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1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.; 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (poster pictured), based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
16 February – A Commission of Government for the Dominion of Newfoundland is sworn in as a form of return to direct colonial rule by the UK forced by the island's economic collapse. [3] 27 March – The Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 is passed. Part 1 (betting) is designed to restrict betting on racecourses and tracks to a maximum of 104 days ...
4 November – opening of Hornsey Town Hall, London, designed by Reginald Uren, the first major UK building in the International Style. 6 November – maiden flight of the Royal Air Force's Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, at Brooklands. [2]
As of February 2017, there were more than 400 hours of content uploaded to YouTube each minute, and one billion hours of content being watched on YouTube every day. As of October 2020 [update] , YouTube is the second-most popular website in the world, behind Google , according to Alexa Internet . [ 1 ]
January–June – The United Kingdom holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time.; January – The Ford Fiesta car goes on sale in the UK.; 3 January – Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary, announces he is leaving the House of Commons to become President of the European Commission.
The UK joins 11 other European countries in an agreement to form the European Space Research Organisation, predecessor of the European Space Agency. 1 July – Another heavy smog develops over London. 3 July – Opening of Chichester Festival Theatre, Britain's first large modern theatre with a thrust stage.
1 February – Austria, Germany, and Slovenia confirm they will not extradite their nationals if they are accused of crimes in the UK. [33]4 February – In London, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, naturalist Sir David Attenborough, and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte launch the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26), a major UN climate summit to be held in Glasgow in ...
The number of workforce deaths in the coal industry is reported to have fallen to a record low since nationalisation two years ago. [20]With an average Central England temperature of 10.64 °C or 51.15 °F, the record for the hottest year in that series set in 1834 and equalled in 1921 is broken. 1949's record stands until 1990 by when anthropogenic global warming has come largely to control ...