15 January 1936Health of George VGeorge V
Begins an illness which ends in his death
Historical records for Great Britain in 1936, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Begins an illness which ends in his death
1st British monarch to fly in a plane
Georges last words are, "How is the Empire?". Death of George V
Succeeds as King of Great Britain
Travels north to investigate working-class life and unemployment.
Researches poverty and industrial conditions for his next book.
Publishes Keep the Aspidistra Flying.
Advocates a the creation of a Ministry of Supply
Scores the only goal as Arsenal defeat Sheffield United to win the FA Cup.
Birth of Albert Finney
Marries Eileen O'Shaughnessy.
Attacks the League of Nations sanctions against Italy for its invasion of Abyssinia
Britain accepts the end of sanctions against Italy.
France & Britain found the Committee of Non-Intervention
Britain announces an embargo on arms exports to Spain
Germany, Italy & Portugal agree to Anglo-French proposals for non-intervention
Germany, Italy & Portugal agree to Anglo-French proposals for non-intervention
Signs the treaty allowing British forces to remain in the Suez Canal Zone for imperial defence.
A Non-intervention committee is held in London, Italy & Germany ignore it
Travels to Princeton University for advanced research in mathematical logic under Alonzo Church.
Visits Hitler, repoorts back that Hitler is arming for defence not attack. Impressed by Hitler's conquest of unemployment
Birth of Bill Wyman, later bassist of the Rolling Stones.
Speaks against appeasement and criticises concessions to Nazi Germany during student debates.
Writes from Princeton about his interest in constructing unusual cipher systems, showing that cryptography was already part of his technical thinking.
Wallis Simpson & Edward VIII become the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Informs Baldwin he wishes to marry Wallis Simpson
The press informs the public of the King's desire to Mary Wallis Simpson
Chooses to abdicate rather than give up, "The woman I love"
Albert, Duke of York, becomes George VI & Elizabeth becomes Queen Consort
Broadcasts to the nation after his decision to abdicate
Baldwins Government negotiates the abdication of Edward VIII
Supports Edward VIII during the abdication, loses much political support
Abdication is legislated by Majestys Declaration of Abdication Act, 1936
Abdication is legislated by Majestys Declaration of Abdication Act, 1936
Succeeds as King of Great Britain, after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII
Works on fitting radar equipment into aircraft.
Begins doctoral study with logician Alonzo Church, connecting Turings machine approach with contemporary work on effective calculability.
Healey arrives at Balliol College, Oxford, where politics and classical studies dominate his student years.
Meets Denis Healey at Balliol, beginning a long friendship and later political rivalry.
Helps organise radar research and later the Telecommunications Research Establishment.
Radar research moves to Bawdsey for full-scale development.
Construction begins on a major aircraft manufacturing plant near Birmingham.
Appointed CIGS
Appointed Commander in Chief, Mediterranean
Appointed Head of RAF Fighter Command
Provides a precise mathematical account of what it means for a number or function to be computable by an effective mechanical procedure.
Death of David Beatty
Death of George V, becomes Heir-Presumptive to the Crown
Appointed Deputy Unser Secretary at the Foreign Office
Healey wins an exhibition to Balliol College, Oxford, to read Greats and becomes active in Labour politics.
Uses his machine model to show that there can be no general mechanical procedure deciding every statement in the relevant formal system.
Publication of "Eyeless In Gaza"
Aston Villa is relegated from the top division for the first time.
Joins an anti-nazi group, "The Focus" protesting against treatment of Jews in Germany. Founder Member of "The Focus" which comprises some left wing members
Helps finance an anti-nazi group called "The Focus" protesting Jews in Germany
Helps finance an anti-nazi group called "The Focus" protesting Jews in Germany. Contributes 50,000 pounds to "The Focus", who protest about the treatment of Jews in Germany
Publication of "General theory of Employment"
Appointed Governor General of India
Appointed Home Secretary
Publication of "Language, Truth & Logic"
Abdication is legislated by Majestys Declaration of Abdication Act, 1936
Publication of "Look Stranger"
Publication of "Mathematics for the Million"
Hoyle completed his undergraduate mathematics studies at the University of Cambridge.
Publication of "Mathematics for the Million"
Appointed Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence
Directs, "Modern Times"
Contributes political commentary to the New Statesman before the Second World War.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
Completes the draft of On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem.
Healey becomes active in the Oxford Labour Club and develops the political interests that shape his later career.
Publishes The Rendel Harris Papyri of Woodbrooke College with translations and scholarly notes.
Shapes rearmament finance before becoming prime minister.
Appointed Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries
Receives the Smiths Prize for mathematical work at Cambridge.
Publication of "South Riding"
Supports anti-fascist causes during the Spanish Civil War.
Publication of "Standing Room Only"
Becomes in line to the succession after her father George VI
Succeeds as King of Great Britain, after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII
Stars in, The Bohemian Girl. Stars in, Our Relations
Publication of "The Croquet Player"
1st performance of, "The Poisoned Kiss"
Introduces an abstract machine model that formalises step-by-step mechanical computation.
Shows that one universal machine can simulate the operation of any machine described by a finite table of instructions.
Votes against Baldwin for lifting sanctions against Italy after it invaded Abyssinia
Lives at The Stores in Wallington.
Publication of "War Memoirs"
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