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  United Kingdom general election, January 1910 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UK general election of January 1910 was held from 15th January 10th February 1910.
The election produced a hung parliament, with the Conservatives, led by Arthur Balfour, and Liberals, led by Herbert Asquith having almost equal forces.
A second election was held in December in an attempt to resolve the situation.
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 1910 - Simple English Wikipedia
January - In Greece, the Military League forces parliament and George I of Greece to summon National Assembly to revise Constitution.
January 15 - In the United Kingdom, General Election held in response to House of Lords rejection of David Lloyd George's (1909) budget results in reduced Liberal Party majority (Liberals, 275 seats; Labour, 40; Irish Nationalists, 82; Unionists (the title then preferred by the British Conservative Party), 273).
January 16 - Constant rains in Paris, France cause the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search View - United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is bordered to the south by the English Channel, which separates it from continental Europe, to the east by the North Sea, and to the west by the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the only land border is between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The climate of the United Kingdom is mild relative to its latitude.
The United Kingdom is one of the most urbanized of the world’s larger nations: about 89 per cent of the population lives in cities and towns.
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 Elections in the United Kingdom - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It is relatively easy to stand for election as an independent candidate, although wins are very rare and usually involve special circumstances (for example Martin Bell's 1997 victory against the discredited Conservative MP Neil Hamilton was aided by the major parties standing aside and not contesting the election).
United Kingdom general elections are the elections held when the Members of Parliament (MPs) forming the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are elected.
In years with a general election it is usual practice to hold both general and local elections on the same day.
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 2006 Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ VariedTastes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
January 3 - Twelve coal miners are discovered dead in the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia in the United States.
January 29 - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is sworn in as the 15th Emir of Kuwait.
January 31 - Ben Bernanke is confirmed to replace Alan Greenspan who had been the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the United States since 1987.
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 MSN Encarta - Printer-friendly - United Kingdom
The United Kingdom and World War II Memories of World War I left Britons with an overwhelming desire to avoid another conflict, and the country played a leading role in the League of Nations and at inter-war disarmament conferences, such as those in Washington (1921-1922) and London (1930) which limited naval size.
Post-war Germany was divided into occupation zones among the USSR, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, but efforts to reach agreement on a peace treaty with Germany broke down as it became clear that the USSR was converting all of eastern Europe into a Soviet sphere of influence.
In the general election of 1964, however, the latter was narrowly defeated by the Labour Party, headed by Harold Wilson.
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 United Kingdom history 1815-1914 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about United Kingdom history 1815-1914   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Although generally reactionary in attitude, under pressure Wellington carried through some notable reforms, including the achievement of Catholic Emancipation and the repeal of the Test Act and the Corporation Act, both of which had excluded any but members of the established Church of England from holding public office.
The secret ballot in general elections was introduced (the ballot act 1872), and trade unions were more fully legalized (1871), following the formation of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 1868.
Generally acting as foreign secretary as well as prime minister during his premierships, Salisbury espoused a policy of ‘splendid isolation’ for Britain, while other European powers involved themselves in complex alliances and counter-alliances.
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 United Kingdom general election, 1910 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There were two general elections held in the United Kingdom in 1910:
United Kingdom general election, January 1910 was held from 15 January – 10 February 1910.
United Kingdom general election, December 1910 was the last held over several days, from 3 December – 19 December 1910.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1910   (130 words)

  
 Parliament of the United Kingdom - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
From the time of Kenneth mac Alpin the Scottish kingdom of Alba was ruled by chieftains and petty kings under the suzerainty of a High King, all offices being filled through election by an assembly under a system known as tanistry which combined a hereditary element with the consent of those ruled.
In 1541 Henry VIII declared the Kingdom of Ireland and emabarked on the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland.
At general elections the vote was restricted to landed gentry, in constituencies which were out of date so that in many rotten boroughs seats could be bought while major cities remained unrepresented.
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 Global History - January to June
United Kingdom: Nine members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) are killed in a mortar attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) on the Newry police station.
United Kingdom: Two British soldiers are dragged from their car by a mob, beaten, and then taken to a remote area near Belfast's Milltown Cemetery and shot dead.
This attack is generally considered the inauguration of the era of urban ter­rorism in Manila and coincides with the formation of the Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB), the urban terrorist or "sparrow" unit of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
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 When is a General Election held?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The decision to hold a general election is made by the Prime Minister who asks the Queen to dissolve Parliament.
The election is held 17 working days after the date of the Proclamation and the issue of the writs.
It is assumed that the general election will be held on a Thursday, though there is no statutory requirement for parliamentary elections to be held on that day.
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 Articles - United Kingdom general election, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair.
In Northern Ireland, the election was dominated in the unionist community by a battle between the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to be the region's largest unionist party in Parliament.
Other elections in the province have shown both a shift in votes towards the DUP but also a collapse of support for the cross-community Alliance Party which is likely to be more marked in a first past the post election and thus which may work in the UUP's favour.
www.divxa.com /articles/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005   (2740 words)

