Events from the year 1911 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
- 3 January - In London, in what becomes known as the Siege of Sidney Street, the Metropolitan Police and the Scots Guards engage in a shootout with a criminal gang of Latvian anarchists held up in a building in the East End.
- 31 May - Launching of the ocean liner RMS Titanic.[1]
- 14 June - Liverpool General Transport Strike begins.
- 22 June
- Festival of Empire held at The Crystal Palace, London to celebrate the coronation.
- 13 July - The future Edward VIII of the United Kingdom is invested as Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle, devised by David Lloyd George.
- 9 August - Raunds, Northamptonshire records a temperature of 98°F (36.7°C), the highest UK temperature until 1990.
- 10 August - British MPs vote to receive salaries for the first time.[1]
- 17 August - During a railway strike in Llanelli, two men are shot dead by police.
- 18 August - Official Secrets Act passed.[2]
- 20 September - The liner RMS Olympic, sister ship to the RMS Titanic, collides with Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke outside Southampton.
- 4 October - First electric escalators introduced , at Earl's Court tube station.[2]
- 6 October - The British Seafarers' Union was formed in Southampton.
Publications
Births
- 19 February - Merle Oberon, actress (died 1979)
- 15 March - Ursula Vaughan Williams, author
- 27 March - Erich Heller, philosopher (died 1990)
- 3 April - Michael Woodruff, pioneering transplant surgeon (died 2001)
- 23 April - Ronald Neame, film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director
- 10 June - Terence Rattigan, playwright (died 1977)
- 15 June - W.V. Awdry, children's writer (died 1997)
- 9 July - Mervyn Peake, writer and illustrator (died 1968)
- 14 July - Terry-Thomas, actor (died 1990)
- 17 July - Ted Anderson, footballer (died 1979)
- 27 August - Kay Walsh, actress (died 2005)
- 19 September - William Golding, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
- 3 October - Michael Hordern, actor (died 1995)
- 10 October - Clare Hollingworth, journalist
- 12 November - Chad Varah, priest and humanitarian (died 2007)
- 11 December - Val Guest, film director (died 2006)
- 27 December - Anna Russell, comedian and singer (died 2006)
Deaths
References
- ^ a b c (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 345-346. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
See also
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