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Male 1952 - 1956  (4 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1952 
  • 1952—1952:
    Contraceptive pill invented
  • 1952—1952:
    Britain explodes her first atomic bomb, in Australia
  • 1952—1952:
    Radioactive carbon used for dating prehistoric objects
  • 1952—1952:
    Bonn Convention: Britain, France and USA end their occupation of West Germany
  • 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
  • 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
2 1953 
  • 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 were even worse affected with over a thousand deaths]
  • 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)
3 1954 
  • 1954—1954:
    First comprehensive school opens in London
  • 1954—1954:
    Routemaster bus starts operating in London
  • 1954—1954:
    First transistor radios sold
  • 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
4 1955 
  • 1955—1955:
    'Mole' self-grip wrench patented by Thomas Coughtrie of Mole & Sons
  • 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
5 1956 
  • 1956—1956:
    Britain constructs world's first large-scale nuclear power station in Cumberland
  • 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

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