Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1921 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Claudius Receives Surrender of 11 British Tribes - 0043, Battle of Pinkie - last conflict between england and scotland - 1547, Worlds 1st Drunk Driver Caught - 1897, Eureka Moment for DNA Fingerprinting - 1984, Sierra Leone Hostages Freed by SAS - 2000, Who Wants to be a Millionaire Coughing Scandal - 2003
Famous and historic events from 1921
British Legion Formed
Hull Airship Disaster
Marie Stopes Opens First Clinic
Famous Britons born in 1921
Alick Isaacs
Bob Godfrey
Deborah Kerr
Dirk Bogarde
Donald Campbell
Duke of Edinburgh
Eric Laithwaite
Geoffrey Wilkinson
George Brown
Harry Secombe
Humphrey Lyttleton
Jimmy Young
Joan Greenwood
Malcolm Arnold
Peter Ustinov
Philip Sheppard
Robert Runcie
Robert Simpson
Ron Greenwood
Tom Kilburn
Tommy Cooper
Wilson Harris
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