Crowther Becomes Editor
Geoffrey Crowther took over the editorship on the eve of the Second World War and later reshaped the magazine's presentation and influence.
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1938 in Great Britain — Page 9
Explore 387 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1938.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1938
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Demonstrations
Asks for a transfer, more than 3,000 fans attend a protest meeting and a further 1,000 demonstrate & Matthews stays
Diplomatic Plan at Sudetenland, The
Suggests "Plan Z" to Hitler, a Sudentenland plebiscite for inclusion in the Reich
Evening Standard
Works for Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard before becoming its wartime editor.
First Division Title Challenge
Leads the Wolves attack during a season in which the club finishes runner-up in the First Division under Frank Buckley.
GCandCS Consultancy
Begins consulting for the Government Code and Cypher School before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Governor
Appointed Governor General of Gibraltar
Heads the Commission of Inquiry into Czech
Heads the Commission of Inquiry into Czech
Homage to Catalonia
Publication of "Homage to Catalonia"
Hospital Planning
Faces hospital planning demands as war approaches.
I See Ice
Appears in the film, "I See Ice"
International Caps
1st capped by the England team, capped 23 times for England, scoring 22 goals
Interwar Brentford League Campaign
Reid represented Brentford during the club's established First Division years, competing against England's leading professional sides.
Junior Common Room
Healey serves as President of Balliol College Junior Common Room while active in student politics.
Junior Minister of Foreign Office
Appointed Junior Minister at the Foreign Office
League Championship
Captain of the Arsenal League Championship winning team
Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Lord President
Appointed Lord President of the Council
Lord President
Appointed Lord President
Lord Privy Seal
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Marie Antoinette
Plays the part of Louis XVI, for which he received an Academy Award Nomination as Best Supporting Actor in "Marie Antoinette"
Marlborough: His Life and Times
Publication of "Marlborough: His Life & Times", 1933-1938
Marlborough: His Life and Times", 1933-1938
Publication of "Marlborough: His Life & Times", 1933-1938
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Stafford
Memory and Other Poems
Publication of "Memory & Other Poems"
Munich Agreement
Abstains in the Commons when voting on the Munich Agreement
Munich Agreement
Lloyd George votes against the Munich Agreement
Munich Agreement
Votes against the Munich Agreement
Nicholson Museum Curatorship
Serves as curator of the Nicholson Museum while holding the chair of Greek at the University of Sydney.
No Vote of Support for Munich
Churchill did not vote in favour of the Munich settlement and instead abstained in the Commons.
Oracle Machine Concept
Develops the idea of machines that can consult an external oracle when studying relative computability and unsolvable problems.
Ordinal Logic Thesis
Completes doctoral work on systems of logic based on ordinals, extending formal reasoning beyond fixed logical systems.
Peerage
Created Viscount Stonehaven,1st
Permanent Under Secretary
Appointed Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office
Plan Z
Suggests "Plan Z" to Hitler, a Sudentenland plebiscite for inclusion in the Reich
Prewar Top Flight Forward
Welsh adds attacking quality to Charlton Athletic's established First Division side during the late 1930s.
Princeton PhD
Receives his PhD from Princeton University for research in mathematical logic.
Promotion Campaign Goals
Frank Broome helped Aston Villa regain First Division status in 1938, scoring regularly during the club's Second Division championship season.
Publication of A Lexicon to Herodotus
Publishes A Lexicon to Herodotus, a major work of classical scholarship that establishes his academic reputation.
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