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UK total population: 61,113,205Nationality: (noun) Briton or
British (collective plural)Dominant religion: ChristianityTime zone: 5 hours aheadLegal drinking age: 18Life expectancy average: 79
pre-1920s
-1916 Irish revolt against British rule in the Easter Rising, but it’s quickly hushed up.
-1917 Britain issues the Balfour Declaration, a statement that encourages the building of Jewish communities in Palestine. Later, conflict arises when thousands of Jews follow it and clash with the occupying Arabs
1920-40 g e n e r a l
-Gandhi makes trouble in India-Conservatives were ruling the political system-France, Germany, Britain, & foreign policy
the turbulent twenties-1922 Britain forced to grant Egypt independence after a series of revolts prompted by suffering during WWI
-1922 Irish launch a guerilla war against the British, and shortly after Ireland and Britain agree to the majority of Ireland becoming the self-governing Irish Free State, with only the mainly Protestant northern counties left for Britain to control.
-1926 A general strike erupted by some 3 million workers after becoming unionized, lasting nine days.
-1928 Women gained equal status to men after a long ordeal to get there, but sexism still exists in great quantities.
the thoughtless thirties
-1931 After the hit of the Great Depression, one in four workers is unemployed.
-December 1936 Edward VIII abdicated to marry an American divorcee, shocks the people. He had succeeded George V in January.
-1938 At the Munich Conference, Britain and France agree to Hitler’s demands and persuade Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland without bloodshed. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tells his people he’s gotten Britain “peace for our time” and says a little about saving Czechoslovakia, which he completely failed to do.
-1939 Germany invades Poland, to which Britain has various treaties with. Invasion forces Britain to declare war on Germany.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtrOJnpmz6s
World war II.
the firing forties-May 10th Winston Churchill becomes prime minister
-August 4th Italians invaded British East Africa
-August 13th the Battle of Britain commences, lasting 57 days straight. Hitler attacks the RAF, then heads for London.
-September 7th Britain prepares for an invasion within two weeks
-September 13th Italy invades British Egypt. British soldiers manage to drive them back to Libya in January.
-September 17th Hitler postpones his planned invasion on England in favor of Russia, unknowingly to either country
the firing forties-September 27th Germany, Italy, & Japan form alliances in the event of a British attack
-October 12th Hitler abandons any ideas of invading England, but the blitz continues nonetheless
-December 6th President Roosevelt of the US provides a leasing package to England to restore supplies damaged from German attacks. The US continues to remain neutral.
-December 29th biggest air raid of the blitz occurs in London, with over 3,000 people killed and many buildings lost to the bombs or resulting fire.
-May 11th, 1941: Hitler calls his air force back. The blitz ends.
the firing forties-March-July 1941 England has to fight off both German and Italy forces from their bases in Africa. England also fights in the Middle East to maintain access to oil that Churchill has promoted from getting into German hands.
-September 1941 England bands with Russia to secure the Anglo Iranian oil fields.
-December 7th 1941 Japanese arrive in Malaysia
-December 25th 1941 Japanese take over British Hong Kong
-January 1942 Japanese invade Singapore, which is British territory.
-February 5th Singapore surrenders.
the firing forties-1942 brings the first round of the England bombing Germany.
-May 1943 the Allies re-obtain North Africa and head for Italy. The takeover begins. The allies plan to take France, Belgium, and- eventually- Germany.
-end of 1944, all of Western Europe- up to the Rhine river- has been taken back.
-May 1945 Germany surrenders
-May 2nd 1945 Italy surrenders to allies
-June 1945 Clement Atlee becomes prime minister
-360,000 British citizens killed in total
the firing forties
-August 1947 India gains independence from Britain
-1948 England hosts the Olympics
1950-80
the fabled fifties-May 7th 1951 George VI holds the first Festival of Britain
-October 21st 1951 Winston Churchill re-elected for prime minister at the age of76
-February 6th 1952 Elizabeth II succeeds George VI
-April 1955 Winston Churchill retires, Sir Anthony Eden becomes prime minister
-July 1956 the Clean Air Act is passed
-November 1956 the US give the Suez Canal back to Egyptians
-January 1957 Harold Macmillan becomes prime minister
...everything else-May 15th 1957 Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb
-November 8th 1965 the death penalty is abolished
-1967 abortion and homosexuality are legalized
-January 1972 14 killed by British troops at a protest in Northern Ireland
-September 1976 Britain borrows money from the International Monetary Fund
-May 3rd 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be prime minister
the leaders
1980-
the rest. -1981 Racial riots in Brixton, London
-April 2nd 1982 Argentina invades the Falkland Islands but are defeated shortly.
-1985 35 Italians killed at the Liverpool stadium by “British hooligans”
-1989 96 football fans killed at Liverpool stadium.
-1990 Margaret Thatcher resigns -November 8th 1965 the death penalty is abolished
-1991 Britain fights with the US against Iraq in the Gulf War
the rest. -1996 Mad Cow Disease causes millions of cows to be slaughtered
-1997 Britain gives Hong Kong back to China.
- 1997 this happens:
the rest. -1997 British biologist Ian Wilmut clones a sheep.
-1997 Lady Dianna dies in a “mysterious” car accident.
-1989 96 football fans killed at Liverpool stadium.
-1999 Scotland inaugurates its own parliament
-2001 Britain fights with the US against Afghanistan
-2003 Tony Blair (prime minister) & George W. Bush order the invasion of Iraq to overthrow Sadum Hussein. Tony Blair later admits that Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction (the reason to invade.)
-Suicide bombers kill 55 in London
2007-2009
-the stock market crashes.
-the London stock market loses 31%, the biggest loss in 24 years.
September, 2009
-The British stock market has the best three months in 25 years.
