Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• January 3rd - Announcement that all British schoolchildren to be given gas masks
• March 11th - German Anschluss of Austria at von Seyss-Inquart's invitation
• April - Britain formally recognised Italy's sovereignty over Abyssinia - aggression paid off!!
• May - The opening of the Empire Exhibition Scotand in Glasgow by King George VI
• August - Britain starts the Air Raid Protection Service manned by volunteers
• September 30th - 'I believe it is Peace for our Time' claim by Neville Chamberlain after Munich Agreement!
• October 1st - German invasion of Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) began
• October 31st - War of the Worlds broadcast on radio, by Orson Welles, causes panic in the USA
• November 8th - Kristallnacht pogrom against the jews in Germany
• In Hollywood David O Selznick chooses an obscure British actress to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with Wind
• Anthony Eden and Duff Cooper resign
• The Liner Queen Elizabeth was launched
• The Picture Post begins publication
• Len Hutton scores 364 runs in Oval test match

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April 9th

• General Franco,
• Royal Collection Artwork, Lerida Drawings By Frank L Emanuel,
• Underground Railway Madrid,
• High Explosive Bombs Article With Drawings By G.H. Davis,
• Italian Air Force Planes Drawn By G.H. Davis,
• Abyssinia,
• University Boat Race,
• Skinks,
• Plant Geography,
• Phromnia,
• The Kadir Cup,
• G.E.V. Keighley,
• Queen Mary,
• Cruiser "Tromp",
• Mussolini,
• Mei-Mei Panda,
• The Crab Ferryboat,
• H.M.S. Edinburgh,
• Lerida,
• Austria,
• Norfolk Coast,
• Dr W.H. Frere,
• Sir Hyde Gowan,
• Sir Edmund Ironside,
• Sultan Of Selangor,
• G.E. R. Gedye,
• Princesses Ruhije,
• Maxhide,
• Danush & Myzejen,
• Artwork From The National Gallery,
• Metalwork Pieces,
• Alaca Huyuk,
• Marcelle Denya,
• Katherine Arkandy,
• Josef Hofman,
• Regina Schein,
• Lily Pons,
• Blanche Marchesi,
• Raymond Massey,
• Tamara Geva,
• Flying Standard Ten Car,
• Ford Eight Sallon,
• Waiata Maori Choir,
• Grand Canyon,

April 23rd

• Anglo-Italian Agreement,
• Lord Galaway,
• Queen Mary,
• Aldershot Command,
• King George,
• Ferdinand Magellan,
• Mei-Mei Panda Bear,
• Mrs William Harkness,
• Portraits Of Admiral Robert Blake,
• United States Airplanes Drawn By G. H. Davis,
• Stalk-Eyed Flies,
• Oar Shrimp,
• Stalk Eyed Crab,
• Stalk Eyed Larval Fish,
• Pirro Marconi,
• Ancient Roman Amenities,
• Albania,
• Ancient Greek Forts,
• Feodor Chaliapin,
• Margarethe Kubatzki,
• Richard Tauber,
• Painting By Balthasar Van Den Bosch Ii Of The Consulting Room,
• Chinese Ceramic Art,
• Pope Pius XI,
• Maharaja Of Patiala,
• Sultan Of Selangor,
• Bulawayo-Johannesburg Express Train Wreck,
• National Exhibiiton Of Ancient Arms And Armour,
• Sketches Of Movieland Hollywood In Los Angeles By Bryan De Grineau,
• Henry Nichols, Germination Of 500 Year Old Lotus Seeds,
• Burmese Ruby,
• Funeral Lord Milford Haven,
• Mr. Hore-Belisha,
• Sir Richard Terry,
• Lord Roborough,
• Signor Gianni Albertini,
• M. Daladier,
• Sir Stephen Killik,
• Grey Owl,
• Alam Shah,
• Bertram Mills,
• Full Page Color Ford Advert,
• Life In New York City With Drawings By J. Simont,
• Robert Helpmann,
• Pearl Argyle,
• Yvonne Arnaud,
• Ronald Squire,
• Adrianne Allen,
• Kayak Rolling,
• Eskimoe Hunters,
• Silver Crest Saloon Car,
• Lanchester Eleven Saloon,
• Victor Mclaglen,
• Chrysler Imperial,

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