nov 1921: Canada's Coat of Arms proclaimed by George V
20	1922	1922—1922: Law of Property Act - the manorial system effectively ended 1922—1922: Insulin invented by Sir Frederick Grant Banting 1922—1922: The first 3-D movie (spectacles with one red and one green lens) is released 1 Jun 1922—1 Jun 1922: Royal Ulster Constabulary founded Oct 1922—Oct 1922: BBC established as a monopoly, and begins transmissions in November (2LO in London on 14 Nov; 5IT in Birmingham and 2ZY in Manchester on 15 Nov)
21	1923	1923—1923: First American broadcasts heard in Britain 1923—1923: Hubble shows there are galaxies beyond the Milky Way 1923—1923: Roads in Great Britain classified with A and B numbers 1923—1923: Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal 1923—1923: The television or iconoscope (cathode-ray tube) invented by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin 1923—1923: John Harwood invented the self-winding watch 1923—1923: Clarence Birdseye invents frozen food 1 Jan 1923—1 Jan 1923: The majority of the railway companies in Great Britain grouped into four main companies, the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, LMSR - lasted until nationalisation in 1948 16 Feb 1923—16 Feb 1923: Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Tutankhamun 8 Mar 1923—4 Mar 1929: Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge, vice president under Warren Harding, sworn in as president the day after Harding dies 28 Apr 1923—28 Apr 1923: First Wembley cup final (West Ham 0, Bolton 2) - 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles ' popular song of the time became the West Ham anthem 2 Aug 1923—4 Mar 1929: Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge U.S. Presidency 28 Sep 1923—28 Sep 1923: First publication of Radio Times
22	1924	1924—1924: The dynamic loudspeaker invented by Rice and Kellogg 1924—1924: Notebooks with spiral bindings invented 4 Jan 1924—4 Jan 1924: First Labour government in Britain, headed by Ramsay MacDonald 5 Feb 1924—5 Feb 1924: Hourly Greenwich Time Signals from the Royal Greenwich Observatory were first broadcast by the BBC 31 Mar 1924—31 Mar 1924: British Imperial Airways begins operations (formed by merger of four British airline companies - became BOAC in 1940)
23	1925	1925—1925: Britain returns to gold standard 1925—1925: The mechanical television a precursor to the modern television, invented by John Logie Baird 18 Jul 1925—18 Jul 1925: Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
24	1926	1926—1926: Walt Disney arrives in Hollywood 1926—1926: Kodak produces 16mm movie film 1926—1926: Adoption of children is legalised in Britain 1926—1926: First public demonstration of television (TV) by John Logie Baird 1926—1926: Robert H. Goddard invents liquid-fueled rockets 21 Apr 1926—21 Apr 1926: Princess Elizabeth born 3 May 1926—3 May 1926: General Strike begins. Lasts until May 12 (mine workers for 6 months more) 31 Oct 1926—31 Oct 1926: Death of Harry Houdini
25	1927	1927—1927: Release of the first 'talkie' film (The Jazz Singer) 1927—1927: Eduard Haas III invents PEZ candy 1927—1927: JWA Morrison invents the first quartz crystal watch 1927—1927: Philo Taylor Farnsworth invents a complete electronic TV system 1927—1927: Technicolor invented 1927—1927: Erik Rotheim patents an aerosol can 1927—1927: Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock 1927—1927: Philip Drinker invents the iron lung 7 Jan 1927—7 Jan 1927: First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London 22 Jan 1927—22 Jan 1927: First football broadcast by BBC (Arsenal v Sheffield United at Highbury) 1 May 1927—1 May 1927: First cooked meals on a scheduled flight introduced by Imperial Airways from London to Paris 20 May 1927—20 May 1927: Lindbergh makes solo flight across the Atlantic, in 33? hours 31 May 1927—31 May 1927: Last Ford Model T rolls off assembly line 24 Jul 1927—24 Jul 1927: The Menin Gate war memorial unveiled at Ypres
26	1928	1928—1928: Women over 21 get vote in Britain - same qualification for both sexes 1928—1928: Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin 1928—1928: Bubble gum invented by Walter E. Diemer 1928—1928: Jacob Schick patented the electric shaver 26 Apr 1928—26 Apr 1928: Madame Tussauds opens in London 15 Sep 1928—15 Sep 1928: Sir Alexander Fleming accidentally discovers penicillin (results published 1929)
27	1929	1929—1929: BBC begins experimental TV transmissions 1929—1929: Minimum age for a marriage in Britain (which had been 14 for a boy and 12 for a girl) now 16 for both sexes, with parental consent (or a licence) needed for anyone under 21 1929—1929: Abolition of Poor Law system in Britain 1929—1939: The Great Depression Canada hit hardest by the depression 1929—1929: American, Paul Galvin invents the car radio 1929—1929: Yo-Yo re-invented as an American fad 4 Mar 1929—4 Mar 1933: Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1929—4 Mar 1933: Herbert Hoover 10 1929—18 Oct 1929: The 'Persons' Case Decision Women are declared 'persons' by the British Privy Council
28	1930	1930—1930: Youth Hostel Association (YHA) founded in Britain 1930—1930: First Nazis elected to the German Reichstag 1930—1930: Scotch tape patented by 3M engineer, Richard G. Drew 1930—1930: The frozen food process patented by Clarence Birdseye 1930—1930: Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents neoprene 1930—1930: The "differential analyzer", or analog computer invented by Vannevar Bush at MIT in Boston 1930—1930: Frank Whittle and Dr Hans von Ohain both invent a jet engine 30 Jan 1930—30 Jan 1930: Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany 31 Jan 1930—31 Jan 1930: 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape 6 Mar 1930—6 Mar 1930: Clarence Birdseye first marketed frozen peas 5 Oct 1930—5 Oct 1930: R101 airship disaster - British abandons airship construction
29	1931	1931—1931: Collapse of the German banking system; 3,000 banks there close 1931—1931: Statute of Westminster: British Dominions become independent sovereign states 1931—1931: Statute of Westminster The British Dominions are formally recognized by British Parliament 1931—1931: Harold Edgerton invented stop-action photography 1931—1931: Germans Max Knott and Ernst Ruska co-invent the electron microscope 14 Apr 1931—14 Apr 1931: Highway Code first issued 26 Apr 1931—26 Apr 1931: Census: Population - England and Wales; 40 Million; Scotland: 4.8 Million; N Ireland: 1.24 Million (Unfortunately, the census was destroyed by fire in WW2) 21 Oct 1931—21 Oct 1931: National Government formed to deal with economic crisis - Britain comes off gold standard