  
 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The 1924 UK general election was held on 29th October 1924.
The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin did dramatically better than in the 1923 general election and obtained a large parliamentary majority.
Many attribute the results of the election to the Zinoviev Letter, which was published in the Daily Mail four days before the election, though it is difficult to demonstrate that this had a major impact, as the Labour vote actually increased from 1923.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1924   (195 words)

  
 The History Place - This Month in History
In January of 1979, the Pol Pot was overthrown by Cambodian rebels and Vietnamese troops.
The dam was opened in January of 1971 by President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and President Nikolai Podgorny of the Soviet Union.
January 24, 41 AD Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated at the Palatine Games by his own officers after a reign of only four years, noted for his madness and cruelty including arbitrary murder.
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 Holidays and Festivals - United States of America
In the United States, Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus are considered one and the same unlike in some other countries.
Commemorates the raising of the United States flag on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima by the Marines in 1945.
North Dakota is generally considered the thirty-ninth state, but actually no on knows for sure which of the Dakotas was signed first.
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 A History of Islam in Australia
In January 1910 it was discovered he had gone to Western Australia and the necessary documents had to be forwarded again.
General Niazin Bey, who was responsible for an empire-wide security scare in 1915, was suspected of being involved in the establishing of such links.
An official report presented to the Governor General in 1916 noted that the population of Broome stood at 2,700 of whom 2,200 were "Asiatics" principally Japanese and Malay.
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 This Month in History
The Mexicans began the siege of the Texas fort on February 23, ending it with the killing of the last defender.
He was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms and was also the only president to be married in the White House.
He was a Postimpressionist painter, generally considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt.
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 United Kingdom Parliamentary Election Results: Links and Bibliography
The first edition was compiled soon after the 1970 election and therefore does not include byelection results from later in the Parliament.
It contains all elections from 1832 to 1853, together with statistics on the electorate and the influence possessed by various patrons in each constituency.
The British General Election of 1945 by R.B. McCallum and Alison Readman was published in 1948.
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 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Country profiles | Timeline: Portugal
1910 - King Manuel II abdicates amid revolution; Portugal proclaimed a republic.
General Antonio Ribeiro de Spinola becomes president, succeeded by General Francisco da Costa Gomes.
Parliament is dissolved, early general election set for March 2002.
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 Parliament | Houses of Parliament
The present two-chamber system began in the 14th Century in England: the House of Lords (the upper house) and the House of Commons (the lower house) sit separately and are constituted on entirely different principles.
Following the restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, the role of parliament was enhanced by the events of 1688-89 (the 'Glorious Revolution') and the passage of the Bill of Rights which established the authority of Parliament over the King, and enshrined in law the principle of freedom of speech in parliamentary debates.
Eventually, the budget was passed after a general election in 1910; a second election was then fought on the issue of reform of the House of Lords.
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 Francisco Franco
Franco's strong anti-Communism made him popular with the United States and in 1950 Spain was allowed to join the United Nations.
In 1953 Franco signed an agreement that enabled the United States to establish four air and naval bases in Spain.
All of us were hardened in our resolve to put their case as forcefully as we could back in the United Kingdom.
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 Catholic Apologetics of America
In the young United States of America at this time, waistlines were usually at the natural waistline and styles were fancy.
To all priests in general and to confessors in particular, to members of every kind of association, to all religious, to all nuns, especially to teaching Sisters.
Either the Church at this General Council was infallible, or it was not.
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 Amazon.co.uk: British General Elections 1832-2001: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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United We Stand: A History of Britain's Trade Unions; Paperback ~ Alastair J. Reid
Peter Joyce here presents detailed analyses of the background, key issues, major personalities, results, and many other aspects of every UK general election held since the passing of the Reform Act of 1832.
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 List of election results - Gurupedia
There is also a list of political parties and a list of politics by country.
1832, 1835, 1837, 1841, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1859, 1865, 1868, 1874, 1880, 1885, 1886, 1892, 1895, 1900, 1906, January 1910, December 1910, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924,
UK Regional and local elections (including Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales)
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 WWW-VL History Index. Indonesia
United States Policy Towards Indonesia 1961-1965, by Stig Aga Aandstad [PhD dissertation, University of Oslo 1999]
The United States and the Overthrow of Sukarno, 1965-1967 - Peter Dale Scott
The United States and the Overthrow of Sukarno, 1965-1967, by Peter Dale Scott (Pacific Affairs, 58, Summer 1985, p.
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