1938 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1938 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- 6 January - Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud arrives in London having fled from Vienna in Austria. [1]
- September 29- Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signs the Munich Agreement; and a resolution with Germany determining to resolve all future disputes between the two countries through peaceful means.
- September 30-
- Neville Chamberlain returns to the UK from Munich, giving his famous Peace in our time speech at the airport on his arrival, and famously waving the resolution signed the day earlier with Germany.
- King George VI and Queen Elizabeth appear with Chamerlain on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the agreement.
- Picture Post magazine first published. [2]
[edit] Births
- 2 January - David Bailey, photographer
- 2 January - Ian Brady- serial killer
- 11 January - Arthur Scargill, Trade Union leader
- 14 March - Eleanor Bron, actress and author
- 20 October - Iain MacMillan, photographer (died 2006)
[edit] Deaths
- 16 April - Steve Bloomer, footballer and manager (b. 1874)
- July 18 - Marie of Edinburgh, Queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania, granddaughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1875)
- September 12 - Prince Arthur of Connaught (b. 1883)- grandson of Queen Victoria
- November 20 - Maud of Wales, Queen consort of Haakon VII of Norway and daughter of King Edward VII (b. 1869)
- Frederick George Jackson, Arctic explorer (b. 1860)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
