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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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 1905 - 1910 (5 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1905 | - 1905—1905: The title 'Prime Minister' noted in a royal warrant for the first time - placed the Prime
Minister in order of precedence in Britain immediately after the Archbishop of York
- 1905—1905: Aliens Act in Britain: Home Office controls immigration
- 1905—1905: Germany lays down the first Dreadnought battleship
- 11 April 1905—11 April 1905: Einstein publishes Special Theory of Relativity
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| 2 | 1906 | - 1906—1906: Introduction of free school meals for poor children
- 10 February 1906—10 February 1906: Launching of HMS Dreadnought, first turbine-driven battleship
- 15 March 1906—15 March 1906: Rolls-Royce Ltd registered
- 26 May 1906—26 May 1906: Vauxhall Bridge opened in London
- 20 September 1906—20 September 1906: Launching of Cunard's RMS Mauretania on the Tyne
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| 3 | 1907 | - 1907—1907: New Zealand becomes a Dominion
- 1907—1907: Imperial College, London, is established
- 1907—1907: First airship flies over London
- 1907—1907: Lumiere develops a process for colour photography
- July 1907—July 1907: Leo Hendrik Baekeland patents Bakelite, the first plastic invented that held its
shape after being heated
- 1 August 1907—1 August 1907: Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island
- 9 November 1907—9 November 1907: The Cullinan Diamond presented to Edward VII on his birthday
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| 4 | 1908 | - 1908—1908: Coal Mines Regulation Act in Britain limits men to an eight hour day
- 1908—1908: Separate courts for juveniles established in Britain
- 1908—1908: Lord Baden-Powell starts the Boy Scout movement
- 1 July 1908—1 July 1908: SOS became effective as an international signal of distress
- 12 August 1908—12 August 1908: First 'Model T' Ford made
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| 5 | 1909 | - 1909—1909: Beveridge Report prompts creation of labour Exchanges
- 1909—1909: Peary reaches the north pole
- 1909—1909: First commercial manufacture of Bakelite - start of the plastic age
- 1 January 1909—1 January 1909: Old Age Pensions Act came into force
- 16 January 1909—16 January 1909: Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
- 15 March 1909—15 March 1909: Selfridges department store opens in London
- 25 July 1909—25 July 1909: Bleriot flies across the Channel (36 minutes, Calais to Dover)
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| 6 | 1910 | - 1910—1910: Railway strike and coal strikes in Britain
- 1910—1910: Constitutional crisis in Britain
- 1910—1910: Dr Crippen caught by radio telegraphy; hanged 23 Nov at Pentonville
- 1910—1910: Madame Curie isolates radium
- 1910—1910: Halley's comet reappears
- 1910—1910: Tango becomes popular in North America and Europe
- 6 May 1910—6 May 1910: Edward VII dies - George V becomes King
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