Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• January - The great Russian Ballerina Anna Pavlova died
• February 28th - Fascist 'New Party' launched by Sir Oswald Moseley in the UK (he left the Labour Party)
• April 14th - Spain declared a Republic after the abdication of King Alfonso
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• August 24th - National coalition government formed in the UK to fight financial crisis
• September 15th - Royal Navy mutiny at Invergordon over servicemen's pay cuts
• September 20th - Pound devalued as Britain leaves the gold standard
• November 4th - Gandhi received by King George V on a visit to Britain
• Al Capone sent to prison for income tax evasion
• America gets an official National anthem
• The Empire State building in New York is finished
• Auguste Piccard's balloon reaches the stratosphere
• The Christ monument was built on Rio De Janeiro hilltop
• Statute of Westminster defines Dominion status

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Nov14

The state opening of Parliament Dumpers, ships that dump foreign food - Air troop carriers to Cyprus 2 pages - Electric light as a form of Decoration - HM government The Cabinet - Lanterne des Morts 2p 1/3 of page Barclays lager - The Dragon Book by Alfred Leete 6s Kashmir 2p -The Pantomime of Java 4 decorative colour paintings - Full page colour "The Coronation of the Virgin" from Cantebury Cathedral

Cognac from Vine to Glass 2p - Cinema Michael and Mary exterminate the grey squirrel from all London parks - The Treviso war memorial Colour Photo of Hippos in Kruger National park - Hawks and Owls - Lympne to Cape Town by air Peggy Salaman in a Puss Moth - the Focke Wulf "Ente" silver candle sticks

Nov 21

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King and Queen on Armistice night - Mussolini reviewing troops in Rome -Elgar at the new HMV studios - The Irish Sweep £3m by hand Mr Henry Pu Yi (ex emperor of China - The mentality of the Chinese and Japanese 2p - Crown prince of Abyssinia Asfaou Wosan - Bengers Food - Travel to South Africa Wheat and Chaff - Courtaulds Fabrics - The Dragon Book by Alfred Leete 6s about Arthur Bryants book on Charles II Rounding up Corsican Brigands 7 pics - Bonito and the Mackerel Dr Sven Hedin Across the Gobi Desert 2p - Professor Schaeffer discoveries at Ras Shamra 5p at the cinema Men Like These British submarine film drawing of the House of Commons in session The tea ceremony of Japan 2p - petrol from coal 2p Billingham

Dec 12

buy British number - Bert Hinkler solo flight from Brazil to West Africa - Whipsnade zoo in winter - excavation of Herculaneum -pidgin english and Chinese fighting Japanese