1 June 1907
Birth of Frank Whittle
Birth of Frank Whittle
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Coventry in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Birth of Frank Whittle
Tours the ruins of Coventry for 5 hrs
449 German planes bomb Coventry, killing 380 people and injuring 865
Wins the newly created Coventry East constituency at the Labour general election victory.
Wins the newly created Coventry East constituency at the Labour general election victory.
General election outcome recorded for Richard Howard Stafford Crossman: Wins the newly created Coventry East constituency at the Labour general election victory.
Government context for this general election: Wins the newly created Coventry East constituency at the Labour general election victory.
Retains Coventry East at the 1950 general election.
Retains Coventry East despite Labour losing the general election.
Retains Coventry East at the 1955 general election.
Lays the foundation stone for Coventry Cathedral
Retains Coventry East at the 1959 general election.
Retains Coventry East as Labour returns to government.
Retains Coventry East when Labour increases its parliamentary majority.
Retains Coventry East as Labour loses the general election.
Leaves the House of Commons after deciding not to contest the February general election.
Coventry City pay a world record 6 million pounds for a teenager from Wolverhampton Wanderers
Starmer announces Labour support for a new permanent customs union with the European Union.
Launches the Brexit Party ahead of the European Parliament election.
Provenance
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