| 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 |
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