30	1932	1932—1932: Sir Thomas Beecham established the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1932—1932: Cockroft and Walton accelerate particles to disintegrate an atomic nucleus 1932—1932: Moseley founds British Union of Fascists 1932—1932: Great Hunger March of unemployed to London 1932—1932: Polaroid photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land 1932—1932: The zoom lens and the light meter invented 1932—1932: Carl C. Magee invents the first parking meter 1932—1932: Karl Jansky invents the radio telescope 3 Feb 1932—2 Mar 1932: 20th Amendment passed by Congress 21 May 1932—21 May 1932: Amelia Earhart first solo nonstop flight across Atlantic by a female pilot 3 Oct 1932—3 Oct 1932: Iraq gains independence from Britain 3 Oct 1932—3 Oct 1932: 'The Times' introduces 'Times New Roman' typeface
31	1933	1933—1933: ICI scientists discover polythene 1933—1933: Only 6 pennies minted in Britain this year 1933—1933: Frequency modulation (FM radio) invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong 1933—1933: Stereo records invented 1933—1933: Richard M. Hollingshead builds a prototype drive-in movie theater in his driveway 4 Mar 1933—12 Apr 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt U. 3 Apr 1933—12 Apr 1945: Franklin Roosevelt 12 May 1933—5 Dec 1933: 21st Amendment ratified 12 Nov 1933—12 Nov 1933: First known photos of the 'Loch Ness Monster' taken 2 1933—20 Feb 1933: 21st Amendment passed by Congress 1 1933—23 Jan 1933: 20th Amendment ratified
32	1934	1934—1934: Hitler becomes Fuehrer of Germany 1934—1934: Englishmen, Percy Shaw invents cat eyes or roads reflectors 1934—1934: Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly 1934—1934: Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for broadcasting - first magnetic recording 18 Jul 1934—18 Jul 1934: King George V opens Mersey Tunnel 26 Sep 1934—26 Sep 1934: RMS Queen Mary launched 30 Nov 1934—30 Nov 1934: First time a steam locomotive travels at 100 mph ('Flying Scotsman')
33	1935	1935—1935: Land speed record of 301.13 mph by Malcolm Campbell 1935—1935: London adopts a 'Green Belt' scheme 1935—1935: Newfoundland census Census taken in Newfoundland 1935—1935: Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon ( polymer 6.6.) 1935—1935: The first canned beer made 1935—1935: Robert Watson-Watt patented radar 28 Feb 1935—28 Feb 1935: Nylon first produced by Gerard J. Berchet of Wallace Carothers' research group at DuPont (there is no evidence to the widely-supposed story that the name derives from New York-London) 12 Mar 1935—12 Mar 1935: Hore-Belisha introduces pedestrian crossings and speed limits for built-up areas in Britain 1 Jun 1935—1 Jun 1935: Voluntary driving tests introduced in UK 30 Jul 1935—30 Jul 1935: Penguin paperbacks launched
34	1936	1936—1936: Jet engine first tested 1936—1936: Bell Labs invents the voice recognition machine 1936—1936: Samuel Colt patents the Colt revolver 20 Jan 1936—20 Jan 1936: George V dies 5 May 1936—5 May 1936: First flight of a Spitfire 24 Jul 1936—24 Jul 1936: 'Speaking clock' service starts in UK 2 Nov 1936—2 Nov 1936: British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, world's first public TV transmission 12 Nov 1936—6 Feb 1952: George VI House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of George V, Duke of York; married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 30 Nov 1936—30 Nov 1936: Crystal Palace destroyed by fire 5 Dec 1936—5 Dec 1936: Edward VIII abdicates (announced Dec 10) - popular carol that Christmas: 'Hark the Herald Angels sing Mrs Simpson's got our King' 1 1936—11 Dec 1936: Edward VIII House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): Eldest son of George V
35	1937	1937—1937: Billy Butlin opens his first holiday camp 1937—1937: '999' emergency telephone call facility starts in London 1937—1937: Chester F. Carlson invents the photocopier 1937—1937: The first jet engine is built 12 Apr 1937—12 Apr 1937: Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft 12 May 1937—12 May 1937: Coronation of King George VI 28 May 1937—28 May 1937: Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister - policy of appeasement towards Hitler 3 Jun 1937—3 Jun 1937: Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson 4 Dec 1937—4 Dec 1937: 'The Dandy' first published
36	1938	1938—1938: First practical ball-point pen produced by Hungarian journalist, Lajos Biro 1938—1938: HMS Rodney first ship to be equipped with radar 1938—1938: Principle of paid holidays established in Britain 1938—1938: The ballpoint pen invented by Ladislo Biro 1938—1938: Strobe lighting invented 1938—1938: Roy J. Plunkett invented tetrafluoroethylene polymers or Teflon 1938—1938: Nescafe or freeze-dried coffee invented 1938—1938: The first working turboprop engine 12 Mar 1938—12 Mar 1938: Germany invades and annexes Austria 3 Jul 1938—3 Jul 1938: 'Mallard' reaches 126 mph (203 km/h); still world record for a steam locomotive 27 Sep 1938—27 Sep 1938: Largest ocean liner ever built, Queen Elizabeth launched on Clydebank 29 Sep 1938—29 Sep 1938: Chamberlain visits Hitler in Munich - promises 'peace in our time' 30 Oct 1938—30 Oct 1938: Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of HG Wells 'The War of the Worlds', causing panic in the USA
37	1939	1939—1939: Coldest winter in Britain since 1894, though this could not be publicised at the time 1939—1939: Start of evacuation of women and children from London 1939—1939: Germany annexes Czechoslovakia 1939—1945: World War II huge involvement of Canadian supplies and troops 1939—1939: Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter 1939—1939: The electron microscope invented 9 Jan 1939—2 Sep 1945: World War II Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia 12 Jul 1939—7 Dec 1939: Troops leave Canada First group of Canadian troops sail to Britain -- 7,400 on 5 ships 1 Sep 1939—1 Sep 1939: Germany invades Poland 3 Sep 1939—3 Sep 1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany 6 Sep 1939—6 Sep 1939: First air-raid on Britain 11 Sep 1939—11 Sep 1939: British Expeditionary Force (BEF) sent to France 9 Oct 1939—10 Sep 1939: Canada declares war on Germany 14 Oct 1939—14 Oct 1939: HMS Royal Oak sunk in Scapa Flow with loss of 810 lives 7 Dec 1939—7 Dec 1939: 'First flight' of Canadian troops sail for Britain - 7,400 men on 5 ships 17 Dec 1939—17 Dec 1939: 'Admiral Graf Spee' scuttled outside Montevideo
