1936 - 1937 (1 year)
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| 1 | 1936 | - 1936—1936:
Jet engine first tested
- 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
- 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'
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| 2 | 1937 | - 1937—1937:
'999' emergency telephone call facility starts in London
- 1937—1937:
Billy Butlin opens his first holiday camp
- 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
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