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William Stanley Knight

William Stanley Knight

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Born 1916
Died 10 OCT 1975
Parents Tilly (Mother) Family
Frederick Robert Knight (Father) Family
Marriage Irene Powell Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George V
  • Birth
    1916
    Born
  • Year of birth
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Year of birth
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Year of birth
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 1
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age c. 2
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age c. 2
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age c. 2
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age c. 3
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age c. 7
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age c. 8
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age c. 10
    26 Jan 1926
    John Logie Baird demonstrates television
  • Age c. 10
    3 May 1926
    General Strike begins
  • Age c. 12
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • Age c. 12
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age c. 13
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age c. 14
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age c. 20
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age c. 20
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age c. 20
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age c. 20
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age c. 21
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age c. 23
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
  • Age c. 24
    26 May 1940
    Dunkirk evacuation begins
  • Age c. 24
    10 Jul 1940
    Battle of Britain begins
  • Age c. 24
    1940–1941
    The Blitz
  • Age c. 26
    23 Oct 1942
    Battle of El Alamein
  • Age c. 26
    1 Dec 1942
    Beveridge Report published
  • Age c. 28
    6 Jun 1944
    D-Day landings
  • Age c. 28
    3 Aug 1944
    Education Act creates free secondary schooling
  • Age c. 29
    8 May 1945
    VE Day
  • Age c. 29
    15 Aug 1945
    VJ Day
  • Age c. 31
    15 Aug 1947
    India and Pakistan become independent
  • Age c. 32
    22 Jun 1948
    HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
  • Age c. 32
    5 Jul 1948
    National Health Service launched
  • Age c. 32
    29 Jul 1948
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 34
    1950–1953
    Korean War begins
  • Age c. 36
    6 Feb 1952
    Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
    Reigned 1952–2022
  • Age c. 36
    5 Dec 1952
    Great Smog of London
  • Age c. 37
    31 Jan 1953
    North Sea flood
  • Age c. 37
    28 Feb 1953
    Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
  • Age c. 37
    29 May 1953
    Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
  • Age c. 37
    2 Jun 1953
    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Age c. 38
    6 May 1954
    Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
  • Age c. 38
    4 Jul 1954
    Food rationing ends
  • Age c. 39
    22 Sep 1955
    ITV launches
  • Age c. 40
    5 Jul 1956
    Clean Air Act
  • Age c. 40
    29 Oct 1956
    Suez Crisis
  • Age c. 41
    4 Oct 1957
    Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
  • Age c. 42
    6 Feb 1958
    Munich air disaster
    Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
  • Age c. 42
    9 Jun 1958
    Gatwick Airport officially opened
    In Sussex.
  • Age c. 43
    25 Jul 1959
    First hovercraft crosses the Channel
  • Age c. 46
    5 Oct 1962
    The Beatles release their first single
  • Age c. 46
    1962–1963
    The Big Freeze
    One of the coldest winters on record.
  • Age c. 47
    22 Nov 1963
    President Kennedy assassinated
  • Age c. 49
    24 Jan 1965
    Sir Winston Churchill dies
  • Age c. 49
    8 Nov 1965
    Death penalty for murder suspended
  • Age c. 50
    10 Feb 1966
    Father Frederick Robert died
  • Age c. 50
    30 Jul 1966
    England win the World Cup
  • Age c. 50
    21 Oct 1966
    Aberfan disaster
  • Age c. 51
    27 Oct 1967
    Abortion Act
  • Age c. 53
    2 Mar 1969
    First flight of Concorde
  • Age c. 53
    20 Jul 1969
    First Moon landing
  • Age c. 55
    15 Feb 1971
    Decimal Day
  • Age c. 57
    1 Jan 1973
    Britain joins the European Economic Community
  • Age c. 59
    10 Oct 1975
    Died