38	1940	1940—1940: Québec permits women to vote The last province to give women the right to vote 1940—1946: National Registration Compulsory registration of all persons 16 years of age or older 1940—1945: German occupation of Denmark 1940—1940: Dr William Reich invents the orgone accumulator 1940—1940: Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system 1940—1940: Karl Pabst invents the jeep 1 Apr 1940—1 Apr 1940: BOAC starts operations, replacing Imperial and British Airways Ltd 11 May 1940—11 May 1940: National Government formed under Churchill 13 May 1940—13 May 1940: Germany invades France 27 May 1940—27 May 1940: Start of the evacuation of the British Army at Dunkirk (27 May - 4 Jun) 25 Jun 1940—25 Jun 1940: Fall of France to Germany 7 Sep 1940—7 Sep 1940: Germany launches bombing blitz on Britain, the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing 15 Sep 1940—15 Sep 1940: Battle of Britain: massive waves of German air attacks decisively repulsed by the RAF - Hitler postpones invasion of Britain 14 Nov 1940—14 Nov 1940: Coventry heavily bombed and the Cathedral almost completely destroyed
39	1941	1941—1941: First use of antibiotics 1941—1941: Bailey invents his portable military bridge 1941—1941: First British jet aircraft flies, based on work of Whittle 1941—1941: Britain introduces severe rationing 1941—1941: Konrad Zuse's Z3, the first computer controlled by software 1941—1941: Aerosol spray cans invented by American inventors, Lyle David Goodloe and W.N. Sullivan 1941—1941: Enrico Fermi invents the neutronic reactor 12 1941—Dec 1941: Canadian forces defend south coast of England 10 May 1941—10 May 1941: Rudolf Hess flies to Scotland 27 May 1941—27 May 1941: 'Bismark' sunk 22 Jun 1941—22 Jun 1941: Germany invades Russia (Operation Barbarossa) 1 Jul 1941—1 Jul 1941: First Canadian armoured regiments arrive in Britain 12 Jul 1941—7 Dec 1941: Canada declares war on Japan Attack on Pearl Harbour causes Canada to declare war on Japan Dec 1941—Dec 1941: 'Manhattan Project' of nuclear research begins in America Dec 1941—Dec 1941: Canadian forces given operation role in defending south coast of England 7 Dec 1941—7 Dec 1941: Japan attackes US fleet at Pearl Harbour 7 Dec 1941—2 Sep 1945: World War II World War II 8 Dec 1941—8 Dec 1941: USA enters WWII 24 Dec 1941—24 Dec 1941: Hong Kong falls to the Japanese 6 1941—14 Jun 1941: Census of Canada Census date changed to prevent clash with Victory Bond campaign. Sampling is initiated
40	1942	1942—1942: Gilbert Murray founds Oxfam 1942—1942: Invention of world's first programmable computer by Alan Turing in co-operation with Max Neumann - used to crack German codes 1942—1942: John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer 1942—1942: Max Mueller designs a turboprop engine 30 May 1942—30 May 1942: Over 1,000 allied bombers raid Cologne 4 Jun 1942—4 Jun 1942: Battle of Midway 19 Aug 1942—19 Aug 1942: Abortive raid on Dieppe, largely by Canadian troops 6 Sep 1942—6 Sep 1942: Germans defeated at Stalingrad 3 Oct 1942—3 Oct 1942: First successful launch of V2 rocket in Germany - first man-made object to reach space 23 Oct 1942—23 Oct 1942: Battle of El Alamein - Montgomery defeats Rommel 2 Dec 1942—2 Dec 1942: 'Manhattan Project' - a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
41	1943	1943—1943: Round-the-clock bombing of Germany begins 1943—1943: Synthetic rubber invented 1943—1943: Richard James invents the slinky 1943—1943: James Wright invent silly putty 1943—1943: Swiss chemist, Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD 1943—1943: Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau invent the aqualung 16 May 1943—16 May 1943: 'Dam Buster' raids on Ruhr dams by RAF 24 Jul 1943—24 Jul 1943: Allies invade Italy - Benito Mussolini resigns as Italian Dictator, 24 July
42	1944	1944—1944: The kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff 1944—1944: Synthetic cortisone invented by Percy Lavon Julian 6 Apr 1944—6 Apr 1944: PAYE income tax begins 4 Jun 1944—4 Jun 1944: Allies enter Rome 6 Jun 1944—6 Jun 1944: D-Day invasion of Normandy 12 Jun 1944—12 Jun 1944: First V1 flying bombs hit London 8 Sep 1944—8 Sep 1944: First V2 rocket bombs hit London 11 Sep 1944—11 Sep 1944: Allies enter Germany 16 Dec 1944—16 Dec 1944: Battle of the Bulge: German counter-offensive
43	1945	1945—1945: Newfoundland census Census taken in Newfoundland 1945—1945: Vannevar Bush proposes hypertext 1945—1945: The atomic bomb invented 4 Feb 1945—4 Feb 1945: Yalta Conference between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin 29 Mar 1945—29 Mar 1945: Last V1 flying bomb attack 12 Apr 1945—20 Jan 1953: Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman U.S. Presidency 25 Apr 1945—25 Apr 1945: Berlin surrounded by Russian troops 30 Apr 1945—30 Apr 1945: Hitler commits suicide 8 May 1945—8 May 1945: VE Day (Victory in Europe) 9 May 1945—9 May 1945: Channel Islands liberated 26 Jun 1945—26 Jun 1945: UN Charter signed in San Francisco 16 Jul 1945—16 Jul 1945: First ever atomic bomb exploded in a test in New Mexico (although there were other forms of atomic device before that, such as the Pile at Stagg Field, first critical on 2nd Dec 1942) 26 Jul 1945—26 Jul 1945: Labour win UK General Election - Churchill out of office 29 Jul 1945—29 Jul 1945: BBC Light Programme starts 6 Aug 1945—6 Aug 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima 9 Aug 1945—9 Aug 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki 15 Aug 1945—15 Aug 1945: VJ Day (Victory in Japan) 2 Sep 1945—2 Sep 1945: Japanese surrender signed aboard USS Missouri 24 Oct 1945—24 Oct 1945: United Nations Organisation comes into existence 4 Nov 1945—4 Nov 1945: UNESCO founded 4 Dec 1945—20 Jan 1953: Harry Truman 6 1945—26 Jun 1945: Canada joins the United Nations
