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 – A British Broadcasting Companyradio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting.[2]
30 August – Cricketer Jack Hobbs scores 316 runs in a match at Lord's, the highest individual total scored at that ground.[7]
29 November – Coal miners agree to end their national dispute and return to work. A majority of the Miners Federation have voted to continue the strike but with less than the required two-thirds majority.
3 December – Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey; on 14 December she is found in a Harrogate hotel (under her husband's mistress's surname) by journalist Ritchie Calder.
↑ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp.366–368. ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
↑ Cretney, Stephen (1997). "'Disgusted, Buckingham Palace...' – The Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act 1926". Child & Family Law Quarterly. 9: 43-.
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