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| 1st 4 Minute Mile Bannister, Roger |  |
| 6th May 1st person to run the mile in under 4 minutes |
| 4 Minute Mile Bannister, Roger | |
| 6th May 1st person to run the mile in under 4 minutes |
| Anvil Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| April Operation Anvil leads to the detention of over 16,000 Mau Mau suspects in Kenya |
| Armament Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Gets the Parliamentary Labour Party to support German rearmament |
| Armament Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Agrees with the USA that Germany should be able to rearm |
| London Agrees with the USA that the Allies should allow Germany to rearm |
| Birth of Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 30th Nov Celebrates his 80th birthday |
| 30th Nov Churchill says he can lead another election but Woolton, the Party Chairman, disagrees |
| 30th Nov Feels he can lead another election but Woolton, the Party Chairman, disagrees |
| CND Russell | |
| Helps Found the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| Conference of Geneva Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 27th July Geneva Serves with Molotov as joint Chairman of the Geneva Conference |
| Death of Cooper, Alfred Duff Cooper, Alfred Duff | |
| 1st Jan Death of Alfred Duff Cooper |
| Death of Greenwood, Arthur Greenwood, Arthur | |
| Death of Arthur Greenwood |
| Defense Europe Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Britain agrees to keep 4 Divs on the Continent & the French agree to German rearmament |
| Diplomacy Elizabeth II | |
| 12th Jan Wellington Opens the NewZealand Parliament |
| 15th May Returns from the Commonwealth tour |
| July Visit of the King of Sweden |
| Oct Visit of Haile Selassie |
| Director Royal Institution Bragg Bragg, William Henry | |
| London Appointed Director of the Royal Institution |
| Education of Major Major, John Roy | |
| Merton Enters Rutlish Grammar School |
| League Champions Stein, John "Jock" | |
| Captains Celtic to their first League championship since 1938 |
| Minister of Defense MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| 9th Oct Appointed Minister of Defense |
| Nuclear Warfare Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 16th June London The Defence Policy Committee outlines the production of the British H-Bomb |
| 16th June The Defence Policy Committee outlines the production of the British H-Bomb |
| 7th July London Cabinet agrees to produce the British H-Bomb in Britain |
| Owen Falls Elizabeth II | |
| 29th April Owen Falls Opens Owen Falls |
| Party Treasurer Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| Appointed Party Treasurer of the Labour Party |
| Party Treasurer Greenwood, Arthur | |
| Appointed Party Treasurer for the Labour Party, defeats Bevan |
| Poll Daily Mirror MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| A poll on who should succeed Churchill reveals 2% support MacMillan & 52% support Eden |
| President Richardson, Arthur | |
| London Appointed President of the Royal Academy |
| Publication of Aitken Aitken, William Maxwell | |
| Publication of, "Don't Trust to Luck" |
| Publication of Amiss Amiss, Kingsley | |
| Publication of, "Lucky Jim", a brilliant comic satire on academic life |
| Publication of Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Publication of, "A History of the English Speaking Peoples ", 1956-1958 |
| Publication of, "The Second World War", 1948-54 |
| Publication of Golding Golding, William | |
| Publication of, "Lord of the Flies" |
| Publication of Huxley Huxley, Aldous Leonard | |
| Publication of, "The Doors of Perception" |
| Rationing Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 4th July Food rationing ends |
| Rebellion Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| April Operation Anvil leads to the detention of over 16,000 Mau Mau suspects in Kenya |
| Reform of MAF Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London The Ministry of Food is merged with the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries |
| Resignation of Bevan Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Bevan resigns over the governments support for German rearmament |
| Resignation of Bevan Bevan, Nye | |
| Attlee gets PLP support for German rearmament, Bevan resigns from the shadow cabinet |
| Resignation of MacMillan MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| London Opposes Churchill's resignation but changes his mind by January 1955 |
| Rule of Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| The Turkish want Cyprus returned or partioned, Britain refuses its independence |
| Secretary Home George, Gwilym Lloyd | |
| 19th Oct London Appointed Home Secretary |
| Solicitor General Hylton-Foster, Harry Braustin | |
| Appointed Solicitor General |
| Strike Dockers Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Aug The dockers go on unofficial strike |
| WEU Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| The "Western European Union" will co-ordinate European armies, including Britain |
