1950 in the United Kingdom explained

Events from the year 1950 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

Events

Undated

Publications

Births

Deaths

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gray, Edwyn. Few Survived – A History of Submarine Disasters. Leo Cooper. 1986.
  2. Book: Kynaston, David. David Kynaston. Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London. Bloomsbury. 2007. 978-0-7475-7985-4.
  3. Web site: India becomes a republic . BBC News. 2008-01-29. 26 January 1950. https://web.archive.org/web/20080117080154/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/26/newsid_3475000/3475569.stm. 17 January 2008. live.
  4. Web site: Labour wins slim majority. BBC News. 2008-01-29. 24 February 1950. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121201/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/24/newsid_2756000/2756707.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  5. Web site: Number10.gov.uk » Edward Heath . 2010-08-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080825211306/http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/edward-heath . 25 August 2008 .
  6. [Representation of the People Act 1948]
  7. Web site: Communist spy jailed for 14 years. BBC News. 2008-01-29. 1 March 1950. https://web.archive.org/web/20080113225552/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/1/newsid_4222000/4222261.stm. 13 January 2008. live.
  8. Web site: Gas turbine car gets road test. BBC News. 2008-01-06. 8 March 1950.
  9. Web site: FA Cup Final 1950. 4 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20080525093218/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1950.htm. 25 May 2008. dead.
  10. Web site: The Lost Decade Timeline. BBC. 2008-01-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081016005923/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml. 16 October 2008.
  11. News: Simon. Calder. Heroes & Villains: Vladimir Raitz. The Independent. London. 10 January 2004.
  12. Book: Simons, Paul. Since Records Began. London. Collins. 2008. 978-0-00-728463-4. 35–6.
  13. Web site: UK drivers cheer end of fuel rations. BBC News. 2008-01-29. 26 May 1950. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121107/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/26/newsid_2502000/2502691.stm. 7 March 2008 . live.
  14. Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
  15. Book: Konstam, Angus. 2008. Piracy: The Complete History. 313. Oxford. Osprey Publishing. 9781846032400. 2011-10-11.
  16. Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 401–402. 0-7126-5616-2.
  17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_2956000/2956684.stm BBC On this Day – 15 August
  18. Web site: Results : Saturday 19th August 1950. statto.com. 2013-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150915194301/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1950-08-19. 15 September 2015. dead.
  19. Web site: The Fall and Rise of Gillingham Football Club - from non-league wilderness to league status. 2009-09-22. 2013-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323023530/http://gillsconnect.com/s/GillsBlog_by_iblue/Entries/2009/9/22_The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Gillingham_Football_Club_-_from_non-league_wilderness_to_league_status.html. 23 March 2012. dead.
  20. Web site: 1950-51 Football League. F.C.H.D. 2013-05-13.
  21. Web site: History. Port Vale F.C. 2013-05-13. 4 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130604063508/http://www.port-vale.co.uk/club/history/. dead.
  22. Web site: British troops arrive in Korea . BBC News. 2008-01-29. 29 August 1950. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121121/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/29/newsid_3053000/3053107.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  23. Web site: Miners trapped underground by landslide. BBC News. 2008-01-29. 8 September 1950. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121117/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/8/newsid_2995000/2995048.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
  24. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=34450 Newsreel footage of opening ceremony.
  25. Book: The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. 1-85986-000-1.
  26. News: Nadine. Meisner. Dame Alicia Markova. The Independent. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dame-alicia-markova-674993.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription . live. 3 December 2004. 2010-06-10.
  27. Book: Roche, T.W.E.. The Key in the Lock. London. Murray. 1969. 0-7195-1907-1. 176–7. registration.
  28. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950. 2008-01-29.
  29. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950. 2008-01-29.
  30. News: National Park in the Peak. The Times. London. 1950-12-29. 3. 51885.
  31. Book: Robertson, Patrick. The Shell Book of Firsts. London. Ebury Press. 1974. 0-7181-1279-2. 242.
  32. Web site: Lucy Barfield: The Real Lucy of Narnia. Into the Wardrobe. 27 May 2006. 2010-10-04.
  33. Web site: Julie Walters Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 7 October 2020 . en.
  34. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/18/sir-tony-lloyd-obituary Sir Tony Lloyd obituary
  35. Web site: Robbie Coltrane obituary . The Guardian . 15 October 2022 . en . 14 October 2022.
  36. News: Birthdays . . London . 30 June 2013.
  37. Web site: Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II . Westminster Abbey . 8 October 2022 . en.
  38. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095520463 Nina Boucicault (1867—1950)