1929 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1929 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Stanley Baldwin, Conservative (until 5 June), Ramsay MacDonald, Labour
[edit] Events
- 30 March - Imperial Airways begins operating the first commercial flights between London and Karachi.[1]
- 22 April - Chat Moss airport opens in Manchester, Britain's first municipal airport.[2]
- 14 May - Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton.
- 31 May - The General election returns a hung parliament. Liberals will determine who has power.
- 7 June - The Conservatives concede power rather than risk courting Liberals for fragile majority.
- 8 June - Ramsay MacDonald founds new Labour government.[2]
- 17 June - Alfred Hitchcock's film Blackmail shown for the first time in London, the first British sound film.[1]
- 5 July - Scotland Yard seizes 12 nude paintings of D. H. Lawrence from the Mayfair gallery on grounds of indecency.
- 20 August - First transmissions of John Logie Baird's experimental 30-line television system by the BBC.[3]
- 2 October - The Union between the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland took place.
- 28 October - Sharp fall on the London Stock Exchange, following a similar crash on Wall Street on 24 October.[2]
- 1 November - The Pony Club established.[1]
- 2 December - First telephone boxes in London.[2]
- 10 December
- Arthur Harden wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Hans von Euler-Chelpin "for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes".[4]
- Frederick Hopkins wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins".[5]
[edit] Undated
- Ross County F.C. founded in Dingwall, Scotland. They initially play in the Highland League.
[edit] Publications
- Agatha Christie's novel The Seven Dials Mystery.
- Robert Graves' memoir Good-Bye to All That.
- Richard Hughes' novel A High Wind in Jamaica.
- Charles Kay Ogden's book Basic English.
- Virginia Woolf's essay A Room of One's Own.
[edit] Births
- 28 January - Acker Bilk, jazz clarinetist and band leader
- 31 January - Jean Simmons, actress
- 6 February - Keith Waterhouse, novelist and journalist
- 15 February - Graham Hill, race car driver (died 1975)
- 17 February - Patricia Routledge, actress
- 18 February - Len Deighton, author
- 21 February - James Beck, actor (died 1973)
- 23 March - Sir Roger Bannister, runner
- 5 April - Nigel Hawthorne, actor (died 2001)
- 18 April - Peter Jeffrey, actor (died 1999)
- 22 April - Michael Atiyah, mathematician
- 14 May - Henry McGee, actor
- 12 June - Brigid Brophy, author (died 1995)
- 13 June - Alan Civil, French horn player (died 1989)
- 5 July - Tony Lock, cricketer (died 1995)
- 24 July - Peter Yates, film director
- 31 July - Lynne Reid Banks, author
- 8 August - Ronald Biggs, criminal
- 25 August - Clifford Forsythe, politician (died 2000)
- 29 August - Thom Gunn, poet (died 2004)
- 21 September - Bernard Williams, philosopher (died 2003)
- 25 September - Ronnie Barker, comedian (died 2005)
- 7 October - Robert Westall, author (died 1993)
- 28 October - Joan Plowright, actress
- 11 December - Kenneth MacMillan, ballet dancer and choreographer (died 1992)
- 12 December - John Osborne, playwright and film producer (died 1994)
- 16 December - Nicholas Courtney, actor
- 16 December - James Moore, author
- 17 December - Jacqueline Hill, actress (died 1993)
- 28 December - Brian Redhead, journalist and broadcaster (died 1994)
[edit] Deaths
- 12 February - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (born 1853)
- 21 May - Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1847)
- 16 June - Bramwell Booth, General of The Salvation Army (born 1856)
- 28 June - Edward Carpenter, English poet (born 1844)
- 5 August - Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (born 1847)
- 26 August - Sir Ernest Satow, British diplomat and scholar (born 1843)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library, 91. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 371-372. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1929. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
