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1920 In The United Kingdom
,
Other Events Of 1921
,
1922 In The United Kingdom
and the
Timeline Of British History
.
EVENTS
January 3
- The
Airships
R.36
and
R.37
are completed.
January 14
-
Unemployment
stands at 927,000.
January 20
- The
Royal Navy
Submarine
K.5
sinks in the
English Channel
with the loss of 56 lives.
January 26
- Seventeen people are killed when two passenger
Trains
collide in
Montgomeryshire
.
February 12
-
Winston Churchill
is appointed
Colonial Secretary
.
February 16
-
Unemployment
now stands at over one million. The Government announces an increase in
Unemployment Benefit
.
March 11
-
Queen Mary
becomes the first woman to be awarded an (honorary)
Degree
by
Oxford University
.
March 16
- The United Kingdom signs a
Trade Agreement
with
Soviet Russia
.
March 17
-
Andrew Bonar Law
, the
Conservative
leader, resigns due to ill-health.
March 17
- Dr
Marie Stopes
opens the United Kingdom's first
Birth Control
clinic in
Holloway, London
.
March 21
-
Austen Chamberlain
replaces
Bonar Law
as
Conservative
leader.
March 26
-
Shaun Spadah
wins the
Grand National
.
March 31
- A state of emergency is declared after another coal
Strike
is called.
April 3
- Coal rationing begins.
April 13
-
Lloyds Bank
takes over
Fox, Fowler And Co
, the last provincial English
Bank
to issue its own
Banknotes
.
April 15
- The national
Strike
, due to be declared by the '
Triple Alliance
', is called off.
April 23
-
Tottenham Hotspur
beat
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1-0 in the
FA Cup
Final.
April 26
- Police patrol
London
on motorcycles for the first time.
May 4
- The
IRA
kill a former
RIC
Inspector
in
Glasgow
.
May 7
-
Crown Prince
Hirohito
of
Japan
arrives on an official visit.
May 22
- The
USA
beats the United Kingdom 9 rounds to 3 in the first
Golf
international between the two countries.
May 24
- In
General Election
s for the new
Northern Ireland Parliament
,
Ulster Unionists
win 40 out of 52 seats.
One-party Rule
will last for fifty years.
June 1
-
Humorist
wins the
Derby
. For the first time the result is broadcast live by
Wireless
.
June 6
- King
George V
opens
Southwark Bridge
in
London
.
June 7
- The new
Northern Ireland Parliament
assembles.
June 10
-
Unemployment
reaches 2.2 million.
June 12
- Sunday postal collection and delivery ends.
June 15
- Two million workers are currently involved in pay disputes.
June 22
- King
George V
opens the first
Northern Ireland Parliament
.
June 24
- The world's largest
Airship
, the
R.38
, makes its maiden flight at
Bedford
.
June 25
- Rainfall ends a 100-day
Drought
.
June 28
- The coal
Strike
ends.
July 2
-
Bill Tilden
and
Suzanne Lenglen
retain their
Wimbledon
titles.
July 7
- General
Jan Smuts
meets King
George V
to discuss the
Irish
situation.
July 12
-
Sinn Féin
representatives arrive in
London
for talks.
July 18
-
Ulster Unionist
negotiators walk out of the truce talks in
London
.
August 19
-
Unemployment
falls to 1,640,600.
August 24
- The
Airship
ZR II
explodes at
Hull
, killing 43 people.
August 30
- England beat
Australia
, for the first time this year, in the final
Test Match
.
September 9
-
Charlie Chaplin
visits
London
and is met by thousands.
September 23
- The second female
MP
enters
Parliament
.
October 8
- The
Steamer
''
Rowan
'' sinks off the coast of
Scotland
. 36 people lose their lives.
October 11
- The
Irish Treaty Conference
opens in
London
.
November 21
- Troops are sent to restore order after rioting breaks out in East
Belfast
.
November 22
- At least ten people die in widespread shootings in
Belfast
.
November 30
- Sir
Basil Thompson
retires after forty years as the head of the
Metropolitan Police
Special Branch
.
December 7
- British and Irish negotiators sign an agreement giving independence to the
Irish Free State
.
December 16
-
Parliament
ratifies the
Anglo-Irish Treaty
.