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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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 1937 - 1938 (1 year) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1937 | - 1937—1937: '999' emergency telephone call facility starts in London
- 1937—1937: Billy Butlin opens his first holiday camp
- 12 April 1937—12 April 1937: Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft
- 12 May 1937—12 May 1937: Coronation of King George VI
- 28 May 1937—28 May 1937: Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister - policy of appeasement towards
Hitler
- 3 June 1937—3 June 1937: Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson
- 4 December 1937—4 December 1937: 'The Dandy' first published
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| 2 | 1938 | - 1938—1938: Principle of paid holidays established in Britain
- 1938—1938: HMS Rodney first ship to be equipped with radar
- 1938—1938: First practical ball-point pen produced by Hungarian journalist, Lajos Biro
- 12 March 1938—12 March 1938: Germany invades and annexes Austria
- 3 July 1938—3 July 1938: 'Mallard' reaches 126 mph (203 km/h); still world record for a steam locomotive
- 27 September 1938—27 September 1938: Largest ocean liner ever built, Queen Elizabeth launched on Clydebank
- 29 September 1938—29 September 1938: Chamberlain visits Hitler in Munich - promises 'peace in our time'
- 30 October 1938—30 October 1938: Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of HG Wells 'The War of the Worlds', causing panic in the USA
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