- 1913 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1913 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George V of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -H. H. Asquith , LiberalEvents
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1 January - British Board of Film Censors receives the authority to classify and censor films.
*15 January - Unemployment and Maternity benefits introduced.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 348-349|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*30 January -House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill for the second time.
*31 January -Ulster Volunteer Force established to fight against Irish Home Rule.
*28 March - TheMorris Oxford 2-seater car goes on sale.
*2 April -Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst sentenced to three years ofpenal servitude .cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006|pages=94]
*20 May - The firstChelsea Flower Show held inLondon .
*4 June -Emily Davison , a suffragette, runs out in front of the King's horse, Anmer, at theEpsom Derby . She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/timeline/1910.shtml|title=BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - Women's History Timeline: 1910 - 1919|accessdate=2007-11-30]
*26 July - 50,000 women take part in a pilgrimage inHyde Park, London organised by theNational Union of Women's Suffrage Societies .
*13 August - invention ofstainless steel byHarry Brearley inSheffield .
*14 October - 439 miners die in theSenghenydd Colliery Disaster , Britain's worst pit disaster.Undated
* British steamship "Calvadas" disappears in the
Marmara Sea with 200 hands on board.
* GeologistArthur Holmes publishes his book "The Age of the Earth" in which describes the estimation of theage of the Earth to 1.6 billion years old using radiometric dating.Publications
D. H. Lawrence 's novel "Sons and Lovers ".Births
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2 January -Anna Lee , actress (died 2004)
*18 January -George Unwin , fighter ace WWII (died 2006)
*30 January -Percy Thrower , gardener and broadcaster (died 1988)
*6 February -Mary Leakey , anthropologist (died 1996)
*13 February - George Barker, poet (died 1991)
*1 March - Richard S.R. Fitter, writer (died 2005)
*21 March -George Abecassis , race car driver (died 1991)
*29 March -R. S. Thomas , poet (died 2000)
*13 April - Fred Davis, snooker and billiards player (died 1998)
*25 May -Richard Dimbleby , journalist and broadcaster (died 1965)
*26 May -Peter Cushing , actor (died 1994)
*2 June -Barbara Pym , novelist (died 1980)
*25 June -Cyril Fletcher , comedian (died 2005)
*2 July -Marcus Sieff, Baron Sieff of Brimpton , businessman (died 2001)
*11 August -Angus Wilson , novelist and short story writer (died 1991)
*30 August -Richard Stone , economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
*31 August -Bernard Lovell , physicist and radio astronomer.
*2 September -Bill Shankly , Football manager (died1981 )
*29 September -Trevor Howard , actor (died 1988)
*26 October -Hugh Scanlon , trade union leader (died 2004)
*5 November -Vivien Leigh , actress (died 1967)
*21 November - John Boulting, film director (died 1985)
*21 November - Roy Boulting, film director and producer (died 2001)
*22 November -Benjamin Britten , composer (died 1976)
*10 December -Harry Locke , character actor (died 1987)Deaths
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8 June -Emily Davison , suffragette (born 1872)
*25 October -Frederick Rolfe , writer and artist (born 1860)
*6 November -William Henry Preece , electrical engineer and inventor (born 1834)
*7 November -Alfred Russel Wallace , biologist (born 1823)References
ee also
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