44	1946	1946—1946: Alistair Cooke starts his regular 'Letter from America' on BBC radio - until 2004 1946—1946: Transition to National Health Service starts in Britain (came into being 5th July 1948) 1946—1946: The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer 1 Jan 1946—1 Jan 1946: First civillian flight from Heathrow Airport 7 Jan 1946—1 Jul 1946: Canadian Citizenship Act Parliament proclaims an act providing for the creation of Canadian citizens to take effect 1 January 1947 1 Mar 1946—1 Mar 1946: Bank of England nationalised
45	1947	1947—1947: First British nuclear reactor developed 1947—1947: Most severe winter in Britain for 53 years at start of the year - heavy snow and much flooding later 1947—1947: British/Hungarian scientist, Dennis Gabor, developed the theory of holography 1947—1947: Mobile phones first invented 1947—1947: Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley invent the transistor 1947—1947: Earl Silas Tupper patented the Tupperware seal 1 Jan 1947—1 Jan 1947: Coal Mines nationalised 23 Feb 1947—23 Feb 1947: International Organization for Standardization (ISO) founded 1 Mar 1947—1 Mar 1947: International Monetary Fund begins financial operations 1 Apr 1947—1 Apr 1947: School leaving age raised to 15 in Britain 26 Oct 1947—26 Oct 1947: British military occupation ends in Iraq 20 Nov 1947—20 Nov 1947: Marriage of Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey 3 1947—21 Mar 1947: 22nd Amendment passed by Congress
46	1948	1948—1948: Transistor radio invented 1948—1948: Long-playing record (LP) invented by Goldmark 1948—1948: British Citizenship Act : all Commonwealth citizens qualify for British passports 1948—1948: The Frisbee® invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni 1948—1948: Velcro ® invented by George de Mestral 1948—1948: Robert Hope-Jones invented the Wurlitzer jukebox 1 Jan 1948—1 Jan 1948: British Railways nationalised 5 Jul 1948—5 Jul 1948: National Health Service (NHS) begins in Britain 29 Jul 1948—29 Jul 1948: London Olympics begin
47	1949	1949—1949: De Haviland produces the Comet - first jet airliner 1949—1949: Maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon (broken up in 1953 for scrap) 1949—1949: Cake mix invented 15 Mar 1949—15 Mar 1949: Clothes rationing ends in Britain 4 Apr 1949—4 Apr 1949: Twelve nations sign The North Atlantic Treaty creating NATO 4 Apr 1949—4 Apr 1949: Canada joins NATO 3 1949—31 Mar 1949: Newfoundland joins Canada Newfoundland becomes Canada's tenth province
48	1950	1950—1950: The first credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider 4 1950—30 Jun 1950: Winnipeg flood More than 100,000 people forced from their homes in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by the Red River flooding 19 May 1950—19 May 1950: Points rationing ends in Britain 26 May 1950—26 May 1950: Petrol rationing ends in Britain 25 Jun 1950—27 Jul 1953: Korean War Korean War 11 Jul 1950—11 Jul 1950: 'Andy Pandy' first seen on BBC TV 9 Sep 1950—9 Sep 1950: Soap rationing ends in Britain 28 Dec 1950—28 Dec 1950: The Peak District becomes the Britain's first National Park 6 1950—27 Jul 1953: Korean War As part of the United Nations, Canadian troops participate in the Korean War 6 1950—27 Jul 1953: Korean War United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China
49	1951	1951—1951: Super glue invented 1951—1951: Power steering invented by Francis W. Davis 1951—1951: Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR) 3 May 1951—3 May 1951: Festival of Britain and Royal Festival Hall open on South Bank, London 28 May 1951—28 May 1951: First Goon Show broadcast 20 Dec 1951—20 Dec 1951: Electricity first produced by nuclear power, from Experimental Breeder Reactor 2 1951—27 Feb 1951: 22nd Amendment ratified
50	1952	1952—1952: Bonn Convention: Britain, France and USA end their occupation of West Germany 1952—1952: Radioactive carbon used for dating prehistoric objects 1952—1952: Contraceptive pill invented 1952—1952: Britain explodes her first atomic bomb, in Australia 1952—1952: Mr. Potato Head patented 1952—1952: The first patent for bar code (US Patent #2,612,994) issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver 1952—1952: The first diet soft drink sold 1952—1952: Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb 6 Feb 1952—6 Feb 1952: King George VI dies 21 Feb 1952—21 Feb 1952: Identity Cards abolished in Britain 2 May 1952—2 May 1952: First commercial jet airliner service launched, by BOACComet between London and Johannesburg 2 Jun 1952—2004: Elizabeth II House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917):Elder daughter of George VI, acceded Feb 6, 1952 5 Jul 1952—5 Jul 1952: Last tram runs in London (Woolwich to New Cross) 16 Aug 1952—16 Aug 1952: Lynmouth (North Devon) flood disaster 6 Sep 1952—6 Sep 1952: DH110 crashes at Farnborough Air Show, 26 killed 3 Oct 1952—3 Oct 1952: End of tea rationing in Britain 1 Nov 1952—1 Nov 1952: The first H-bomb ever ('Mike') was exploded by the USA - the mushroom cloud was 8 miles across and 27 miles high. The canopy was 100 miles wide. Radioactive mud fell out of the sky followed by heavy rain. 80 million tons of earth was vaporised. 25 Nov 1952—25 Nov 1952: Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' opens in London 4 Dec 1952—4 Dec 1952: Great smog hits London
51	1953	1953—1953: Radial tires invented 1953—1953: The first musical synthesizer invented by RCA 1953—1953: David Warren invented the black box - flight recorder 1953—1953: Transistor radio invented by Texas Instruments 20 Jan 1953—20 Jan 1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. 31 Jan 1953—31 Jan 1953: Said to be the biggest civil catastrophe in Britain in the 20th century - severe storm and high tides caused the loss of hundreds of lives - - effects travelled from the west coast of Scotland round to the south-east coast of England [The Netherlands wer 5 Feb 1953—5 Feb 1953: Sweet rationing ends in Britain 5 Mar 1953—5 Mar 1953: Death of Stalin 26 Mar 1953—26 Mar 1953: Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine 24 Apr 1953—24 Apr 1953: Winston Churchill knighted 25 Apr 1953—25 Apr 1953: Francis Crick and James D Watson publish the double helix structure of DNA 2 Jun 1953—2 Jun 1953: Coronation of Elizabeth II 26 Sep 1953—26 Sep 1953: Sugar rationing ends in Britain (after nearly 14 years) 1 1953—20 Jan 1961: Dwight Eisenhower
