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Events relating to england
In Language, Truth and Logic 26-year-old A.J. Ayer produces a classic exposition of Logical Positivism
Terence Rattigan's first play, French without Tears, is performed in London
Alexander Korda's bleakly visionary film Things to Come is based on the H.G. Wells novel of 1933
The prototype of the Spitfire, designed by Reginald Mitchell, has its first test flight
Unemployed English workers march for 26 days from Jarrow, in Tyne and Wear, to demonstrate at Westminster
Wallis Simpson wins a decree nisi against her second husband and is therefore free to marry Edward VIII
The British Broadcasting Corporation puts out its first high-definition public television broadcast
Edward VIII informs Baldwin, the UK prime minister, that he intends to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson
Edward VIII, forced to choose between the British throne and Wallis Simpson, opts for the path of love and abdicates
Edward VIII is succeeded on the British throne by his brother, as George VI
British artist Ben Nicholson does the first of his characteristic abstract white reliefs
William Walton writes Crown Imperial for the coronation of George VI
Neville Chamberlain follows Baldwin as prime minister at the head of the UK's National government
German-born British scientist Hans Krebs discovers the biochemical cycle that becomes known by his name
C.S. Forester's central character, Horatio Hornblower, features for the first time – in The Happy Return
Alan Turing describes the properties of a logically possible computer that becomes known as the Turing Machine
British biochemist Max Perutz begins the analysis of haemoglobin
William Coldstream and Victor Pasmore open a school of art with a distinctive style, known from its location as the Euston Road School
Stanley Spencer gives a stark depiction of himself and his wife in The Leg of Mutton Nude
George Orwell reveals the harsh realities of contemporary British life in The Road to Wigan Pier
William Joyce defects from Mosley's Union of Fascists and founds his own National Socialist League in London
Leading British artists Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson marry
Gloucestershire batsman Wally Hammond becomes captain of the England Test team
British author Evelyn Waugh publishes a classic Fleet Street novel, Scoop, introducing Lord Copper, proprietor of The Beast
In Homage to Catalonia George Orwell describes his experiences fighting for the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
