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| Birth of Anderson, Ian Anderson, Ian |  |
| 10th Aug Dunfirmline Birth of Ian Anderson |
| Birth of Bolan, Marc Bolan, Marc | |
| 30th Sep London Birth of Marc Bolan |
| Birth of Bowie, David Bowie, David | |
| 8th Jan London Birth of David Robert Jones , David Bowie |
| Birth of Davies, David Russell Gordon Davies, David Russell Gordon | |
| 3rd Feb London Birth of David Russell Gordon Davies |
| Birth of Moon, Keith Moon, Keith | |
| 23rd Aug Birth of Keith Moon |
| CEPS Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Mar Founds the Central Economic Planning Staff |
| Chancellor Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale | |
| Resigns as Chancellor of the Exhchequer |
| Charter Industrial Charter Butler, Richard Austen | |
| London The Indus trial Policy Committee draws up the Indus trial Charter, "Butskellism" |
| Citizenship Philip Philip | |
| 28th Feb Takes the oath of allegiance & becomes a British subject |
| 18th Mar Becomes Lieutenant Philip Mountbaten, RN |
| Crisis Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| Britain suffers from an acute fuel shortage in the autumn |
| Death of Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, Stanley | |
| Death of Stanley Baldwin |
| Diplomacy Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| 21st Feb Informs the USABritain cannot afford to keep troops in Greece & will withdraw by April |
| Diplomacy Elizabeth II | |
| Cape Town Tours Sth Africa & celebrates her 21st birthday at Cape Town |
| 1st Feb Portsmouth Elizabeth II's 1st trip outside the British Isles |
| 1st Feb Portsmouth Embarks on the HMS Vanguard for royal state visit to Sth Africa & Rhodes ia |
| Diplomacy George VI | |
| Tours Sth Africa |
| Salisbury Pays a Royal visit to Rhodes ia & opens the state Parliamen |
| Feb Cape Town Opens the new session of Parliament in Cape Town |
| Feb Offers to return to Britain from tour of Sth Africa but Attlee refuses |
| 1st Feb Portsmouth Departs on HMS Vanguard for Sth Africa to help Jan Smuts against the Nationalist Party |
| 17th Feb Cape Town 1st time a reigning British Sovereign had step foot on Sth African soil |
| 17th Feb Cape Town Arrives at Duncan Dock received by the Governor-General, Prime Minister & the Cabinet |
| Diplomacy Wilson, James Harold | |
| London Visits Russia to agree an exchange of manafacured goods for grain |
| Dec Moscow Leads a trade mission & agrees to exchange manafactured goods for Russian grain |
| Economy Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale | |
| 20th Aug Dalton is forced to suspend the convertibility of the pound |
| Governor General Dugan, Winston Joseph | |
| Appointed Governor General of Australia, 2nd term |
| Independence Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Grants independence to Pakistan |
| 20th Feb Agrees to grant Indian independence no later than 1948 |
| Independence George VI | |
| 15th Aug The King is no longer King-Emperor |
| Knighthood Cooper, Alfred Duff | |
| Alfred Duff Cooper is Knighted |
| Marriage of Elizabeth I George VI | |
| July Give consent under the Royal Marriages Act for Elizabet to marry the Duke of Edinburgh |
| 20th Nov Gives Elizabeth away to the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey |
| Marriage of Elizabeth II Elizabeth II | |
| 9th July London George VI makes public his consent for Elizabrth to marry Prince Philip |
| 10th July London Philip's engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace |
| 20th Nov London Marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Prince of Greece & Denmark |
| Marriage of Philip David of Milford Haven | |
| 20th Nov Acts as Prince Philip's best man |
| Marriage of Philip Philip | |
| 10th July Philip's engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace |
| 20th Nov London Marries Elizabeth II |
| 21st Nov Philip is to be known as HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
| Minister of Economics Cripps, Stafford | |
| Appointed Minister of Economic Affairs |
| Minister of Fuel & Power Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| Appointed Minister of Fuel & Power |
| Nationalization Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| 1st Jan The coal industry is nationalized |
| Peerage George VI | |
| 20th Nov Makes Philip the Duke of Edinburgh prior to his wedding to Elizabeth |
| Peerage Philip | |
| 19th Nov Edinburgh Created Duke of Edinburgh |
| President Wilson, James Harold | |
| London Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 1st term |
| Privy Council Wilson, James Harold | |
| London Appointed Member of the Privy Council |
| Professor Ayer Ayer, Alfred Jules | |
| London Appointed Professor at University College London |
| Oxford Appointed Professor at Oxford |
| Publication of Auden Auden, Wystan Hugh | |
| Publication of, "Age of Anxiety" |
| Publication of La Mare La Mare, Walter John de | |
| Publication of, "Collected Stories for Children" |
| Publication of MacKenzie MacKenzie, Compton | |
| Publication of, "Whisky Galore" |
| Rationing Wilson, James Harold | |
| 5th Nov London Celebrates a "bonfire of controls" by making 200,000 permits & licences unecessary |
| Resignation of Greenwood Greenwood, Arthur | |
| London Resigns as Paymaster General |
| Secretary Coleville Coleville, John Rupert | |
| London Appointed Secretary to Princess Elizabeth |
| Secretary Transport Callaghan, James | |
| London Appointed Secretary in the Ministry of Trans port |
| Signing Lawton Lawton, Tommy | |
| Despite being at the peak of his playing career, shocks the football world with a move to Third Division Notts County for a record transfer fee of œ20,000 |
| Speech Elizabeth II Elizabeth II | |
| Makes a "dedication" speech to the Empire on her 21st birthday from Sth Africa |
| Supreme Commander Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| London Appointed Supreme Commander of the British forces in India & Pakistan |
| UEM Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| June London Launches the United Europe Movement |