52	1954	1954—1954: First transistor radios sold 1954—1954: Routemaster bus starts operating in London 1954—1954: First comprehensive school opens in London 1954—1954: Oral contraceptives invented 1954—1954: The first nonstick pan produced 1954—1954: The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson 1954—1954: Ray Kroc started McDonalds 6 May 1954—6 May 1954: First sub 4 minute mile (Roger Bannister, 3 mins 59.4 secs) 3 Jul 1954—3 Jul 1954: Food rationing officially ends in Britain 5 Jul 1954—5 Jul 1954: BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin 30 Sep 1954—30 Sep 1954: First atomic powered sumbmarine USS Nautilus commissioned 10 1954—15 Oct 1954: Hurricane Hazel Southwestern Ontario, Toronto and area, hit by Hurricane Hazel -- 81 died, 4,000 homeless
53	1955	1955—1955: 'Mole' self-grip wrench patented by Thomas Coughtrie of Mole & Sons 1955—1955: Tetracycline invented 1955—1955: Optic fiber invented 27 Jul 1955—27 Jul 1955: Jul 27: Allied occupation of Austria (after WW2) ends 22 Sep 1955—22 Sep 1955: Commercial TV starts in Britain
54	1956	1956—1956: Britain constructs world's first large-scale nuclear power station in Cumberland 1956—1956: The first computer hard disk used 1956—1956: The hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell 1956—1956: Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid Paper, to paint over mistakes made with a typewriter 6 Jan 1956—1 Jun 1956: First nation-wide 5-year census Population-count censuses initiated 11 Jan 1956—1 Nov 1956: Springhill Mine explosion 39 miners killed from explosion in mine at Springhill, Nova Scotia 1 Mar 1956—1 Mar 1956: Radiotelephony spelling alphabet introduced (Alpha, Bravo, etc) 17 Apr 1956—17 Apr 1956: Premium Bonds first launched - first prizes drawn on 1 Jun 1957 3 Jun 1956—3 Jun 1956: 3rd class travel abolished on British Railways (renamed 'Third Class' as 'Second Class', which had been abolished in 1875 leaving just First and Third Class) 31 Oct 1956—31 Oct 1956: Britain and France invade Suez
55	1957	1957—1957: Helvetica typeface developed (in Switzerland) 1957—1957: Britain introduces parking meters 1957—1957: Fortran (computer language) invented 11 Jan 1957—11 Jan 1957: Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister 14 May 1957—14 May 1957: Post-Suez petrol rationing ends 15 May 1957—15 May 1957: Britain explodes her first hydrogen bomb, at Christmas Island 25 May 1957—25 May 1957: Treaty of Rome to create European Economic Community (EEC) of six countries: France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg - became operational Jan 1958 4 Dec 1957—4 Dec 1957: Lewisham rail disaster - 90 killed as two trains collide in thick fog and a viaduct collapses on top of them 25 Dec 1957—25 Dec 1957: Queen's first Christmas TV broadcast
56	1958	1958—1958: USA begins to produce Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) 1958—1958: Computers begin to be used in research, industry and commerce 1958—1958: Easter: First anti-nuclear protest march to Aldermaston (emergence of CND) 1958—1958: The modem invented 1958—1958: Gordon Gould invents the laser 1958—1958: The Hula Hoop invented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin 1958—1958: The integrated circuit invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce 13 May 1958—13 May 1958: Velcro trade mark registered 26 Jul 1958—26 Jul 1958: Prince Charles' Investiture as 'Prince of Wales' 5 Dec 1958—5 Dec 1958: Preston by-pass opens - UK's first stretch of motorway 5 Dec 1958—5 Dec 1958: Inauguration of Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) in Britain (completed in 1979) 10 1958—23 Oct 1958: Springhill Mine disaster 74 miners killed from third major explosion in mine at Springhill, Nova Scotia
57	1959	1959—1959: The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch 1959—1959: Barbie Doll invented 1959—1959: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip 3 Feb 1959—3 Feb 1959: 'The Day The Music Died' - plane crash kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper 17 Feb 1959—17 Feb 1959: Vanguard 2 satellite launched - first to measure cloud-cover distribution 1 Mar 1959—3 Jan 1959: Alaska 49th State 24 May 1959—24 May 1959: Empire Day becomes Commonwealth Day Aug 1959—Aug 1959: BMC Mini car launched 26 Sep 1959—30 Apr 1975: Vietnam War Vietnam War 3 Oct 1959—3 Oct 1959: Postcodes introduced in Britain 1 Nov 1959—1 Nov 1959: First section of M1 motorway opened 8 1959—21 Aug 1959: Hawaii 50th State 6 1959—26 Jun 1959: St. Lawrence seaway opens Ocean vessels can now sail as far inland as Lakes Michigan and Superior
58	1960	1960—1975: Vietnam War United States and South Vietnam vs North Vietnam 1960—1960: Canada's Bill of Rights Bans discrimination by federal agencies on grounds of race, national origin, colour, religion or sex -- permits Indians to vote 1960—1960: The halogen lamp invented 17 Mar 1960—17 Mar 1960: New ?1 notes issued by Bank of England 18 Mar 1960—18 Mar 1960: Last steam locomotive of British Railways named 21 Jul 1960—21 Jul 1960: Francis Chichester arrives in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II (took 40 days), winning the first single-handed transatlantic yacht race which he co-founded 12 Aug 1960—12 Aug 1960: Echo I, the first (passive) communications satellite, launched 12 Sep 1960—12 Sep 1960: MoT tests on motor vehicles introduced 1 Oct 1960—1 Oct 1960: HMS 'Dreadnought' nuclear submarine launched 2 Nov 1960—2 Nov 1960: Penguin Books found not guilty of obscenity in the 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' case 6 1960—16 Jun 1960: 23rd Amendment passed by Congress
59	1961	1961—1961: Valium invented 1961—1961: The nondairy creamer invented 1 Jan 1961—1 Jan 1961: Farthing ceases to be legal tender in UK 20 Jan 1961—20 Nov 1963: John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy U.S. Presidency 13 Mar 1961—13 Mar 1961: Black & White ?5 notes cease to be legal tender 14 Mar 1961—14 Mar 1961: New English Bible (New Testament) published 1 May 1961—1 May 1961: Betting shops legal in Britain 4 1961—19 Apr 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion United States vs Cuba 1 1961—22 Nov 1963: John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas 3 1961—29 Mar 1961: 23rd Amendment ratified
