24 March – After an eight-day trial at WinchesterAssizes, The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, his cousin Michael Pitt-Rivers, and their friend Peter Wildeblood are convicted of "conspiracy to incite certain male persons to commit serious offences with male persons" or buggery and related charges.[4] Pitt-Rivers and Wildebood are sentenced to eighteen months and Lord Montagu to twelve months in prison.
24 April – Wolverhampton Wanderers win the Football League First Division title for the first time in their history.[7] The result ends the hopes that their local rivals, FA Cup finalists West Bromwich Albion, had of becoming the first team of the 20th century to win the double of the league title and FA Cup.[8]
12 June – An Irish Republican Army unit carries out a successful arms raid on Gough Barracks in Armagh, signalling the renewal of IRA activity following a long hiatus.
30 June – Britain witnesses its first eclipse since 1927 as the eclipse in America casts its shadow over Europe and Asia.[13]
19 July – United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority established by the Atomic Energy Act "to produce, use and dispose of atomic energy and carry out research into any matters therewith".[17]
5 August – Julian Slade's musicalSalad Days opens in London, following a premiere at the Bristol Old Vic, it becomes the longest-running musical in British theatre history until 1960.
A public inquiry into the de Havilland Comet airline disasters hears that metal fatigue is the most likely cause of the two recent crashes which claimed the lives of a total of 50 people.[28]
November – Postwar government limitations on housebuilding are lifted.
27 November – The South Goodwin lightvessel is wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of six of the seven on board.[29] The tanker World Concord breaks in two in the Irish Sea.
30 November – Winston Churchill becomes the first, and to the present day, the only UK Prime Minister to celebrate his eightieth birthday whilst in office.
↑ Doyle, Billy H. (1999). The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses. Scarecrow Press. p.240. ISBN9780810835474.
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