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| 1st Nuclear Explosion Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| 2nd Oct The 1st BritishNuclear bomb is exploded |
| Birth of Strummer, Joe Strummer, Joe | |
| 21st Aug Ankara Birth of Joe Strummer, born John Mellor |
| Claerwen Dam Elizabeth II | |
| 23rd Oct Claerwen Dam Opens the Claerwen Dam |
| Composition of Williams Williams, Ralph Vaughan | |
| London Composes, "Sinfonia Antarctica" |
| Council Accession Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 6th Feb Attends the Accession Council which proclaims Queen Elizabeth II |
| Death of George VI Bowes-Lyon | |
| 6th Feb Death of George VI, her husband |
| Death of George VI Elizabeth II | |
| 6th Feb Aberdare Death of George VI, hears of death in a tree-tops hut in the Aberdare Forest, Kenya |
| Death of George VI George VI | |
| 6th Feb London Death of George VI, only 56 |
| Debut Trueman Trueman, Frederick Sewards | |
| Makes international debut against India |
| Demonstrations Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 25th Jan Ismailia Anti-British riots follow after the British sieze the police HQ at Ismailia |
| 27th Jan Cairo The Shepheard Hotel is burnt down killing 17 people during anti-British demonstrations |
| Diplomacy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 10th Jan London While in Washington Churchill allows USAbases on British soil |
| Diplomacy Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 27th Jan Cairo The Shepheard Hotel is burnt down killing 17 people during anti-British demonstrations |
| Diplomacy Elizabeth II | |
| 23rd Sep Visit of King Faisal of Iraq |
| Director Operations Templar Templar, Gerald | |
| Jan Appointed Director of Operations in Malaya |
| Economy Butler, Richard Austen | |
| Proposes the "Robot" scheme to float the œ & allow exchange rates "to take the strain" |
| Education of Lennon Lennon, John Winston | |
| Sep Liverpool John Lennon starts at Liverpool College of Art where he meets Cynthia Powell, his future wife, & Stuart Sutcliffe |
| Sep Liverpool John Lennon starts at Quarry Bank High School |
| Education of Lennon Powell, Cynthia | |
| Sep Liverpool John Lennon starts at Liverpool College of Art where he meets Cynthia Powell, his future wife, & Stuart Sutcliffe |
| Education of Lennon Sutcliffe, Stuart | |
| Sep Liverpool John Lennon starts at Liverpool College of Art where he meets Cynthia Powell, his future wife, & Stuart Sutcliffe |
| Film Chaplin Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| Directs, "Limelight" |
| Flotation Sterling Butler, Richard Austen | |
| London Sterling is floated by Rab Butler prior to his 1952 Buget |
| Flotation Sterling Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Sterling is floated by Rab Butler prior to his 1952 Buget |
| Health Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Feb Churchill has a small arterial spasm |
| High Commissioner Templar, Gerald | |
| Jan Appointed High Commissioner of Malaya, committed to defeating the Communist insurgents |
| House of Windsor Elizabeth II | |
| Elizabeth II officially declares her "Will and Pleasure that I and My children shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that my descendants who marry and their descendants, shall bear the name of Windsor" |
| Housing MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| London Announces 1,000 more houses are being built per week than under the Labour government |
| London Sets a target of 260,000 houses for 1953 & 300,000 houses for 1954 |
| Hurricane Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Oct Monte Bello Britain tests its atom bomb in the Monte Bello Islands off nth-west Australia |
| Identity Cards Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 21st Feb Identity cards are abolished |
| Lord President Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert | |
| Appointed Lord President of the Council |
| Member of Parliament Healey, Denis | |
| Leeds Appointed Member of Parliament for Leeds Sth |
| Minister of Defense Alexander, Harold | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense |
| Nobel Prize Synge, Richard Laurence Millington | |
| London The Winner of the Nobel Prize for work in amino acids |
| Nuclear Warfare Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| 3rd Oct Monte Bello Britain explodes its 1st atomic bomb off Australia, 3rd member of the "nuclear club" |
| Nuclear Warfare Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 2nd Oct The 1st BritishNuclear bomb is exploded |
| Peerage Charles | |
| Cornwall Charles ' mother assumes the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II, Charles immediately becomes Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III, which gave that title to the Sovereign's eldest son, and is then referred to as His Royal Highnes |
| Cornwall The Duke of Cornwall is now the heir apparent to the throne |
| Becomes, in the Scottish Peerage, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. |
| Peerage Cooper, Alfred Duff | |
| Created Viscount Cooper |
| Privatization Steel Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 5th Nov London The Bill for the denationalzation of steel is introduced into the House of Commons |
| Publication of Bevan Bevan, Nye | |
| Publication of, "In Place of Fear", Bevan's left-wing socialist vision |
| Publication of Bullock Bullock, Alan | |
| Publication of, "Hitler, A Study in Tyranny" |
| Publication of Cooper Cooper, Alfred Duff | |
| Publication of, "Old Men Forget", an autobiography |
| Publication of Waugh Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St John | |
| Publication of, "Men at Arms" |
| Publication of Wilson Wilson, Angus | |
| Publication of, "Hemlock & After" |
| Publication of Wisdom Wisdom, John | |
| Publication of, "Other Minds" |
| Queen Mother Bowes Lyon Bowes-Lyon | |
| Appointed Queen Mother after her daughter Elizabeth succeeds to the throne |
| Rebellion Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| 19th Oct British troops are despatched to Kenya folowing Mau Mau disturbances |
| Reform of Labour Party Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Oct A Party Conference attacks the Bevanites by criticizing a "party within a party" |
| Siege of Ismailia Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 25th Jan Ismailia Anti-British riots follow after the British sieze the police HQ at Ismailia |
| Signing Lawton Lawton, Tommy | |
| Appointed player-manager at Brentford |
| Succession of Elizabeth II Charles | |
| Charles ' mother assumes the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II, Charles immediately becomes Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III, which gave that title to the Sovereign's eldest son, and is then referred to as His Royal Highnes |
| Succession of Elizabeth II Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 6th Feb London Attends the Accession Council which proclaims Queen Elizabeth II |
| Succession of Elizabeth II Elizabeth II | |
| 6th Feb London Both Houses of Parliament take the oath of allegiance to Elizabeth II |
| 6th Feb London Succeeds as Queen of Great Britain, Succeeds George II after his death |
| Suez Canal Crisis Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 25th Jan Ismalia Anti-British riots follow after the British sieze the police HQ at Ismailia |
| Trial of Chalain Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| The Un-American Activities House Commitee forbids Chaplain entry into the USA |