60	1962	1962—1962: Britain and France agree to construct 'Concorde' 1962—1962: Thalidomide withdrawn after it causes deformities in babies 1962—1962: Britain passes Commonwealth Immigrants Act to control immigration 1962—1962: The audio cassette invented 1962—1962: The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie 1962—1962: Spacewar, the first computer video game invented 1962—1962: Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants 7 Jan 1962—1 Jul 1962: Medicare introduced in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan sets medicare prototype for all provinces 9 Mar 1962—3 Sep 1962: Trans-Canada Highway officially opens 25 May 1962—25 May 1962: Consecration of new Coventry Cathedral (old destroyed in WW2 blitz) 15 Jun 1962—15 Jun 1962: First nuclear generated electricity to supplied National Grid (from Berkeley Glos) Jul 1962—Jul 1962: First passenger-carrying hovercraft enters service, along the North Wales Coast from Moreton to Rhyl 10 Jul 1962—10 Jul 1962: First TV transmission between US and Europe (Telstar) - first live broadcast on 23 Jul 24 Oct 1962—24 Oct 1962: Cuba missile crisis - brink of nuclear war 8 1962—27 Aug 1962: 24th Amendment passed by Congress
61	1963	1963—1963: France vetoes Britain's entry into EEC 1963—1963: The first videodisc invented Jan 1963—Jan 1963: Cold weather forces cancellation of most football matches (only 4 English First Division matches in the month) - the first 'pools panel' created 27 Mar 1963—27 Mar 1963: Beeching Report on British Railways (the 'Beeching Axe') 1 Aug 1963—1 Aug 1963: Minimum prison age raised to 17 8 Aug 1963—8 Aug 1963: 'Great Train Robbery' on Glasgow to London mail train 17 Sep 1963—17 Sep 1963: Fylingdales (Yorks) early warning system operational 18 Nov 1963—18 Nov 1963: Dartford Tunnel opens 20 Nov 1963—20 Jan 1969: Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. Presidency 23 Nov 1963—23 Nov 1963: First episode of 'Dr Who' on BBC TV 11 1963—20 Jan 1969: Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson, vice president under John F. Kennedy, sworn in as president aboard Air Force One upon death of Kennedy.
62	1964	1964—1964: Acrylic paint invented 1964—1964: Permanent-press fabric invented 1964—1964: BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz 4 1964—Apr 1964: Social Insurance cards first issued Social Insurance cards issued to all Canadian adults -- privacy concerns limit their use for genealogy puposes 1 Jan 1964—1 Jan 1964: First 'Top of the Pops' on BBC TV 9 Apr 1964—9 Apr 1964: First Greater London Council (GLC) election 21 Apr 1964—21 Apr 1964: BBC2 TV launched 22 Aug 1964—22 Aug 1964: 'Match of the Day' starts on BBC2 4 Sep 1964—4 Sep 1964: Forth road bridge opens 3 1964—1993: Canadian troops in Cyprus Canadian troops serve in Cyprus as part of the UN peace-keeping force 1 1964—23 Jan 1964: 24th Amendment ratified
63	1965	1965—1965: Britain enacts first Race Relations Act 1965—1965: Astroturf invented 1965—1965: Soft contact lenses invented 1965—1965: NutraSweet invented 1965—1965: The compact disk invented by James Russell 1965—1965: Kevlar invented by Stephanie Louise Kwolek 7 Feb 1965—7 Feb 1965: First US raids against North Vietnam 7 Apr 1965—7 Apr 1965: Winston Churchill dies 7 Jun 1965—6 Jul 1965: 25th Amendment passed by Congress 1 Aug 1965—1 Aug 1965: TV cigarette advertising banned in Britain 8 Oct 1965—8 Oct 1965: Post Office Tower operational in London 28 Oct 1965—28 Oct 1965: Death penalty for murder suspended in Britain for five-year trial period, then abolished 18 Dec 1969 22 Dec 1965—22 Dec 1965: 70mph speed limit introduced on British roads 2 1965—15 Feb 1965: Canadian Flag changed Maple Leaf flag is adopted by Parliament as the official flag of Canada. It replaces the "Canadian" (modified) Red Ensign
64	1966	1966—1966: Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented 14 Feb 1966—14 Feb 1966: Australia converts from ? to $ 3 May 1966—3 May 1966: 'The Times' begins to print news on its front page in place of classified Advertisements 30 Jul 1966—30 Jul 1966: World Cup won by England at Wembley (4-2 in extra time v West Germany) 8 Sep 1966—8 Sep 1966: First Severn road bridge opens 21 Oct 1966—21 Oct 1966: Aberfan disaster - slag heap slip kills 144, incl. 116 children 1 Dec 1966—1 Dec 1966: First Christmas stamps issued in Britain
65	1967	1967—1967: The first handheld calculator invented 4 Jan 1967—4 Jan 1967: Donald Campbell dies attempting to break his world water speed record on Conniston Water - his body and Bluebird recovered in 2002 18 Mar 1967—18 Mar 1967: 'Torrey Canyon' oil tanker runs aground off Lands End first major oil spill 28 May 1967—28 May 1967: Francis Chichester arrives in Plymouth after solo circumnavigation in Gipsy Moth IV (he was knighted 7th July at Greenwich by the queen using the sword with which Elizabeth I had knighted Sir Francis Drake four centuries earlier 27 Jun 1967—27 Jun 1967: First withdrawal from a cash dispenser (ATM) in Britain - at Enfield branch of Barclays 1 Jul 1967—1 Jul 1967: First colour TV in Britain 14 Aug 1967—14 Aug 1967: Offshore pirate radio stations declared illegal by the UK 20 Sep 1967—20 Sep 1967: 'QE2' launched on Clydebank 27 Sep 1967—27 Sep 1967: 'Queen Mary' arrives Southampton at end of her last transatlantic voyage 30 Sep 1967—30 Sep 1967: BBC Radios 1 2 3 & 4 open first record played on Radio 1 was the controversial 'Flowers in the Rain' by 'The Move' 2 Oct 1967—10 Feb 1967: 25th Amendment ratified 5 Oct 1967—5 Oct 1967: Introduction of majority verdicts in English courts 4 1967—25 Apr 1967: Canadian Armed Forces established The Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force unite into one combined military force -- a world first
