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British Monarchs |
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Elizabeth II 1952 onwards |
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What was happening in the
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1954 |
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May 6: First sub 4 minute
mile (Roger Bannister, 3 mins 59.4 secs) |
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Jul 3: Food rationing
officially ends in Britain |
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Sep 30: First atomic
powered sumbmarine USS Nautilus commissioned |
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First comprehensive
school opens in London |
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Dylan Thomas Under Milk
Wood |
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Golding Lord of the Flies |
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Tennessee Williams Cat on
a Hot Tin Roof |
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British Top 20 begins:
first No.1 was Hold My Hand by Don Cornell |
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7 May 1954 , SECRET LOVE
, Doris Day , Philips label. No1 for 8 weeks. |
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The royal yacht Britainna
was commisioned |
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