September 13, 1810: The Action of 13 September 1810 was an
inconclusive frigate
engagement during the Napoleonic Wars between BritishRoyal Navy and French Navy frigates
during which a British frigate was defeated by two French vessels
near Île de France, but
British reinforcements were able to recapture the ship before the
French could secure her. - Action of 13 September 1810, Wikipedia.
September 30, 1847: The Vegetarian Society is a British
registered charity established on 30
September 1847 with the aim of promoting understanding and respect
for vegetarian
lifestyles. - Vegetarian Society, Wikipedia.
December 11, 1911: Later it was used to
celebrate the accession of Edward VII in 1903, and finally, it was
here that the Durbar commemorating the coronation of King George V as Emperor of
India took place on 11 December 1911 after his coronation
in the United
Kingdom on June 1911. - Coronation Park, Delhi, Wikipedia.
November 3, 1914: She bombarded Turkish fortifications
defending the Dardanelles on 3 November 1914 before
returning to the United Kingdom in February 1915 where
she was assigned to the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron. - HMS Indefatigable (1909), Wikipedia.
September 22, 1915: The three former
battleships departed the United Kingdom on this duty on 22
September 1915, arriving at Mudros on 7 October 1915. - HMS Magnificent (1894), Wikipedia.
October 18, 1922: The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British
commercial company formed on 18 October 1922 by British and
American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom
and licensed by the British General Post Office. - British Broadcasting Company, Wikipedia.
December 6, 1922: Therefore on 6 December 1922 Northern Ireland stopped
being part of the United Kingdom and became part of the
newly created Irish Free State. - Partition of Ireland, Wikipedia.
November 26, 1927: The first professional association of public health officers in
Sri Lanka was the Society of Medical officers of health which was
established during the British colonial era on 26 November
1927. - College of community physicians, Wikipedia.
February 19, 1928: The first meeting in the United Kingdom took place at High Beech
on 19 February 1928. - Motorcycle speedway, Wikipedia.
1930s
September 28, 1939: On 28 September
1939 the first Luftwaffe aircraft lost over the United Kingdom
during the war. - Kampfgeschwader 26, Wikipedia.
September 15, 1944: It consisted of a series of
four British
attacks between 4 September to 15 September 1944, on the German
defences in and around the village of Gemmano. - Battle of Gemmano, Wikipedia.
November 12, 1945: She returned to the United Kingdom on 12 November 1945 and
transported troops until June 1946, when she was placed in reserve
until 1949. - HMS Cumberland (57), Wikipedia.
October 15, 1948: To promote increased safety and cooperation between the separate US and British airlift efforts, the Allies created a unified command – the Combined Airlift Task Force under Maj. - Berlin Tempelhof Airport, Wikipedia.
September 11, 1959: The original television series
was first broadcast on 11th September 1959 shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom from 1959 to 1965. - Noggin the Nog, Wikipedia.
September 11, 1959: The song was also released in the UK, where it
first entered the charts on September 11, 1959, and spent 11 weeks
there, also peaking at #7. - Broken Hearted Melody, Wikipedia.
November 21, 1965: The Battle of Bau was an engagement that
occurred on 21 November 1965 in the border area of Sarawak in Borneo between British and Indonesian forces. - Battle of Bau, Wikipedia.
September 7, 1977: The series was made in the United Kingdom and broadcast on BBC1 for three series from 7 September 1977 to 15 December 1979. - Secret Army (TV series), Wikipedia.
September 16, 1978: In North America, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! peaked at #78 on the Billboard Charts, while in the United Kingdom it entered the charts on September 16, 1978 and stayed there for seven weeks, peaking at #12. - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!, Wikipedia.
1980s
1982: Indeed the last war in which the British military fought alone was the Falklands War of 1982, in which they were victorious. - United Kingdom, Wikipedia.
1992: The United Kingdom was one of the 12 founding members of the European Union at its launch in 1992 with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. - United Kingdom, Wikipedia.
February 18, 2000: In the United Kingdom
and Ireland, it made its
first appearance on British television on February 18, 2001 at
20:00 o'clock on Sky1. - Without (The X-Files), Wikipedia.
November 13, 2000: Sade released their fifth studio album Lovers Rock in the United Kingdom (released the day after in the US). - Sade (band), Wikipedia.
September 19, 2002: In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it made its first appearance on British television on September 19, 2002 at 21:00 o'clock on Sky1. - Release (The X-Files), Wikipedia.
2004: It was intended that other regions would also be given their own elected regional assemblies, but a rejection by a referendum in 2004 of a proposed assembly in the North East region stopped this idea in its tracks. - United Kingdom, Wikipedia.
October, 2006: Satellite Broadcaster Sky announced that they had acquired the rights to show seasons three and four of Lost, for reportedly £700,000 per episode (nearly $1,500,000). - United Kingdom, Lostpedia_wikia.
February 26, 2007: It was also released as the third
single from
Sam's Town in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2007. - Read My Mind (song), Wikipedia.
September 11, 2007: Following popular opposition to
attempts to force people in Britain to use metric measurements European CommissionerGünter
Verheugen stated on 11 September 2007 that not only were there
no plans to oblige the United Kingdom to abandon the imperial
measure, but also that European legislation would be enacted to
guarantee the future use of the imperial unit. - Weights and Measures Act, Wikipedia.
February 15, 2008: The single was officially released
on the 15th February 2008 in Finland and on the 18th February in
the United
Kingdom. - Bye Bye Beautiful, Wikipedia.
September 30, 2008: It was
released on 30 September 2008 in the United States and on 29 September 2008 in
the United
Kingdom. - Way to Normal, Wikipedia.
September 8, 2008: The Live Desk is a news programme which started
broadcasting on Sky News
in the United
Kingdom from 8 September 2008. - The Live Desk (Sky), Wikipedia.
February 18, 2009: The British newspaper The Times stated on February 18, 2009 that the CIA was using Shamsi airfield, 190 miles southwest of Quetta and 30 miles from the Afghan border, as its base for drone operations. - Drone attacks in Pakistan, Wikipedia.
September 7, 2009: The album was released in the United Kingdom on
September 7, 2009 via Wichita Recordings, following the
release of the first single "Cheat on Me" on August 31st. - Ignore the Ignorant, Wikipedia.
October, 2009: Recent constitutional changes saw a new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom come into being in October 2009 to take on the appellate functions of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords. - United Kingdom, Wikipedia.
November 13, 2009: Released in the United Kingdom on November 13 it entered the UK Singles Chart one week later at number 40, it then dropped 27 places on the week after to number 67 and thereafter left the chart. - I Need You Now (Agnes song), Wikipedia.
2025
2025: This lasted until 2025 when Northern Ireland reunified with the rest of Ireland and the UK reverted to the United Kingdom of Great Britain. - United Kingdom, Stexpanded_wikia.
2047
2047: The British monarchy was over thrown by the Optimum Movement and the nation renamed the Optimal Republic of Great Britain. - United Kingdom, Stexpanded_wikia.
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