1926 in The United Kingdom - Events

Events

  • 2 January – Contributory old age pensions payable to those between 65 and 70 years of age under the provisions of the Widows', Orphans', and Old-Age Contributory Pensions Act of 1925.
  • 16 January – BBC radio play about worker's revolution causes a panic in London.
  • 27 January – John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system in London.
  • 31 January – British and Belgian troops leave Cologne.
  • 9 February – Flooding of London suburbs.
  • 6 March – The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire.
  • 1 May – Coal miner's strike begins in Britain over planned pay reductions.
  • 3 May – General Strike begins in support of the coal strike.
  • 4 May – The BBC broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers are published due to the General Strike.
  • 9 May – Martial law in Britain because of the General Strike.
  • 10 May – Talks between government and strikers begin.
  • 12 May – The General Strike ends.
  • 24 July – First greyhound track in Britain opens in Manchester.
  • 25 July – BBC history: The previously experimental long-wave station 5XX moves from Chelmsford to Daventry and becomes the first station to achieve near national coverage. The Daventry station will later become the main transmitter of the BBC National Programme.
  • 6 August – American swimmer Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel from France to England.
  • 7 August – The first British Grand Prix held at the Brooklands circuit near Weybridge.
  • 18 August – British miners' union begins negotiations with the government.
  • 30 August – Cricketer Jack Hobbs scores 316 runs at match at Lord's, the highest individual total scored at that ground.
  • 12 October – British miners agree to end their strike.
  • December
    • Imperial Chemical Industries formed by merger of Brunner Mond, Nobel Explosives, the United Alkali Company, and the British Dyestuffs Corporation.
    • Council for the Preservation of Rural England formed by Patrick Abercrombie to limit urban sprawl and ribbon development.
  • 2 December – The Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin ends the martial law that had been declared due to General Strike.
  • 3 December – Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey; on 14 December she is found in a Harrogate hotel by journalist Ritchie Calder.

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