1948 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1948 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George VI of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Clement Attlee, Labour
[edit] Events
- 1 January - British Rail created when the government nationalises the railway industry.[1]
- 4 January - Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.[2]
- 4 February - Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.[3] King George VI becomes King of Ceylon.
- 17 March - Britain signs the Treaty of Brussels with Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.[4]
- 14 May - The murder of a three-year-old girl in Blackburn leads to the fingerprinting of more than 40,000 men in the city in an attempt to find the murderer.
- 22 June
- the ship Empire Windrush arrives in Britain with 500 Jamaican immigrants.[1]
- An order in council removes the title of Emperor of India from the Royal Style and Titles, recognising the independence of India in 1947.
- 5 July - The National Health Service is founded, giving Britons the right to universal healthcare, free at point of use.[1]
- 15 July - First London chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous
- 29 July–14 August - 1948 Summer Olympics held in London.[1]
- 8 November- The King issues Letters Patent granting the title of Prince or Princess of the United Kingdom, with the style Royal Highness, to the children of The Duke of Edinburgh and The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh.
[edit] Unknown dates
- Patrick Blackett wins the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation".[5]
- T. S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry".[6]
[edit] Births
- 2 January - Deborah Watling, actress
- 22 March - Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer
- 1 April - Peter Law, politician (died 2006)
- 4 April - Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
- 31 May - John Bonham, drummer (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
- 14 November- Prince Charles of Edinburgh, later The Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II
- 25 November - Paul Murphy, politician
- 2 December - Patricia Hewitt, politician
[edit] Deaths
- 13 March - Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein- granddaughter of Queen Victoria (born 1870)
- 12 August - Harry Brearley, inventor (born 1871)
- 22 August - Sophia Duleep Singh, Princess and suffragette (born 1876)
- 10 September
- Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, politician (born 1874)
- Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood, politician (born 1870)
- 31 December - Malcolm Campbell, racing motorist and motoring journalist (born 1885)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d The Lost Decade Timeline, BBC. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon, 501. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ CIA World Factbook entry on Sri Lanka Retrieved on 25 September 2007.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
