1935 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1935 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, national coalition (until 7 June), Stanley Baldwin, national coalition

Events

* 26 February - In Daventry, Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrates the use of radar.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 12 March - Speed limit in built-up areas reduced to 30 m.p.h.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 379-380|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* April - Reflective cat's-eyes first used on British roads.
* 6 May - Silver Jubilee celebrations for King George V.
* 14 May - Northamptonshire gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, easily a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until 29 May 1939.
* 31 May - the driving test becomes compulsory.
* 7 June - Ramsay MacDonald retires; Stanley Baldwin takes over as Prime Minister.
* 18 June - Anglo-German Naval Agreement: Britain agrees to a German navy equal to 35% of her own naval tonnage.
* 30 July - Allen Lane founds Penguin Books to publish the first mass market paperbacks in Britain.
* 3 September - Malcolm Campbell sets a new land speed record of 484.620 km per hour (301.129 mph).
* 6 November - Maiden flight of the RAF's Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft.
* 14 November - In the General Election, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin is returned to office at the head of a National Government led by the Conservative Party with a large but reduced majority.
* 26 November - Clement Attlee elected leader of the Labour Party.
* 10 December - James Chadwick wins the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the neutron". [cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1935/chadwick-bio.html James Chadwick|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1935|accessdate=2008-01-29]
* 18 December - Samuel Hoare resigns as foreign secretary; replaced by Anthony Eden.

Publications

* Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels "Three Act Tragedy" and "Death in the Clouds".
* Graham Greene's novel "England Made Me".
* Christopher Isherwood's novel "Mr. Norris Changes Trains".
* John Masefield's novel "The Box of Delights".
* P. G. Wodehouse's short story collection "Blandings Castle".

Births

* 4 January - Audrey Wise, politician (died 2000)
* 18 January - Jon Stallworthy, poet
* 25 January - James Gordon Farrell, novelist (died 1979)
* 27 January - D. M. Thomas, novelist, poet and translator
* 28 January - David Lodge, author
* 17 February - Christina Pickles, actress
* 23 March - Barry Cryer, comedian
* 28 March - Michael Parkinson, journalist and television presenter
* 19 April - Dudley Moore, actor, comedian and musician (died 2002)
* 25 April - April Ashley, model
* 8 May - Jack Charlton, footballer
* 10 May - Terrance Dicks, television writer
* 17 May - Dennis Potter, writer (died 1994)
* 1 June - Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, architect and designer
* 2 June - Roger Brierley, actor (died 2005)
* 5 June - Anne Pashley, track and field sprinter
* 18 June - John Spencer, snooker player (died 2006)
* 19 June - Derren Nesbitt, actor
* 9 July - Michael Williams, actor (died 2001)
* 11 July - Oliver Napier, politician
* 15 July - William G. Stewart, television producer and presenter
* 27 July - Billy McCullough, footballer
* 28 July - Simon Dee, television presenter
* 13 August - Rod Hull, entertainer (died 1999)
* 29 September - Bruce Tulloh, long-distance runner
* 1 October - Julie Andrews, singer and actress
* 9 October - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
* 13 November - George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
* 27 November - Verity Lambert, television producer (died 2007)
* 14 December - Anthony Wilden, author and social theorist, noted translator of Jaques Lacan

Deaths

* 7 February - Lewis Grassic Gibbon, writer (born 1901)
* 15 February - Basil Hall Chamberlain, Japanologist (born 1850)
* 18 May - T. E. Lawrence, soldier (Lawrence of Arabia) (born 1888)
* 28 September - W.K. Dickson, inventor (born 1860)
* 20 October - Arthur Henderson, politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1863)
* 3 December - Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, daughter of King Edward VII (born 1868)

References

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