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21 January 1950 [1] Acclaimed author George Orwell dies
26 January 1950 [2] India shakes off British rule History of India
24 February 1950 [3] Labour wins slim majority UK general election, 1950
1 March 1950 [4] Communist spy jailed for 14 years Klaus Fuchs
8 March 1950 [5] Gas turbine car gets road test
18 March 1950 [6] Government falls as Belgians vote for king
18 May 1950 [7] US and Europe agree NATO aims
26 May 1950 [8] UK drivers cheer end of fuel rations
25 June 1950 [9] UN condemns North Korean invasion
15 August 1950 [10] Princess gives birth to second child Anne, Princess Royal
27 August 1950 [11] Television crosses the Channel
29 August 1950 [12] British troops arrive in Korea
8 September 1950 [13] Miners trapped underground by landslide
15 September 1950 [14] UN stages daring assault on Inchon
5 December 1950 [15] Pyongyang taken as UN retreats
18 December 1950 [16] Radio Times hits Christmas deadline
4 January 1951 [17] Communist forces prepare to take Seoul
30 March 1951 [18] Rosenbergs guilty of espionage Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
11 April 1951 [19] MacArthur fired - Ridgway takes over
17 April 1951 [20] Fears for crew of lost British submarine
3 May 1951 [21] King George opens Festival of Britain
28 May 1951 [22] Glasgow powers up for the Festival
3 July 1951 [23] Ridgway agrees to ceasefire talks
2 September 1951 [24] Designers prepare to dazzle Venice
14 September 1951 [25] Refinery opens as oil row continues
23 September 1951 [26] King has lung operation
30 September 1951 [27] Festival closes to applause
23 October 1951 [28] Churchill denies 'warmonger' claims
26 October 1951 [29] Churchill wins general election UK general election, 1951
2 November 1951 [30] 6,000 British troops flown into Egypt
15 November 1951 [31] Murder on Malay rubber estate
20 November 1951 [32] British families leave Egypt's Canal Zone Suez Canal
31 December 1951 [33] Churchill trip finally underway
5 January 1952 [34] Churchill renews 'special relationship'
26 January 1952 [35] Britons killed in Cairo riots
30 January 1952 [36] Korea truce talks hit stalemate
1 February 1952 [37] Test drive for TV detector vans
6 February 1952 [38] King George VI dies in his sleep
8 February 1952 [39] New Queen proclaimed for UK
10 February 1952 [40] India passes first test of democracy
30 April 1952 [41] Diary of Anne Frank published in English
2 May 1952 [42] Comet inaugurates the jet age De Havilland Comet
20 July 1952 [43] Dynamic Zatopek wins gold at Helsinki Emil Zátopek
26 July 1952 [44] Eva Peron is dead
16 August 1952 [45] Flood devastates Devon village Lynmouth
6 September 1952 [46] Dozens die in air show tragedy Farnborough Air Show
7 September 1952 [47] Egyptian army ousts prime minister
19 September 1952 [48] US Immigration slams door on Chaplin
23 September 1952 [49] Charlie Chaplin comes home
3 October 1952 [50] Tea rationing to end
8 October 1952 [51] Many die as three trains crash at Harrow
21 October 1952 [52] Kenyatta arrested in security raid Jomo Kenyatta
5 November 1952 [53] Landslide victory for Eisenhower U.S. presidential election, 1952
25 December 1952 [54] Queen makes first Christmas speech Royal Christmas Message
15 January 1953 [55] East German purge begins
28 January 1953 [56] Derek Bentley hanged for murder
31 January 1953 [57] 130 die in ferry disaster
1 February 1953 [58] Violent storms claim hundreds of lives North Sea Flood of 1953
5 February 1953 [59] Sweet news ends rationing
27 February 1953 [60] Spelling bill passes second reading
5 March 1953 [61] Soviet leader 'on brink of death' Joseph Stalin
16 March 1953 [62] Marshal Tito makes historic visit to London
8 April 1953 [63] Seven years' hard labour for Kenyatta Jomo Kenyatta
15 April 1953 [64] Britain honours American hero Reis Leming
16 April 1953 [65] Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia HMY Britannia
20 April 1953 [66] UN and Korea begin prisoner exchange
25 April 1953 [67] Scientists describe 'secret of life' DNA
4 May 1953 [68] Duke of Edinburgh gets his wings
29 May 1953 [69] Hillary and Tenzing conquer Everest Mount Everest
2 June 1953 [70] Millions cheer as Queen is crowned
25 June 1953 [71] Christie to hang for wife's murder 10 Rillington Place
6 October 1953 [72] Britain sends troops to Guiana Guyana, History of Guyana#Independence Movement
17 November 1953 [73] Twenty die in Channel collision
26 November 1953 [74] Lords vote for commercial television
10 January 1954 [75] Comet jet crashes with 35 on board De Havilland Comet
12 February 1954 [76] New authority for atomic energy United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
18 February 1954 [77] McCarthy hunts 'army Communists' Joseph McCarthy
1 March 1954 [78] US tests hydrogen bomb in Bikini Bikini Atoll
3 April 1954 [79] Oxford wins 100th Boat Race
6 May 1954 [80] Bannister breaks four-minute mile Roger Bannister, four minute mile
30 June 1954 [81] Three continents see eclipse of sun
4 July 1954 [82] Housewives celebrate end of rationing
21 July 1954 [83] Peace deal ends Indo-China war First Indochina War
3 September 1954 [84] National Trust buys remote island Fair Isle
13 October 1954 [85] Chataway beats 5,000m world record Christopher Chataway
14 October 1954 [86] Ethiopian emperor visits UK Haile Selassie
19 October 1954 [87] 'Metal fatigue' caused Comet crashes De Havilland Comet
12 November 1954 [88] New York's Ellis Island closes
30 November 1954 [89] Winston Churchill turns 80
2 December 1954 [90] US Senate condemns McCarthy Joseph McCarthy
2 December 1954 [91] US pledges to defend Nationalist China