England History

NHS

The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system of the United...

George Orwell

George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, and journalist, born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903,...

Festival of Britain

The Festival of Britain was a major national event that took place in 1951, aimed at celebrating...

The Cold War

The Cold War was a prolonged conflict between the Western powers led by the United States...

Independance-India

The Indian independence movement was a decades-long struggle by the Indian people to end British...

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, commonly referred to as NATO, is a political and military...

Churchill is Back

Winston Churchill returned to the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1951,...

George VI Dies

George VI was born on December 14, 1895, at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England. He was the...

Coronation

Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey in London. The ...

TV is Popular

Television was first introduced in the United Kingdom in the 1930s, although the technology was..

Rationing Ends

Food rationing was introduced in England during World War II, in 1940. The primary reason...

ITV and BBC2

ITV (Independent Television) and BBC2 are two of the major television channels in England, with ITV...

Conservatives Win

The 1955 general election was held on May 26, 1955, and was contested between the incumbent...

Cambridge 5

The Cambridge 5 spy ring was a group of British intelligence officers who passed information to the...

Suez Crisis

The 1956 Suez Crisis was a major event in the history of the Middle East and international relations. It...

Nuclear Power

The British nuclear weapons program, codenamed "Tube Alloys," was initiated during World War II...

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television program that first aired in 1963 and has since become a...

Colonial

The process of independence and decolonization from England occurred over several decades and...

The Beatles

The Beatles were a British rock band that formed in Liverpool in the early 1960s. The band was comprised...

Labour WIns

The UK general election of 1964 was a closely contested election that saw the Labour Party win a narrow...

England - Periods - Decline of Empire 1946-1964

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DECLINE OF EMPIRE

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