Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• January 6th - Central London flooded by Thames after thaw and high tide
• May 7th - Equal Franchise Act gave all British women the vote at 21
• May 15th - Start of the Flying Doctor service in Australia to cover 250,000 sq miles
• August 27th - Kellogg-Briand 'no war' Pact signed by 15 Nations, including Germany
• September 30th - Announcement of discovery of Penicillin by Alexander Fleming
• November 22nd - First £1 and 10 shilling notes in circulation in Britain
• The R100 and R101 Airships were being built in Britain
• During the Year Thomas Hardy, Emmeline Pankhurst and Herbert Asquith died
• Amsterdam hosted the Olympic Games
• Herbert Hoover was elected Republican 31st President of the USA
• November - In China the Peking government surrendered to General Chiank Kai-Shek ending civil war, he was made president of the Chinese republic
• In Turkey Premier Mustafa Kemal introduced the Roman Alphabet to replace Arabic
• The Oxford English Dictionary was published after decades of work on it.
• The controversial The Well of Loneliness, by Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, which dealt with Lebianism was published
• DH Lawrence published Lady Chatterley's Lover, in Florence in order to avoid censorship at home
• Paul Robeson appeared as Joe in Show Boat at Drury Lane, London
• First Mickey Mouse films produced by Walt Disney

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March 17th

• The Afghan King And Queen Greeted At The "Gateway" Of England; An Address Of Welcome Read By The Recorder Of Dover In The Presence Of The Prince Of Wales
• London Acclaims The King's Guests (4 Photos)With Queen Mary, Queen Suryia, Prince Henry And The Duchess Of York
• Our Notebook
• First Studio Portraits Of Queen Suryia (3 Photos)
  The Cromwell Of The Wahhabis, Puritans Of Islam - Being An Appreciation Of "Ibn Sa'oud Of Arabia, His People And His Land" By Ameen Rihani (10 Photos)
  Books Of The Day
  Will The Golden Age Of Sail Return To The Sea? "Morning Mists" From The Drawing By Frank H Mason (Full Page Colour Plate)
  The "Victory" In 1921; And As King Amanullah Will See Her (2 Photos)
  Caribou Swimming In The Yukon River; An Antlered Host On Trek (4 Photos)
  The Fine Art Of Collecting - The Cigarette Case Of The 18th Century; Old Snuff Boxes (8 Photos)
  The World Of Science - A Bird That Builds It's Nest In Three Storeys By W P Pycraft (2 Photos Sudanese Hammer-Head)
  The Last Hours Of Edith Cavell (2 Photos)
  The Camera As Recorder; News By Photography (8 Photos)
  Was Neolithic Man A Cannibal? (6 Photos)
  (4 Pages Of Colour Plates; "Cote De Provence" By Ch. H G Dagnac-Riviere/"Claire De Lune Sur Cote D'azure" By Arsene Chabanian/An Unknown World Of The Jew; Remarkable Art Of Isidor Kaufmann (6 Paintings)
  Fine Acting On The Modern English Stage (6 Photos)
  The Unparalled Needlework Exhibition At Sir Philip Sassoon's; Royal And Other Pieces (11 Photos)
  The Toll Of The Air; British And French Disasters At Sea (7 Photos)
  The Growth Of The Aeroplane; "Giants" Of Three Periods (4 Photos)
  The World Of The Kinema (3 Photos Charlie Chaplin)
  Cartoon Sepia "Total Disarmament"
  The World Of Music
  The Playhouses
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  The Chronicle Of The Car; The Opening Of The Road
  The Joys Of Comfort Motoring By "The Roadster"; The Call Of Spring/Small Fabric Saloons/The Need For Useful Gadgets/Flexibility On Top Gear/Attractive Six-Cylinder/Present-Day Technical Details/Spring-Loaded Jockey Sprocket/New Types Of Fuel/Lubrication Lightens Toil/Peripatetic Picnics/Seven Miles For A Penny (15 Photos)
  
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April 21st (Spring Number)

