Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1stMay 1926
Declares a state of emergency during the general strike
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Declares a state of emergency during the general strike
Announced in Cabinet in the face of growing industrial unrest
A state of emergency is declared
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