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1941 - 19501941 No census – total pop. estimated at 48.2M 1942 Invention of world's first programmable computer by Alan Turing in
co-operation with Max Neumann 1944 June 6: D-Day invasion of Normandy 1945 May 8: VE Day June 26: UN Charter signed Atomic bombs dropped on Japan September 2: VJ Day 1946 National Health Service starts in Britain 1947 January 1: Coal Mines nationalised April 1: School leaving age raised to 15 in Britain 1948 January 1: British Railways nationalised July 1: Berlin airlift starts (to 12 May 1949) 1949 March 15: Clothes rationing ends 1950 May 19: Points rationing ends May 26: Petrol rationing ends June 25: Korean War starts ( to 27 July 1953) September 9: Soap rationing ends
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