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Battle for and Evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)

Event 25 May 1940 ‐ 3 June 1940

Military operation during Second World War

Battle of Brick Lane, 1978

Event 14 May 1978 ‐ September 1978

The racist murder of Altab Ali triggered a protest march from Brick Lane to Downing Street, followed by a summer of mobilization against the National Front

Bhownaggree elected to North-East Bethnal Green

Event 8 August 1895

Black Friday

Event 18 November 1910

A violent clash between suffragettes and the police in which 120 women were arrested

Bradford 12

Event 11 July 1981 ‐ 16 June 1982

Twelve South Asian youths who faced a six-week trial and potential life imprisonment after being charged with the possession of thirty-eight petrol bombs in 1981

Bristol Bus Boycott

Event 30 April 1963 ‐ 28 August 1963

City-wide boycott of Bristol buses in 1963 in response to racial discrimination

British Commonwealth of Nations, 1931

Event 11 December 1931

A stipulation in the Statute of Westminster which established legislative equality between Britain and its Dominions

British Empire Exhibition, 1924

Event 23 April 1924 ‐ October 1925

An exhibition of industry across the British empire

British Nationality Act 1948

Event 30 July 1948 ‐ 1 January 1949

The 1948 British Nationality Act gave people from British colonies the right to live and work in Britain

British Premiere of Light of Asia

Event April 1926

Film premiere