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1951 - 19601951 Census: Pop. E&W 43.7M, Scot 5M. NI 1.37M May 3: Festival of Britain opens on South Bank, London 1952 February 6: George VI dies; Elizabeth II Queen, returns from Kenya February 21: Identity Cards abolished in Britain November: Hydrogen Bomb detonated 1953 February 4: Sweet rationing ends May 29: Everest conquered June 2: Coronation of Elizabeth II September 26: Sugar rationing ends (after nearly 14 years) 1954 May 6: First sub 4 minute mile (Roger Bannister, 3 mins 59.4 secs)
July 3: Food rationing officially ends in Britain 1955 Royal Commission on Common Land started – led to 1965 Common Land
Registration Act 1956 June3: 3rd class travel abolished on British Railways September 25: Submarine telephone cable across the Atlantic opened October 31: Britain and France invade Suez 1957 June 1: Premiun Bonds first prizes drawn October 4: Sputnik launched Treaty of Rome to create European Economic Community (EEC) 1958 February 25: CND launched July 26: Charles created Prince of Wales 'The Beatles' formed 1959 May 24: Empire Day becomes Commonwealth Day Aug: BMC Mini car launched September 5: Introduction of Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) in Britain October 3: Postcodes introduced in Britain November 1: First section of M1 motorway opened Charles De Gaulle becomes French President 1960 February 3: Macmillan 'wind of change' speech in S. Africa March 17: New £1 notes issued by Bank of England March 18: Last steam locomotive of British Railways named September 12: MoT tests on motor vehicles introduced October 1: HMS Dreadnought (nuclear submarine) launched
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