1950 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1950 in the United Kingdom .

Incumbents

Events

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Publications

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Philip Craven

Deaths

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References

  1. Gray, Edwyn (1986). Few Survived – A History of Submarine Disasters. Leo Cooper.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN   978-0-7475-7985-4.
  3. "India becomes a republic". BBC News. 26 January 1950. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  4. "Critics Praise Drama: Comedians Win Profits". The Sydney Morning Herald . 29 December 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2015 via Trove.
  5. Thumim, Janet. "The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry". Screen. 32 (3): 258.
  6. "Labour wins slim majority". BBC News. 24 February 1950. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  7. "Number10.gov.uk » Edward Heath". Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  8. Representation of the People Act 1948.
  9. "Communist spy jailed for 14 years". BBC News. 1 March 1950. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  10. "Gas turbine car gets road test". BBC News. 8 March 1950. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
  11. "No. 38878". The London Gazette . 4 April 1950. p. 1671.
  12. "FA Cup Final 1950". Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  13. "The Lost Decade Timeline". BBC. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  14. Calder, Simon (10 January 2004). "Heroes & Villains: Vladimir Raitz". The Independent . London.
  15. Simons, Paul (2008). Since Records Began. London: Collins. pp. 35–6. ISBN   978-0-00-728463-4.
  16. "UK drivers cheer end of fuel rations". BBC News. 26 May 1950. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN   0-14-102715-0.
  18. Konstam, Angus (2008). Piracy: The Complete History. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 313. ISBN   9781846032400 . Retrieved 11 October 2011.[ dead link ]
  19. 1 2 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 401–402. ISBN   0-7126-5616-2.
  20. 1 2 BBC On this Day – 15 August
  21. "Results : Saturday 19th August 1950". statto.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  22. "The Fall and Rise of Gillingham Football Club – from non-league wilderness to league status". 22 September 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  23. "1950-51 Football League". F.C.H.D. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  24. "History". Port Vale F.C. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  25. "British troops arrive in Korea". BBC News. 29 August 1950. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  26. 1 2 3 "Miners trapped underground by landslide". BBC News. 8 September 1950. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  27. Bryan, A. M. (1952). "Report on the causes of, and circumstances attending, the accident which occurred at Creswell Colliery, Derbyshire, on the 26th September, 1950". Minister of Fuel and Power. Retrieved 26 March 2025 via Durham Mining Museum.
  28. Newsreel footage of opening ceremony.
  29. 1 2 The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN   1-85986-000-1.
  30. Meisner, Nadine (3 December 2004). "Dame Alicia Markova" . The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  31. Roche, T. W. E. (1969). The Key in the Lock . London: Murray. pp.  176–7. ISBN   0-7195-1907-1.
  32. "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950" . Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  33. "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950" . Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  34. "National Park in the Peak". The Times . No. 51885. London. 29 December 1950. p. 3.
  35. Robertson, Patrick (1974). The Shell Book of Firsts. London: Ebury Press. p. 242. ISBN   0-7181-1279-2.
  36. "Lucy Barfield: The Real Lucy of Narnia". Into the Wardrobe. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  37. "Julie Walters Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  38. Sir Tony Lloyd obituary
  39. "Robbie Coltrane obituary". The Guardian. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  40. "Birthdays". The Sunday Times . London. 30 June 2013.
  41. "Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II". Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  42. Nina Boucicault (1867—1950)