Marjorie Prikler

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Born	23 AUG 1892
Died	UNKNOWN
Parents	Jessie Vaughan (Mother) Family Robert Prikler (Father) Family
Marriage	Jack Southey Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

23 Aug 1892

Born
Age 3

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 7

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 8

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 8

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 11

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 14

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 15

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 16

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 16

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 17

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 17

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 18

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 19

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 19

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 19

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 20

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 21

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 22

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 22

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 23

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 23

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 23

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 24

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 25

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 25

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 26

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 26

23 Mar 1919

Daughter Dorothy born
Age 26

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 30

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age c. 32

1924

Daughter Molly born
Age 31

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 33

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 33

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 35

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 36

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 37

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 38

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 43

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 44

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 44

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 44

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 44

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 45

5 Sep 1937

Father Robert died
Age 46

9 Dec 1938

Mother Jessie died
Age 47

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 47

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 47

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 48

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 50

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 50

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 51

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 51

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 52

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 52

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 54

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 55

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 55

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 55

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 57

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 59

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 60

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 60

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 60

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 60

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 60

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 61

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 61

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 63

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 63

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 64

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 65

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 65

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 65

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 66

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 70

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 70

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 71

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 72

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 73

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 73

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 74

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 75

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 76

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 76

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 78

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day

Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.