1940 - 1965 Original Archive Historic Newspapers
1940s, 1950s, 1960s News
| 7th September 1940 | Battle of Britain starts |
| 7th December 1941 | Pearl Harbor bombed |
| 30th October 1942 | Montgomery triumps at El Alamein |
| 1st December 1943 | “Bevin Boys” called up to work down the mines |
| 6th June 1944 | D-Day Landings in Normandy |
| 7th May 1945 | Peace comes to Europe |
| 1st September 1946 | League football returns to post-war England |
| 9th July 1947 | Princess Elizabeth to marry Greek prince |
| 5th July 1948 | The National Health Service comes in to being |
| 18th September 1949 | The pound is devalued by 30% |
| 26th May 1950 | Petrol rationing ends |
| 4th May 1951 | Festival of Britain opens in London |
| 8th February 1952 | Princess Elizabeth pronounced Queen |
| 2nd June 1953 | Coronation of Queen Elizabeth |
| 6th May 1954 | Roger Bannister breaks the four minute mile |
| 26th March 1955 | National newspaper strike starts |
| 26th July 1956 | President Nasser seizes Suez Canal |
| 25th March 1957 | Treaty of Rome creates Common Market |
| 5th December 1958 | First motorway in Britain is opened |
| 18th August 1959 | £500 Austin Mini car unveilled |
| 26th February 1960 | Princess Margaret to wed a commoner |
| 13th August 1961 | Berlin Wall built |
| 4th January 1962 | Decca Records rejects The Beatles |
| 8th August 1963 | Great Train Robbery nets £1,000,000 |
| 14th June 1964 | Nelson Mandela sentanced to life in prison |
| 30th January 1965 | Death of Sir Winston Churchill |
