Kathleen Amy Knight

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Born	17 MAR 1903 , Malver Road, Putney
Died	JUL 1986
Parents	Alfred Herbert Knight (Father) Family Tilly (Mother) Family
Marriage	George Reginald Cole Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Edward VII

Birth

17 Mar 1903

Born at Malver Road, Putney
9 months

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 4

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 5

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 5

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 6

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 7

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 7

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 8

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 8

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 9

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 9

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 10

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 11

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 12

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 12

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 13

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 13

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 13

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 14

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 14

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 15

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 15

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 16

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 20

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 20

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 22

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 23

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 25

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 25

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 26

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 27

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 32

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 33

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 33

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 33

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 34

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 36

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 37

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 37

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 37

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 39

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 39

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 41

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 41

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 42

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 42

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 44

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 45

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 45

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 45

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 47

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 48

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 49

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 49

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 49

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 50

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 50

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 51

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 51

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 52

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 53

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 53

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 54

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 54

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 55

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 56

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 59

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 59

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 60

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 61

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 62

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 63

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 63

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age c. 64

1967

Father Alfred Herbert died
Age 64

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 65

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 66

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 67

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 69

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 72

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age 73

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age 74

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age 75

25 Jul 1978

Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born
Age 76

4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
Age 77

8 Dec 1980

John Lennon shot dead
Age 78

29 Jul 1981

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Age 79

2 Apr 1982

Falklands War
Age 80

1984–1985

Miners' strike
Age 82

13 Jul 1985

Live Aid
Age 83

26 Apr 1986

Chernobyl disaster
Age 83

Jul 1986

Died