Employment and Training Act
Employment and Training Act 1948 provides powers for employment services and training after the war
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1948 in Great Britain — Page 4
Explore 196 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1948.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1948
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European Unity
Engages in Conservative debates over postwar European cooperation and security
Exchange Controls
Exchange controls are removed, a trade surplus changes to a deficit
Finance Act
Finance Act 1948 sets taxation and economic measures during austerity
Gas Act
Gas Act 1948 nationalises the gas industry and creates area gas boards
Generalised Cholesky Method
Describes a generalisation of Choleskys method with advantages for numerical accuracy and convenience.
Harris Develops as Pompey Right Winger
Harris becomes a prominent right-sided attacker for Portsmouth, bringing pace and scoring threat to Bob Jackson's team.
Heart of the Matter
Publication of "Heart of the Matter"
Herstmonceux Becomes New Observatory Headquarters
The Royal Greenwich Observatory began moving its operational work from Greenwich to Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex.
Honorary Fellow of Queen's College
Queen's College, Oxford elects Edwin Hubble an Honorary Fellow in recognition of his notable contributions to astronomy and his international standing as an observational cosmologist.
House of Commons Members Fund Act
House of Commons Members Fund Act 1948 alters arrangements for assistance to former members and dependants
Human Knowledge, Its Scope and Limits
Publication of "Human Knowledge, Its Scope & Limits"
Intelligent Machinery
Writes the NPL report Intelligent Machinery, one of the earliest substantial discussions of machine intelligence.
Law Reform Personal Injuries Act
Law Reform Personal Injuries Act 1948 changes civil damages rules in personal injury cases
Legislation
Gets the Monopolies Act passed & is responsible for its implementation
Legislation
The Monopolies Act is passed, sponsored by the Board of Trade
Local Government Act
Local Government Act 1948 changes local government finance and Exchequer grant arrangements
Machine Learning by Training
Explores the idea that intelligent behaviour can emerge by training a machine through experience and modification.
Manchester Baby Executes Stored Program
The Small Scale Experimental Machine successfully ran an electronically stored program in June. The project established a technique that other researchers could build upon.
Manchester Computing Laboratory
Moves to the University of Manchester as Deputy Director of the Computing Machine Laboratory.
Manchester Mark I Contribution
Begins contributing to the practical and theoretical development of the Manchester Mark I computer.
Matrix Numerical Stability
Shows that several standard matrix methods need not suffer catastrophic exponential accumulation of rounding error.
Mobilization
The Civil Defence Act is passed
Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Act
Sponsors legislation creating machinery to investigate monopolies and restrictive trade practices.
Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Inquiry and Control Act
Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Inquiry and Control Act 1948 creates machinery to investigate monopolies
Mr Attlee
Publishes Mr Attlee, an interim biography of the Labour Prime Minister.
National Assistance Act
National Assistance Act 1948 abolishes the Poor Law and creates a national assistance scheme
National Health Service Parliamentary Debate
Bevan defended the new National Health Service as debates concerned financing, medical practice and public access to treatment.
Nationalization
The railways are nationalised
NHS Doctor Concessions
Offers concessions to bring doctors into the new service.
NHS Foundation
During Clement Attlee's government, the National Health Service begins, providing healthcare free at the point of delivery.
NHS Foundation Government
The Labour Party Government is in office as this NHS milestone occurs: The National Health Service begins, providing healthcare free at the point of delivery.
NHS Foundation NHS Development
This NHS development occurs while Clement Attlee serves as Prime Minister: The National Health Service begins, providing healthcare free at the point of delivery.
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
T. S. Eliot published Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, a collection of reflections on cultural institutions and social continuity. The essays added a public intellectual dimension to the work of the Nobel laureate.
Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act
Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 regulates nurseries and child minding
Observatory Relocation Programme
The Royal Greenwich Observatory began transferring work away from polluted London skies to the clearer site at Herstmonceux.
Oliver Twist
Starts in "Oliver Twist", Fagin
On Seeming To Presume
Publication of "On Seeming To Presume"
Painting as a Pastime Published
Churchill published Painting as a Pastime, reflecting on painting as a creative activity and intellectual respite.
Player of the Year
FWA Footballer of the Year
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