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Events from the year 1937 in the United Kingdom.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - George VI of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Stanley Baldwin, national coalition (until 28 May), Neville Chamberlain, national coalition
Events
- 8 March - The Prince Edward, the abdicated King Edward VIII, is created Duke of Windsor
- 12 May - Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth takes place at Westminster Abbey, London. The BBC makes its first outside broadcast covering the event.[1]
- 27 May - King George VI passes letters patent denying the style of Royal Highness to the wife and descendants of the Duke of Windsor.
- 28 May - Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister after Baldwin's retirement.[2]
- 3 June - The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson in Paris.[1]
- 1 July - The 999 emergency telephone number introduced.[1]
- 23 July - Matrimonial Causes Act adds insanity and desertion to infidelity as legitimate grounds for divorce.[2]
- 28 July - Assassination attempt on King George VI in Belfast by the IRA
- 3 December - The first issue of The Dandy is published.
- 4 December - The character Desperate Dan appears for the first time in The Dandy.[1]
- 10 December
- Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood wins the Nobel Peace Prize.[3]
- George Paget Thomson wins the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Clinton Davisson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals".[4]
- Walter Haworth wins half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C".[5]
Publications
- Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels Dumb Witness and Death on the Nile.
- C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novel The Happy Return.
- George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier.
- J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit.
Births
- 1 January - Anne Aubrey, actor
- 8 January - Shirley Bassey, singer
- 27 January - John Ogdon, pianist (died 1989)
- 30 January - Vanessa Redgrave, actress
- 21 February - Jilly Cooper, author
- 25 February - Tom Courtenay, actor
- 12 May - Susan Hampshire, actress
- 13 May - Trevor Baylis, inventor of the wind-up radio
- 23 June - Sir Nicholas Shackleton, geologist (died 2006)
- 3 July - Tom Stoppard, playwright
- 6 August - Barbara Windsor, actress
- 18 August - Willie Rushton, comedian, actor and writer (died 1996)
- 21 August - Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland (died 2000)
- 9 October - Brian Blessed, actor
- 11 October - Bobby Charlton, English footballer
- 17 November - Peter Cook, comedian and writer (died 1995)
- 30 November - Ridley Scott, film director
Deaths
- 13 March - Elihu Thomson, engineer and inventor (born 1853)
- 17 March - Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1863)
- 19 April - Martin Conway, art critic, politician and mountaineer (born 1856)
- 19 June - J. M. Barrie, novelist and dramatist (born 1860)
- 22 August - Albert Goodman, politician (born 1880)
- 9 November - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1866)
- 25 November - Lilian Baylis, theatrical producer (born 1874)
References
- ^ a b c d (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 382-383. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1937". Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1937". Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937". Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
See also
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