Olive King

(Olive Gwendoline King)

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Born	1 JUN 1927 , Redhill, Surrey, England
Baptised	24 NOV 1929 , Redhill Methodist Church
Died	4 JUL 1973 , Redhill General
Buried	, Redstone Cemetary, Redhill
Parents	William John King (Father) Family Ada Bristow (Mother) Family
Marriage	Keith Quick — 21 MAR 1949 at St John's Church, Redhill Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George V

Birth

1 Jun 1927

Born at Redhill, Surrey, England
Age 1

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 1

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 2

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 2

24 Nov 1929

Baptised at Redhill Methodist Church
Age 3

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 8

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 9

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 9

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 9

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 9

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 12

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 12

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 13

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 13

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 15

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 15

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 17

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 17

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 17

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 18

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 20

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 21

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 21

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 21

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 21

21 Mar 1949

Married Keith Quick at St John's Church, Redhill
Age 23

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 24

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 25

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 25

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 25

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 25

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 26

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 26

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 27

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 28

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 29

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 29

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 30

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 30

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 31

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 31

23 Nov 1958

Father William John died
Age 32

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 35

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 35

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 36

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 37

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 38

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 39

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 39

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 40

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 41

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 42

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 43

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 45

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 46

4 Jul 1973

Died at Redhill General