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1920 in the United Kingdom

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1920 in the United Kingdom
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Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
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Popular culture

Events from the year 1920 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

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Events

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Undated

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  • This year sees the all-time highest annual number of live births in the country, over 1.1 million.[21]
  • Meccano Ltd of Liverpool produce the first Hornby toy train, a clockwork 0 gauge model.
  • Prince Albert (later George VI), having become Duke of York earlier in the year, meets Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who will become his wife in 1923 (and later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother).[22]
  • The British Empire, the largest empire ever in history, reaches its peak of 33 million square miles and a population of 423 million people.
  • Huddersfield Corporation buys the leaseholds of much of the town from the Ramsden estate for £1.3M, becoming "the town that bought itself".[23]

Publications

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Births

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January – March

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April – June

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July – September

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October – December

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Woodward, David R. (September 2004). "Robertson, Sir William Robert, first baronet (1860–1933)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35786. Retrieved 7 December 2007. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Hansard debate 31 Mar 1920
  3. ^ Price, D.T.W. (1990). A History of the Church in Wales in the Twentieth Century. Penarth: Church in Wales Publications. ISBN 0-85326-026-5.
  4. ^ "1950s - Games, results and tables". 3 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Review of C. B. Purdom, The Building of Satellite Towns, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1925". Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  6. ^ Macfarlane, L. J. (December 1967). "Hands off Russia: Labour and the Russo–Polish War, 1920". Past and Present. 38 (38): 126–152. doi:10.1093/past/38.1.126.
  7. ^ "21st July 1920: Expulsions from Harland & Wolff". Decade of Centenaries: Ulster 1885-1925. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. ^ Results of Fifth Aerial Derby at Hendon Flight: 29 July 1920, p.833.
  9. ^ Robertson, Patrick (1974). The Shell Book of Firsts. London: Ebury Press. p. 203. ISBN 0-7181-1279-2.
  10. ^ "1st World Jamboree". The Pine Tree Web. 1998. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  11. ^ O'Farrell, Patrick (2004). "Mannix, Daniel (1864–1963)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55446. Retrieved 11 November 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ a b c d Cottrell, Peter (2009). The War for Ireland, 1913–1923. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-9966.
  13. ^ "English Division Three (South) results on 28th August 1920 - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  14. ^ "Official Southport Website - History". Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  15. ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
  16. ^ Hibbert, Christopher (1988). The Encyclopædia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. p. 427. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  17. ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  18. ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 488–490. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  19. ^ Cooper, Charlie (24 June 2014). "Britons are forced to tighten their belts". The Independent. London. p. 17. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  20. ^ "Trail-blazers who pioneered women's football". BBC News. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  21. ^ Blastland, Michael (2 February 2012). "Go Figure: When was the real baby boom?". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  22. ^ Walker, Andrew (29 January 2003). "Profile: King George VI". BBC News.
  23. ^ "Huddersfield History". Huddersfield Local History Society. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  24. ^ Barker, Dennis (7 November 2012). "Clive Dunn obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  25. ^ "Steve Conway Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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