66	1968	1968—1968: The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart 1968—1968: The first computer with integrated circuits made 1968—1968: Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory) 18 Feb 1968—18 Feb 1968: British Standard Time introduced - Summer Time became permanent but arguments prevailed and Britain reverted to GMT in October 1971 18 Apr 1968—18 Apr 1968: London Bridge sold (and eventually moved to Arizona) - modern London Bridge, built around it as it was demolished, was opened in Mar 1973 20 Apr 1968—20 Apr 1968: Enoch Powell 'Rivers of Blood' speech on immigration 23 Apr 1968—23 Apr 1968: Issue of 5p and 10p decimal coins in Britain 29 May 1968—29 May 1968: Manchester United first English club to win the European Cup 11 Aug 1968—11 Aug 1968: Last steam passenger train service ran in Britain (Carlisle- Liverpool) 16 Sep 1968—16 Sep 1968: Two-tier postal rate starts in Britain 5 Oct 1968—5 Oct 1968: Beginning of disturbances in N Ireland
67	1969	1969—1969: The arpanet (first internet) invented 1969—1969: The artificial heart invented 1969—1969: The ATM invented 1969—1969: The bar-code scanner is invented 20 Jan 1969—9 Aug 1974: Richard Nixon Richard Nixon U.S. Presidency 2 Mar 1969—2 Mar 1969: Maiden flight of 'Concorde', at Toulouse 7 Mar 1969—7 Mar 1969: Victoria Line tube opens in London 17 Apr 1969—17 Apr 1969: Voting age lowered from 21 to 18 2 May 1969—2 May 1969: Maiden voyage of liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) 31 Jul 1969—31 Jul 1969: Halfpenny ceases to be legal tender in Britain 14 Aug 1969—14 Aug 1969: Civil disturbances in Ulster - Britain sends troops to support civil authorities 7 Sep 1969—7 Sep 1969: First episode of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' recorded 14 Oct 1969—14 Oct 1969: 50p coin introduced in Britain (reduced in size 1998) 1 1969—9 Aug 1974: Richard Nixon Richard M Nixon first president to resign from office. His decision was announced 8 Aug 1974
68	1970	1970—1970: Boeing 747 (Jumbo jet) goes into service 1970—1970: The daisy-wheel printer invented 1970—1970: The floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart 17 Jun 1970—17 Jun 1970: Decimal postage stamps first issued for sale in Britain 19 Jun 1970—19 Jun 1970: Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister 30 Jul 1970—30 Jul 1970: Damages awarded to Thalidomide victims 19 Sep 1970—19 Sep 1970: First Glastonbury Festival held 20 Nov 1970—20 Nov 1970: Ten shilling note (50p after decimalisation) goes out of circulation in Britain 10 1970—16 Oct 1970: War Measures Act Proclaimed in Quebec Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act to counteract FLQ terrorism
69	1971	1971—1971: Rolls-Royce declared bankrupt 1971—1971: 'Greenpeace' founded 1971—1971: Sunday becomes the seventh day in the week as UK adopts decision of the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) to call Monday the first day 1971—1971: Banking and Financial Dealings Act - replaced the Bank Holidays Act of 1871 1971—1971: Census of Canada 1971 census is the first completed by the householder 1971—1971: Multiculturalism/Bilingualism Policy adopted Canada gives equal status to both english and french languages 1971—1971: The dot-matrix printer invented 1971—1971: The food processor invented 1971—1971: The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason 1971—1971: The microprocessor invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor 1971—1971: VCR or videocassette recorder invented 3 Jan 1971—3 Jan 1971: Open University starts 7 Jan 1971—1 Jul 1971: 26th Amendment ratified 15 Feb 1971—15 Feb 1971: Decimalisation of coinage in UK and Republic of Ireland 9 Aug 1971—9 Aug 1971: Internment without trial introduced in N Ireland 28 Oct 1971—28 Oct 1971: UK launches its first (and only) satellite, Prospero 28 Oct 1971—28 Oct 1971: Parliament votes to join Common Market (joined 1973) 3 1971—23 Mar 1971: 26th Amendment passed by Congress
70	1972	1972—1972: Dutch Elm disease devastates trees across UK 1972—1972: Domestic video cassette recorders introduced 1972—1972: Strict anti-hijack measures introduced internationally, especially at airports 1972—1972: Britain imposes direct rule in Northern Ireland 1972—1972: The word processor invented 1972—1972: Pong (first video game) invented by Nolan Bushnell 1972—1972: Hacky Sack® invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall 30 Jan 1972—30 Jan 1972: 'Bloody Sunday' in Derry, Northern Ireland 28 May 1972—28 May 1972: Duke of Windsor (ex-King Edward VIII) dies in Paris
71	1973	1973—1973: Gene splicing invented 1973—1973: The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox 1973—1973: Bic invents the disposable lighter 1 Jan 1973—1 Jan 1973: Britain enters EEC Common Market (with Ireland and Denmark) 17 Mar 1973—17 Mar 1973: Modern London Bridge opened by the Queen 1 Apr 1973—1 Apr 1973: VAT introduced in Britain 26 Sep 1973—26 Sep 1973: Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time 14 Oct 1973—14 Oct 1973: Marriage of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey 31 Dec 1973—31 Dec 1973: Miners strike and oil crisis precipitate 'three-day week' (till 9 Mar 1974) to conserve power
72	1974	1974—1974: New counties formed in Britain after re-organisation of some county boundaries 1974—1974: Quebec makes french the official language French language priority causes hundreds of businesses and non-french-speaking families to move out of Quebec 1974—1974: The post-it note invented by Arthur Fry 1974—1974: Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invents liposuction 1 Jun 1974—1 Jun 1974: Flixborough disaster: explosion at chemical plant kills 28 people 9 Aug 1974—20 Jan 1977: Gerald Ford Gerald Ford U.S. Presidency 8 Sep 1974—20 Jan 1977: Gerald Ford 7 Nov 1974—7 Nov 1974: Lord Lucan disappears 21 Nov 1974—21 Nov 1974: Birmingham pub bombings by the IRA
73	1975	1975—1975: Unemployment in Britain rises above 1M for first time since before WW2 1975—1975: The laser printer invented 1975—1975: The push-through tab on a drink can invented 11 Feb 1975—11 Feb 1975: Margaret Thatcher becomes leader of Conservative party (in opposition) 28 Feb 1975—28 Feb 1975: Moorgate tube crash in London - over 43 deaths, greatest loss of life on the Underground in peacetime. The cause of the incident was never conclusively determined 4 Mar 1975—4 Mar 1975: Charlie Chaplin knighted 5 Jun 1975—5 Jun 1975: UK votes in a referendum to stay in the European Community 29 Oct 1975—29 Oct 1975: 'Yorkshire Ripper' commits his first murder 3 Nov 1975—3 Nov 1975: First North Sea oil comes ashore 29 Nov 1975—29 Nov 1975: The name 'Micro-soft' coined by Bill Gates (Microsoft' became a Trademark the following year) 27 Dec 1975—27 Dec 1975: Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Act come into force
