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| 161 | 1905 | Monarch is Edward VII. Prime Minister is Arthur Balfour (Conservative) but is outed by Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) who wins the general election with a large majority. Theodore Roosevelt is US President. Alf Common becomes the first £1,000 footballer in his transfer from Sheffield United to Middlesbrough. The AA (Automobile Association) is formed. Aspirin sold for the first time. | 12-Jun-2017 20:39 | |
| 162 | 1906 | Monarch is Edward VII and Prime Minister is Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal). Rolls-Royce Limited is registered. Suffragettes disrupt the State Opening of Parliament. Theodore Roosevelt is US Preesident. | 12-Jun-2017 20:40 | |
| 163 | 1907 | Monarch is Edward VII and Prime Minister is Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal). Theodore Roosevelt is US President. The Old Bailey criminal court opens in London. First taxicabs with taximeters operate in London. Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island. RMS Lusitania sets out on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York. The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his 66th birthday. Florence Nightingale becomes the first woman to receive the Order of Merit, awarded for her nursing work during the Crimean War. The Companies Act introduces an explicit distinction between private and public companies. | 12-Jun-2017 20:43 | |
| 164 | 1908 | Monarch is Edward VII. Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) is replaced as Prime Minister by H. H. Asquith (Liberal). Theodore Roosevelt is US President. Manchester United secure the Football League First Division title The first major trophy. 1908 Summer Olympics held at the White City Stadium, London. American-born Samuel F. Cody makes the first powered fixed-wing aircraft flight in Britain. Kenneth Grahame publishes <em>The Wind in the Willows</em>. First issue of <em>The Magnet</em>, featuring a story of Greyfriars School by Frank Richards. | 12-Jun-2017 20:46 | |
| 165 | 1909 | Monarch is Edward VII. Prime Minister is H. H. Asquith (Liberal). Theodore Roosevelt is replaced by the 27th President William Howard Taft. The FA Cup final is won by Manchester United for the first time, as they beat Bristol City 1–0 at Crystal Palace. Louis Blériot flies a Blériot XI monoplane across the English Channel from Calais to Dover, winning a prize of £1000 from the Daily Mail. The first Woolworths appear in the UK. | 12-Jun-2017 20:48 | |
| 166 | 1910 | King Edward VII died and George V became Monarch. Prime Minister H. H. Asquith (Liberal) remained in office after the general election. The second general election of 1910 was held for the electorate to resolve the battle of wills between the Houses of Commons and Lords. The US President was William Howard Taft. Old Trafford, the largest football stadium in England with an 80,000 capacity, is opened. Girl Guides' Association founded. 'Fowler's match': the Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lord's said to be the greatest of all time. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 167 | 1911 | Monarch is George V; Prime Minister is H. H. Asquith (Liberal); US President is William Howard Taft. The Coronation of George V and Queen Mary at Westminster Abbey, London. The 1911 census is taken. The first electric escalators installed at Earl's Court tube station in London. Suffragettes storm Parliament in London. Concise Oxford English Dictionary first edition published. | 12-Jun-2017 21:07 | |
| 168 | 1912 | George V reigns and H.H. Asquith (Liberal) is Prime Minister. US President is William Howard Taft (R-Ohio). The World is in shock after the Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage. British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and team reach the South Pole to find that Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it. Captain Lawrence Oates, ill member of Scott's South Pole expedition sacrifices himself by leaving the tent saying, "I am just going outside and may be some time." He is not seen again. Captain Scott and the rest of his team also perish in the Antarctic. Back home, Suffragettes cause trouble, National Insurance Payments are introduced and the University Boat race is abandoned when both boats sink. The Olympics are in Stockholm. First year of the Blackpool illuminations. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 169 | 1913 | Monarch is George V and Prime Minster is H.H. Asquith (Liberal). US President is William Howard Taft (R-Ohio) then on 4th March is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey). The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, better known as suffragettes, hold large rallies. The invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield, and concurrently in the USA by Elwood Haynes. R. J. Reynolds introduces Camel, the first packaged cigarette. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 170 | 1914 | The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is H. H. Asquith (Liberal). US President is Woodrow Wilson (Democrat). World War One starts; on the 4th August 11.00pm Britain declares war on Germany after the German Army invades neutral Belgium; the Royal Navy is in action the very next day. By the end of the year the War was already claiming thousands of lives. Sir Ernest Shackleton sets sail on the Endurance from Plymouth in an attempt to cross Antarctica. Although Edward VII died in 1910, the start of WWI is taken as the end of the Edwardian Era. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 171 | 1915 | The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is H. H. Asquith (Liberal, then Coalition from 25 May). US President is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey). World War I gains pace, sadly with many atrocities. German Zeppelins bomb UK cities and towns. RMS Lusitania sunk on passage from New York to Britain by a German U-boat killing 1,198. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 172 | 1918 | The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is David Lloyd George (Coalition). US President is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey). On 11 November World War I finally ends with Germany signing an armistice agreement with the Allies. Representation of the People Act gives women the vote provided they are over 30. The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service are merged to form the Royal Air Force. The GPO (General Post Office) raises ordinary letter rate to 1½d, ending the Uniform Penny Post which had existed since 1840. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 173 | 1920 | <strong>In UK<br /></strong>The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is David Lloyd George (Coalition). 1920 is MCMXX in Roman numerals. Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. Later, rationing ends. The Council of the League of Nations meets for the first time in London (later becoming the UN). War Secretary Winston Churchill ends conscription and replaces with a volunteer army of 220,000 men. The British Empire, the largest empire ever in history, reaches its peak of 33 million square miles and a population of 423 million people. Women lecturers are given equal status to their males at the University of Oxford. The Imperial War Museum opens. In the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp GB&NI win 15 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze medals. The Metropolitan Police forms the Flying Squad, following their move from horses to cars. West Bromwich Albion win the Football League title for the first time and Aston Villa beat Huddersfield Town 1–0 in the first FA Cup Final since 1915. Rupert Bear cartoon first appears in the Daily Express. Meccano Ltd of Liverpool produce the first Hornby toy train, a clockwork 0 gauge model.<br /><br /><strong>In USA<br /></strong>President is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey). It is the start of the eras of Prohibition (1920–1933), Depression of 1920–21 (1920–1921) and Roaring Twenties (1920–1929). The 1920 United States Census shows a population exceeding 100 million, at 106,021,537. The NFL (National Football League) is founded. The US Post Office rules that children may not be sent via parcel post! | 15-Jul-2023 12:44 | |
| 174 | 1921 | The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is David Lloyd George (Coalition). US President is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey) and from 4th March it is Warren G. Harding (R-Ohio). Charlie Chaplin visits London and is met by thousands. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 175 | 1922 | The Monarch is King George V. The British Empire is at its peak, covering a quarter of the planet and ruling over one in four people on earth. Prime Minister was David Lloyd George (Coalition) until October, then Bonar Law (Conservative). Lloyd George resigned over the Chanak Crisis (UK/Turkey tensions). A November election sees a Conservative victory, but Labour becomes the second largest party from the Liberals. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is formed and introduces a broadcasting licence fee of ten shillings (about £23 today). | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 176 | 1923 | (not set) | 25-Oct-2025 18:31 | |
| 177 | 1924 | <strong>In the UK</strong>: The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) until 16 January, then Ramsay MacDonald (Labour) until 4 November, then it's Stanley Baldwin again. The Olympics are in Paris. The Sunday Express is the first newspaper to publish a crossword.<br /><strong>In USA</strong>: The President is Calvin Coolidge (R-Massachusetts), who is the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. There is no vice-President. It's the Prohibition era (1919–1933) and the Roaring Twenties (1920–1929). J. Edgar Hoover is becomes head of the FBI. Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is founded in California. It's the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. | 23-Mar-2021 17:45 | |
| 178 | 1925 | <strong>In the UK</strong>: The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is Stanley Baldwin (Conservative). Britain returns to the gold standard (and it's <em>the</em> gold bullion standard rather than the specie standard). John Logie Baird transmits the first (greyscale) television pictures. American giant General Motors buy Vauxhall Motors of Luton for $2.5 million.<br /><strong>In USA</strong>: The President is Calvin Coolidge (R-Massachusetts). Vice President from March 4 is Charles G. Dawes (R-Illinois). F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes <em>The Great Gatsby</em>. The Pittsburgh Pirates win their 2nd World Series Title beating the Washington Senators 4 games to 3. The First National Spelling Bee is held. | 23-Mar-2021 17:45 | |
| 179 | 1926 | Monarch is George V. Prime Minister is Stanley Baldwin (Conservative). US President is Calvin Coolidge. The UK General Strike begins. John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television. The red telephone box introduced. The first British Grand Prix held at the Brooklands circuit (near Weybridge). Jack Hobbs scores 316 runs at match at Lord's. Agatha Christie disappears. A. A. Milne publishes <em>Winnie-the-Pooh</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 180 | 1927 | Monarch is George V. Prime Minister is Stanley Baldwin (Conservative). US President is Calvin Coolidge. The BBC gets its Royal Charter. The First transatlantic telephone call from New York City to London. Joe Davis wins the first World Snooker Championship in Birmingham. Cardiff City won the FA Cup beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 |