• A Lure, In Season And Out Of Season; London The Ever Changing
  Our Perilous World; Recent Disasters By Land And Sea
  Our Notebook; A Tragic Bereavement In The Royal Family; The Late Viscount Trematon, The Queen's Nephew, Who Died From Injuries In A Motor Accident
  Personalities Of The Week; People In The Public Eye
  The Centenary Of Goya; His Unique Frescoes In The Church Transformed Into His "Shrine"
  From The World's Scrap-Book; New Items Of Topical Interest
  The Camera As Recorder; Home And Foreign News By Photography
  The Bomb Attempt On King Victor; An Outrage That Killed Nineteen People At Milan
  The First East-To-West Atlantic Flight; The "Bremen", Her Crew And The Start
  The World Of Science: A Strange Grasshopper From India
  A Gramophone That Changes Its Records; A Musical "Robot" (Illustrated)
  Where Spring Means Renewed Warfare And Starvation; In Family-Stricken China
  Books Of The Day
  The Storied Past Of India; Iv. A "Unique Monument" Discovered
  The Great Lesson Of Imperial Germany; The World's Largest Submarine And The First To Be Also A Mine-Layer, The "V4" A Recent Addition To The United States Navy
  New Zealand Action In Troubled Samoa
  April's Magic Change In The Alps; The "Snows" Of Blossoming Spring
  The Coming Season; A Forecast Of 1928 - A Diary Of Important Fixtures
  The World Of The Theatre
  The Covent Garden Opera Season; Singers Of Outstanding Interest
  Sport Of The Season; The Promise Of 1928
  "Hopes" Of The Season In The World Of Sport; Protagonists Of Golf, Cricket, And Lawn-Tennis
  Some Debutants Of The Season
  Growing Air Travel This Season; London's New Air Terminus
  The "Victoria" Of The London Airways; A Wonderful System Of Air Traffic Control In Use At Croydon
  Fashionable Accessories For The London Season/Jewels And Modes That Shine By Night
  The Fine Art Of Collecting- Old Buffets, Ancestors Of The Modern Sideboard
  Important Pictures By Old Masters Of The Dutch And Flemish Schools
  Oxford Street Today And Yesterday (8 Photos & Drawings)
  Fashions & Fancies (Illustrated)
  The Chronicle Of The Car
  The Playhouses
  This Season's Lawn Tennis
  Electricity In Daily Life

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August 18th

• Frontispiece:- Photo - A Tornado With A Loop; A Unique Phase Of A Minnesota "Twister" Breaking-Up
• Our Notebook (Photo Deputy Prime Minister During Mr Baldwin's Holiday; Lord Hailsham, The Lord Chancellor, With His Sons And Stepson, At His Sussex Home, Where He Will Transact Official Business)
• The Twister Again; A Looped Tornado That Faded In Rings (2 Photos, 1 Illustration)
  From The World's Scrap-Book; Pictorial Records Of Interesting Topical Events Far And Near(11 Photos)
  The Dramatic Side Of The London "Air Raids"; 23 Tons Of Bombs Assumed In One Day Alone (2 Photos)
  Personalities Of The Week; People In The Public Eye (11 Photos)
  The Great Ice-Dam Burst In Kashmir; Regions Afected By 120,000,000 Tons Of Flood Water(8 Photos)
  Kingston Bridge Damaged By Fire; A Great Timber Yard Blaze (2 Photos)
  The Art Of David Evans; Modernism With Classical Traditions (8 Photos)
  The Scientific Side Of The Detection Of Crime (3 Photos)
  Scientific Crime-Detection; Tell-Tale Signs In Criminal Faces(17 Photos)
  Books Of The Day
  By Air And Sea Abroad; Events In France And Germany (5 Photos)
  The World Of Science - Oyster-Shells And Their Making (3 Photos)
  Cinematography Under Water By Sunlight; A Submarine Film Camera, And Its Results In Haitian Seas (5 Photos)
  The Past In Persia; The Muhammedan Period, Since 630 A.D. - Treasures Of Bygone Architecture (10 Photos)
  Air "War" Seen From The Air; The Menace To Battleships (6 Photos)
  The Great Athletic Match; British Empire V United States (7 Photos)
  Fashions And Fancies (Illustrated)
  The Chronicle Of The Car (9 Photos)
  

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December 29th

• Frontispiece:- Copy Of Drawing; From U.S.A. To Dutch Art Exhibition: "The Laughing Mandoline Player" By Frans Hals
  The Dutch Exhibition At Burlington House (7 Photos)
• Herculaneum Resurrected After 1850 Years; Excavated Houses (2 Photos)
• Tormented By Ghosts: "Windy-Witted" Women - (East Africa) (5 Photos)
• Winter In Disturbed Afghanistan: The King And Queen; British Residents; A Panorama Of Kabul (9 Photos)
  News From Far And Near; Rangoon; "African" Frejus; Jerusalem (6 Photos)
  Underground Jerusalem: Hidden Antiquities In The Holy City That Is The Centre Of Christendom (8 Photos)
  A Flowering Of Art In The East End, London; Workers' Pictures To Be Shown At The Tate Gallery (10 Photos)
  The Habub That Turns Daylight Orange; A Sudan Sandstorm (7 Photos)
  Books Of The Day
  New Year Emblems In Japan; Ropes, Lobsters And Oranges (Photo)
  Italy's Crown Prince As Famous Ancestor; A Laszlo Portrait (Full Page Colour-Plate)
  The World Of Science; St. Peter's Fish - The John Dory And Others With Tubular Mouths (Illustrated)
  Prior Wibert's Water-Tower At Canterbury Cathedral; Interesting Discoveries During Its Restoration (4 Photos And 2 Illustrations)
  Surf-Bathing Indoors! Breakers Artificially Produced In A German Swimming Pool At Luna Park, Berlin (Double Page Spread)
  Circus Folk As An Artist Sees Them; Laura Knight Sketches (12)
  A City Of Galilee, Named Nazareth; The Home Of Christ (4 Photos)
  Marine Caravanning (Illustrated)
  The Chronicle Of The Car (9 Photos)Tric Gramophone Wonders
  Elec
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