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Dorothy Mary LEWIS
Female 1912 - 1913


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1912 
  • Irish Home Rule crisis grows in Britain
  • Britain nationalises the telephone system
  • Discovery of the 'Piltdown Man' – hoax, exposed in 1953
  • 18 Jan 1912: Captain Scott's last expedition – he and his team reach the south pole on Jan 18th; all die on the way back, their bodies found in November
  • 14 Apr 1912: The 'unsinkable' Titanic sinks on maiden voyage – loss of 1,513 lives
  • 13 May 1912: Royal Flying Corps (later the RAF) founded in Britain
2 1913 
  • Third Irish Home Rule Bill rejected by House of Lords – threat of civil war in Ireland – formation of Ulster Volunteers to oppose Home Rule
  • Suffragette demonstrations in London – Mrs Pankhurst imprisoned
  • Trade Union Act in Britain establishes the right to use Union funds for political purposes
  • Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley of Sheffield
  • Geiger invents his counter to measure radioactivity
  • 4 Jun 1913: Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby and dies
  

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