1913 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1913 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, Liberal
[edit] Events
- 1 January - British Board of Film Censors receives the authority to classify and censor films.[1]
- 15 January - Unemployment and Maternity benefits introduced.[1]
- 30 January - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill for the second time.
- 31 January - Ulster Volunteer Force established to fight against Irish Home Rule.[1]
- 28 March - The Morris Oxford 2-seater car goes on sale.[1]
- 2 April - Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst sentenced to three years of penal servitude.[2]
- 20 May - The first Chelsea Flower Show held in London.[2]
- 4 June - Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the King's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.[3]
- 26 July - 50,000 women take part in a pilgrimage in Hyde Park, London organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.[3]
- 13 August - invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield.[2]
- 14 October - 439 miners die in the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Britain's worst pit disaster.[2]
[edit] Undated
- British steamship Calvadas disappears in the Marmara Sea with 200 hands on board.
- Geologist Arthur Holmes publishes his book The Age of the Earth in which describes the estimation of the age of the Earth to 1.6 billion years old using radiometric dating.
[edit] Publications
D. H. Lawrence's novel Sons and Lovers.
[edit] Births
- 2 January - Anna Lee, actress (died 2004)
- 18 January - George Unwin, fighter ace WWII (died 2006)
- 30 January - Percy Thrower, gardener and broadcaster (died 1988)
- 6 February - Mary Leakey, anthropologist (died 1996)
- 13 February - George Barker, poet (died 1991)
- 1 March - R. S. R. Fitter, writer (died 2005)
- 21 March - George Abecassis, race car driver (died 1991)
- 29 March - R. S. Thomas, poet (died 2000)
- 13 April - Fred Davis, snooker and billiards player (died 1998)
- 25 May - Richard Dimbleby, journalist and broadcaster (died 1965)
- 26 May - Peter Cushing, actor (died 1994)
- 2 June - Barbara Pym, novelist (died 1980)
- 25 June - Cyril Fletcher, comedian (died 2005)
- 2 July - Marcus Sieff, Baron Sieff of Brimpton, businessman (died 2001)
- 11 August - Angus Wilson, novelist and short story writer (died 1991)
- 30 August - Richard Stone, economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
- 31 August - Bernard Lovell, physicist and radio astronomer.
- 2 September - Bill Shankly, Football manager (died 1981)
- 29 September - Trevor Howard, actor (died 1988)
- 26 October - Hugh Scanlon, trade union leader (died 2004)
- 5 November - Vivien Leigh, actress (died 1967)
- 21 November - John Boulting, film director (died 1985)
- 21 November - Roy Boulting, film director and producer (died 2001)
- 22 November - Benjamin Britten, composer (died 1976)
- 10 December - Harry Locke, character actor (died 1987)
[edit] Deaths
- 8 June - Emily Davison, suffragette (born 1872)
- 25 October - Frederick Rolfe, writer and artist (born 1860)
- 6 November - William Henry Preece, electrical engineer and inventor (born 1834)
- 7 November - Alfred Russel Wallace, biologist (born 1823)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 348-349. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. pp. 94. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - Women's History Timeline: 1910 - 1919". http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/timeline/1910.shtml. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
