** Name of the Recruitment Commission ( usually name of the town or city the soldier was attached to )

** Recruitment media

** Lughnasadh, traditionally begins on the eve of August 1.

** The breech refers to the mass of solid metal behind the bottom of the bore extending to the base of the breech and including the base ring ; it also generally refers to the end of the cannon opposite the muzzle, i. e., the location where the explosion of the gunpowder begins as opposed to the opening through which the pressurized gas escapes.

** Día de las Velitas, begins after sunset.

** Quema del Diablo, begins after sunset.

** Jōban Line: Officially, the line begins at Nippori Station, although most trains start / terminate at Ueno Station

** Pope John Paul II begins the first official visit by a Roman Catholic pontiff to Israel.

** CKO ( a now-defunct Canadian all news radio network ) begins broadcasting.

** The deadly Christmas flood of 1964 begins ; It becomes one of the most destructive weather events to affect Oregon in the 20th century.

** The giant German cannon, the so-called Paris Gun, begins to shell Paris from away.

** The United States Post Office Department ( later renamed the United States Postal Service ) begins the 3rd regular airmail service in the world ( between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC ), the 1st being from Allahabad to Naini Junction in India on the 18th February 1911 and the 2nd being from London to Windsor Castle on the 22nd June 1911.

** U. S. President Woodrow Wilson begins his second term.

** Russian General Brusilov begins a major offensive in Galicia, initially advancing towards Lemberg.

** Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and the northern Iraqi no-fly zones.

** Greek legislative election, 1993: Andreas Papandreou begins his second term as Prime Minister of Greece.

** The U. S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and U. S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begins its closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U. S. President Harry S Truman.

** Judy Garland begins her legendary concerts in New York's Palace Theatre.

** The International Geophysical Year begins.

** Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN ( later Radio Éireann ), begins broadcasting.

** The British miners ' union begins negotiations with the government

** In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins.

** People's Democracy begins a march from Belfast to Derry, Northern Ireland in support of civil rights.

** The Battle of Dong Ap Bia, also known as Hamburger Hill, begins during the Vietnam War.

** The Beijing Subway begins operation.

** Cold War: The Berlin Blockade begins.

** Operation Magic Carpet to transport Jews from Yemen to Israel begins.

** Kingdom of Great Britain, a sovereign state from 1707 to 1801

** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, a sovereign state from 1801 to 1922 ( and between 1922 and 1927 in its superseded form )

** Great Britain ( disambiguation )

** Prehistoric Britain, Britain prior to 43 AD

** Roman Britain or Britannia, a Roman province covering most of modern England and Wales and some of southern Scotland from 43 to 410 AD

** Sub-Roman Britain, Britain from 410 AD to 597

** Britain in the Middle Ages, various parts of Britain from 410 AD to 1485

** Early Modern Britain, