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Male 1918 - 1921  (2 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1 1918 
  • 1918—1918:
    Vote for women over 30, men over 21 (except peers, lunatics and felons)
  • 1918—1918:
    War of Independence in Ireland
  • 1918—1918:
    SA - Influenza epidemic with pneumonia.
  • 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
2 1919 
  • 1919—1919:
    Britain adopts a 48-hour working week
  • 1919—1919:
    Sir Ernest Rutherford publishes account of splitting the atom
  • 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
3 1920 
  • 1920—1920:
    Regular cross-channel air service starts
  • 1920—1920:
    Marconi opens a radio broadcasting station in Britain
  • 1920—1920:
    Thompson patents his machine gun (Tommy gun)
  • Feb 1920—Feb 1920:
    First roadside petrol filling station in UK - opened by the Automobile Association at Aldermaston on the Bath Road
4 1921 
  • 1921—1921:
    Railway Act in Britain amalgamates companies - only four remained
  • 1921—1921:
    Insulin discovery announced
  • 1921—1921:
    First birth control clinic
  • 1921—1921:
    SA - Diamond mines closed down in Kimberley, economic depression.
  • 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

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