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Events from the year 1926 in the United Kingdom. ... 9 October – Ruth Ellis, nightclub hostess, last woman hanged in the UK (died 1955) 20 October ...
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The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. [1] It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners.
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The following events occurred in May 1926: Saturday, May 1, 1926. The lockout of 800,000 British coal miners began. [1]
1926 was a common year ... Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party, ... UK General Strike 1926: ...
1926 4 May – 12 May The 1926 United Kingdom general strike takes place. 1928 2 July Women receive the right to vote on the same terms as men (over the age of 21) as a result of the Representation of the People Act 1928. September The first film with dialogue is shown in Britain, The Jazz Singer. 30 September Alexander Fleming discovers ...