Bobby Knight

(Robert Frank Knight)

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Born	22 OCT 1914 , Wandsworth, Surrey
Died	1970
Parents	Alfred Herbert Knight (Father) Family Tilly (Mother) Family
Marriage	Betty Fraser Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George V

Birth

22 Oct 1914

Born at Wandsworth, Surrey
6 months

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
6 months

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 1

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 1

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 1

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 2

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 3

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 3

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 4

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 4

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 8

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 9

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 11

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 11

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 13

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 13

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 15

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 15

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 21

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 22

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 22

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 22

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 22

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 24

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 25

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 25

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 25

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 28

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 28

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 29

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 29

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 30

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 30

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 32

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 33

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 33

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 33

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 35

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 37

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 38

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 38

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 38

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 38

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 38

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 39

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 39

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 40

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 41

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 42

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 42

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 43

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 43

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 44

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 47

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 48

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 49

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 50

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 51

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 51

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 51

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age c. 53

1967

Father Alfred Herbert died
Age 53

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 54

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 54

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age c. 56

1970

Died