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55 - 72
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Sutton Colfield Railstation Crash
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Winston Churchill Resigns
Due to Ill-health at the age of 80 -
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister
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Anthony Eden wins election
Anthony Eden wins the general election for the Conservative Party with a majority of 31 seats, an improvement on the 17-seat majority gained by his predecessor Sir Winston Churchill four years ago. -
Fellowship Party was founded
The oldest enviromentalist political party to which Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan were members of.
They believed in peace, and socialism Christianity -
Billy Idol born
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Anthony Eden loses in the opinion polls
Eight months after winning the general election and barely a year after becoming prime minister, Anthony Eden's position is looking under threat as opinion polls show Labour (now led by Hugh Gaitskell) in the lead -
Anthony Eden faces more personal rating troubles
Doubts about the future of Anthony Eden as prime minister continue as his personal ratings in opinion polls remain low.[14] -
Anti-smoking campaign
Minister of Health, RH Turton, rejects a call for the government to lead an anti-smoking campaign arguing that no ill-effects had yet been proven.[17] -
Eden refuses to comment on Lionel Crabb
Anthony Eden makes a statement refusing to reveal any details surrounding the mystery of the disappearance of the frogman Lionel Crabb, who vanished after diving near the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze during a state visit by Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin.[19]