| Year Summary | It's the year of three Kings: George V dies on 20 January; his son Edward VIII rules 20 January – 11 December then abdicates; George VI is King. Prime Minister is Stanley Baldwin (national coalition). US President is Franklin D. Roosevelt. BBC launch world's first regular television service. The Crystal Palace is destroyed in a fire. In Germany, the Hindenburg Disaster. Billy Butlin opens his first Butlins holiday camp - Butlins Skegness. Adolf Hitler announces building of Volkswagens (the People's Car, aka the Kaefer/beetle). Alan Turing's paper <em>On Computable Numbers</em> is formally presented to the London Mathematical Society, introducing the concept of the <em>Turing machine</em>. Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Olympics in Berlin and win 4 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals. Fred Perry wins his third successive men's singles tennis title at Wimbledon. |
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