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  • 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.




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