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The Housemans of Nidderdale
Database Pages
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1934 - 1937 (3 years) Submit Photo / Document
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1 | 1934 | - 1934—1934: Hitler becomes Fuehrer of Germany
- 18 July 1934—18 July 1934: King George V opens Mersey Tunnel
- 26 September 1934—26 September 1934: RMS Queen Mary launched
- 30 November 1934—30 November 1934: First time a steam locomotive travels at 100 mph ('Flying Scotsman')
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2 | 1935 | - 1935—1935: London adopts a 'Green Belt' scheme
- 1935—1935: Land speed record of 301.13 mph by Malcolm Campbell
- 28 February 1935—28 February 1935: Nylon first produced by Gerard J. Berchet of Wallace Carothers' research group
at DuPont (there is no evidence to the widely-supposed story that the name derives from
New York-London)
- 12 March 1935—12 March 1935: Hore-Belisha introduces pedestrian crossings and speed limits for built-up areas
in Britain
- 1 June 1935—1 June 1935: Voluntary driving tests introduced in UK
- 30 July 1935—30 July 1935: Penguin paperbacks launched
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3 | 1936 | - 1936—1936: Jet engine first tested
- 20 January 1936—20 January 1936: George V dies
- 5 May 1936—5 May 1936: First flight of a Spitfire
- 24 July 1936—24 July 1936: 'Speaking clock' service starts in UK
- 2 November 1936—2 November 1936: British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, world's
first public TV transmission
- 30 November 1936—30 November 1936: Crystal Palace destroyed by fire
- 5 December 1936—5 December 1936: Edward VIII abdicates (announced Dec 10) - popular carol that Christmas:
'Hark the Herald Angels sing Mrs Simpson's got our King'
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4 | 1937 | - 1937—1937: '999' emergency telephone call facility starts in London
- 1937—1937: Billy Butlin opens his first holiday camp
- 12 April 1937—12 April 1937: Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft
- 12 May 1937—12 May 1937: Coronation of King George VI
- 28 May 1937—28 May 1937: Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister - policy of appeasement towards
Hitler
- 3 June 1937—3 June 1937: Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson
- 4 December 1937—4 December 1937: 'The Dandy' first published
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