74	1976	1976—1976: National Theatre opens in London 1976—1976: James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister 1976—1976: Deaths exceeded live births in E&W for first time since records began in 1837 1976—1976: 'Cod War' between Britain and Iceland 1976—1976: The ink-jet printer invented 21 Jan 1976—21 Jan 1976: Concorde enters supersonic passenger service 1 Apr 1976—1 Apr 1976: Apple Computer formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 6 Aug 1976—6 Aug 1976: Drought Act 1976 comes into force ? the long, hot summer 7 1976—14 Jul 1976: Canada abolishes death penalty
75	1977	1977—1977: Magnetic resonance imaging invented by Raymond V. Damadian 20 Jan 1977—20 Jan 1981: Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter U.S. Presidency 2 Mar 1977—2 Mar 1977: 'Red Rum' wins a third Grand National 25 May 1977—25 May 1977: George Lucas' film Star Wars' released 5 Jun 1977—5 Jun 1977: Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale 7 Jun 1977—7 Jun 1977: Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations in London 22 Nov 1977—22 Nov 1977: Regular supersonic Concorde service between London and NY inaugurated 1 1977—20 Jan 1981: Jimmy Carter
76	1978	1978—1978: Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston invented the VisiCalc spreadsheet 1978—1978: The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik 8 Apr 1978—8 Apr 1978: Regular broadcast of proceedings in Parliament starts 1 May 1978—1 May 1978: First May Day holiday in Britain 25 Jul 1978—25 Jul 1978: World's first 'test tube' baby, Louise Browne born in Oldham 30 Nov 1978—30 Nov 1978: Publication of The Times suspended - industrial relations problems (until 13 Nov 1979)
77	1979	1979—1979: Cellular phones invented 1979—1979: Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray 1979—1979: Walkman invented 1979—1979: Scott Olson invents roller blades 1 Mar 1979—1 Mar 1979: 32.5% of Scots vote in favor of devolution (40% needed) - Welsh vote overwhelmingly against 30 Mar 1979—30 Mar 1979: Airey Neave killed by a car bomb at Westminster 31 Mar 1979—31 Mar 1979: Withdrawal of the Royal Navy from Malta 4 May 1979—4 May 1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman UK Prime Minister 1 Jul 1979—1 Jul 1979: Sony introduces the Walkman 27 Aug 1979—27 Aug 1979: Lord Mountbatten and 3 others killed in bomb blast off coast of Sligo, Ireland 18 Sep 1979—18 Sep 1979: ILEA votes to abolish corporal punishment in its schools
78	1980	1980—1980: The hepatitis-B vaccine invented 5 May 1980—5 May 1980: SAS storm Iranian Embassy in London to free hostages 8 Dec 1980—8 Dec 1980: John Lennon assassinated in New York
79	1981	1981—1981: MS-DOS invented 1981—1981: The first IBM-PC invented 1981—1981: The scanning tunneling microscope invented by Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer 20 Jan 1981—20 Jan 1989: Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan U.S. Presidency 25 Jan 1981—25 Jan 1981: Launch of SDP by 'Gang of Four' in Britain 29 Mar 1981—29 Mar 1981: First London marathon run 11 Apr 1981—11 Apr 1981: Brixton riots in South London - 30 other British cities also experience riots 25 Apr 1981—25 Apr 1981: Worst April blizzards this century in Britain 27 Apr 1981—27 Apr 1981: First use of computer mouse (by Xerox PARC system) 29 Jul 1981—29 Jul 1981: Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (divorced 28 Aug 1996) 12 Aug 1981—12 Aug 1981: IBM launches its PC ? starts the general use of personal computers 12 Aug 1981—12 Aug 1981: First IBM PC IBM launches the first PC 1 1981—20 Jan 1989: Ronald Reagan
80	1982	1982—1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered 26 Jan 1982—26 Jan 1982: Unemployment reached 3 million in Britain (1 in 8 of working population) 5 Feb 1982—5 Feb 1982: Laker Airways collapses 19 Feb 1982—19 Feb 1982: DeLorean Car factory in Belfast goes into receivership 18 Mar 1982—18 Mar 1982: Argentinians raised flag in South Georgia 2 Apr 1982—2 Apr 1982: Argentina invades Falkland (Malvinas) Islands 5 Apr 1982—5 Apr 1982: Royal Navy fleet sails from Portsmouth for Falklands 2 May 1982—2 May 1982: British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks Argentine cruiser General Belgrano 28 May 1982—28 May 1982: First land battle in Falklands (Goose Green) 14 Jun 1982—14 Jun 1982: Ceasefire in Falklands 21 Jun 1982—21 Jun 1982: Prince William is born 20 Jul 1982—20 Jul 1982: IRA bombings in London (Hyde Park and Regents Park) 19 Sep 1982—19 Sep 1982: Smiley emoticon :-) said to have been used for the first time 11 Oct 1982—11 Oct 1982: Mary Rose' raised in the Solent (sank in 1545) 31 Oct 1982—31 Oct 1982: Thames Barrier raised for first time (some say first public demonstration Nov 7) 2 Nov 1982—2 Nov 1982: Channel 4 TV station launched - first programme 'Countdown' 4 Nov 1982—4 Nov 1982: Lorries up to 38 tonnes allowed on Britain's roads 12 Dec 1982—12 Dec 1982: Women's peace protest at Greenham Common (Cruise missiles arrived 14 Nov 1983) 4 1982—17 Apr 1982: Canadian Constitution Act replaces British North America Act of 1867 Royal assent given to 'patriate the Constitution' and to create the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
81	1983	1983—1983: First female Lord Mayor of London elected (Dame Mary Donaldson) 1983—1983: The Apple Lisa invented 1983—1983: Soft bifocal contact lens invented 1983—1983: First Cabbage Patch Kids sold 1983—1983: Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality" 17 Jan 1983—17 Jan 1983: Start of breakfast TV in Britain 31 Jan 1983—31 Jan 1983: Seat belt law comes into force 21 Apr 1983—21 Apr 1983: ?1 coin into circulation in Britain 7 Oct 1983—7 Oct 1983: Plans to abolish GLC announced 26 Nov 1983—26 Nov 1983: Brinks Mat robbery: 6,800 gold bars worth nearly ?26 million are stolen from a vault at Heathrow Airport 10 1983—31 Oct 1983: Grenada United States Intervention

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