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William Morley Davis

Male 1956 - 1959  (3 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1 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
2 1957 
  • 1957—1957:
    Britain introduces parking meters
  • 1957—1957:
    Helvetica typeface developed (in Switzerland)
  • 1957—1957:
    SA - Sputnik
  • 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
3 1958 
  • 1958—1958:
    Easter: First anti-nuclear protest march to Aldermaston (emergence of CND)
  • 1958—1958:
    Computers begin to be used in research, industry and commerce
  • 1958—1958:
    USA begins to produce Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)
  • 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:
    Inauguration of Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) in Britain (completed in 1979)
  • 5 Dec 1958—5 Dec 1958:
    Preston by-pass opens - UK's first stretch of motorway
4 1959 
  • 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
  • 24 May 1959—24 May 1959:
    Empire Day becomes Commonwealth Day
  • Aug 1959—Aug 1959:
    BMC Mini car launched
  • 3 Oct 1959—3 Oct 1959:
    Postcodes introduced in Britain
  • 1 Nov 1959—1 Nov 1959:
    First section of M1 motorway opened

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