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George VI dies and Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen.
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Sweet rationing ends in Britain. Queen Mary dies
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Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute barrier for the mile
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Princess Margaret calls off plans to marry Grp Capt Peter Townsend
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Prince Rainier III of Monaco marries Grace Kelly, the actress
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Prime Minister Harold Macmillan tells a Tory rally: "Most of our people have never had it so good
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Munich air crash kills eight Manchester United players
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The Mini car makes its first appearance and Britain's first motorway, the M1, opens
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Princess Margaret marries Tony Armstrong-Jones
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John F Kennedy succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as US president