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Important Dates in British History - a timeline

Here are events from 1918 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.
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On this day:
Battle of Berwick - 1296, Fire Claims 19 Glasgow Firefighters - 1960

Famous and historic events from 1918

Battle of May Island
Disaster at Chilwell Shell Plant
End of the First World War
Lawrence of Arabia Takes Damascus
R A F Created
Tsar Nicholas and Family Killed
Women Can Vote in General Election
Women get the Vote

Famous Britons born in 1918
Dame Cicely Saunders
Dame Muriel Spark
Denis Compton
Derek Barton
Frank Hampson
Frederick Sanger
Guy Gibson
Harold Hopkins
Ida Lupino
James Kirkup
Lawrence Gowing
Maurice Lindsay
Peter Lanyon
Sir Martin Ryle
Spike Milligan
Tom Scott
Tony Crosland
Willie Whitelaw

Recommended Books:

A Picture of Britain
A Picture of Britain
Ashes Fever
Ashes Fever
Coast
Coast
Churchill
Churchill

Brit Quote:
You can get an Englishman to do anything simply by whispering in his ear "I know your guilty secret" - P G Wodehouse
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On this day:
Battle of Berwick - 1296, Fire Claims 19 Glasgow Firefighters - 1960
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