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  • Oxford, England, United kingdom
    1926
    Edward VIII

    President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

    Oxford, England, United kingdom
    1926

    He took a particular interest in science and in 1926 was president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science when his alma mater, Oxford University, hosted the society's annual general meeting.




  • United Kingdom
    May, 1926
    Winston Churchill

    General Strike of 1926

    United Kingdom
    May, 1926

    During the General Strike of 1926, Churchill edited the British Gazette, the government's anti-strike propaganda newspaper. After the strike ended, he acted as an intermediary between striking miners and their employers. He later called for the introduction of a legally binding minimum wage.




  • York, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday May 29, 1926
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth's II baptized

    York, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday May 29, 1926

    She was baptized by the Anglican Archbishop of York, Cosmo Gordon Lang, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 29 May, and named Elizabeth after her mother.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    1926
    Audrey Hepburn

    Parents moved to England

    London, England, United Kingdom
    1926

    At the time, Ruston worked for a trading company, but soon after the marriage, the couple moved to Europe, where he began working for a loan company; reportedly tin merchants MacLaine, Watson, and Company in London and then Brussels.




  • London, United Kingdom
    1926
    Queen Elizabeth II

    The first official portrait of Elizabeth

    London, United Kingdom
    1926

    The first official portrait of Elizabeth was taken by Marcus Adams in 1926.




  • Oxford, England, United kingdom
    1926
    Edward VIII

    President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

    Oxford, England, United kingdom
    1926

    He took a particular interest in science and in 1926 was president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science when his alma mater, Oxford University, hosted the society's annual general meeting.




  • United Kingdom
    May, 1926
    Winston Churchill

    General Strike of 1926

    United Kingdom
    May, 1926

    During the General Strike of 1926, Churchill edited the British Gazette, the government's anti-strike propaganda newspaper. After the strike ended, he acted as an intermediary between striking miners and their employers. He later called for the introduction of a legally binding minimum wage.


  • York, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday May 29, 1926
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth's II baptized

    York, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday May 29, 1926

    She was baptized by the Anglican Archbishop of York, Cosmo Gordon Lang, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 29 May, and named Elizabeth after her mother.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    1926
    Audrey Hepburn

    Parents moved to England

    London, England, United Kingdom
    1926

    At the time, Ruston worked for a trading company, but soon after the marriage, the couple moved to Europe, where he began working for a loan company; reportedly tin merchants MacLaine, Watson, and Company in London and then Brussels.


  • London, United Kingdom
    1926
    Queen Elizabeth II

    The first official portrait of Elizabeth

    London, United Kingdom
    1926

    The first official portrait of Elizabeth was taken by Marcus Adams in 1926.


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