1935 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1935 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, national coalition (until 7 June), Stanley Baldwin, national coalition
[edit] Events
- 26 February - In Daventry, Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrates the use of radar.[1]
- 12 March - Speed limit in built-up areas reduced to 30 m.p.h.[2]
- April - Reflective cat's-eyes first used on British roads.[2]
- 6 May - Silver Jubilee celebrations for King George V.[2]
- 14 May - Northamptonshire gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, easily a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until 29 May 1939.
- 31 May - the driving test becomes compulsory.[1]
- 7 June - Ramsay MacDonald retires; Stanley Baldwin takes over as Prime Minister.[2]
- 18 June - Anglo-German Naval Agreement: Britain agrees to a German navy equal to 35% of her own naval tonnage.[2]
- 30 July - Allen Lane founds Penguin Books to publish the first mass market paperbacks in Britain.[2][1]
- 3 September - Malcolm Campbell sets a new land speed record of 484.620 km per hour (301.129 mph).[1]
- 6 November - Maiden flight of the RAF's Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft.[1]
- 14 November - In the General Election, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin is returned to office at the head of a National Government led by the Conservative Party with a large but reduced majority.
- 26 November - Clement Attlee elected leader of the Labour Party.[2]
- 10 December - James Chadwick wins the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the neutron".[3]
- 18 December - Samuel Hoare resigns as foreign secretary; replaced by Anthony Eden.
[edit] Publications
- Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels Three Act Tragedy and Death in the Clouds.
- Graham Greene's novel England Made Me.
- Christopher Isherwood's novel Mr. Norris Changes Trains.
- John Masefield's novel The Box of Delights.
- P. G. Wodehouse's short story collection Blandings Castle.
[edit] Births
- 4 January - Audrey Wise, politician (died 2000)
- 18 January - Jon Stallworthy, poet
- 24 January - Eric Ashton (d. 2008), English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 60s and later a coach
- 25 January - James Gordon Farrell, novelist (died 1979)
- 27 January - D. M. Thomas, novelist, poet and translator
- 28 January - David Lodge, author
- 4 February - Alex Harvey, Scottish Musician (died 1982)
- 17 February - Christina Pickles, actress
- 23 March - Barry Cryer, comedian
- 28 March - Michael Parkinson, journalist and television presenter
- 19 April - Dudley Moore, actor, comedian and musician (died 2002)
- 25 April - April Ashley, model
- 8 May - Jack Charlton, footballer
- 10 May - Terrance Dicks, television writer
- 17 May - Dennis Potter, writer (died 1994)
- 1 June - Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, architect and designer
- 2 June - Roger Brierley, actor (died 2005)
- 5 June - Anne Pashley, track and field sprinter
- 18 June - John Spencer, snooker player (died 2006)
- 19 June - Derren Nesbitt, actor
- 9 July - Michael Williams, actor (died 2001)
- 11 July - Oliver Napier, politician
- 15 July - William G. Stewart, television producer and presenter
- 27 July - Billy McCullough, footballer
- 28 July - Simon Dee, television presenter
- 13 August - Rod Hull, entertainer (died 1999)
- 29 September - Bruce Tulloh, long-distance runner
- 1 October - Julie Andrews, singer and actress
- 9 October - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
- 13 November - George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 27 November - Verity Lambert, television producer (died 2007)
- 14 December - Anthony Wilden, author and social theorist, noted translator of Jaques Lacan
[edit] Deaths
- 7 February - Lewis Grassic Gibbon, writer (born 1901)
- 15 February - Basil Hall Chamberlain, Japanologist (born 1850)
- 18 May - T. E. Lawrence, soldier (Lawrence of Arabia) (born 1888)
- 28 September - W.K. Dickson, inventor (born 1860)
- 20 October - Arthur Henderson, politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1863)
- 3 December - Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, daughter of King Edward VII (born 1868)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 379-380. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "James Chadwick The Nobel Prize in Physics 1935". http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1935/chadwick-bio.html James Chadwick. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
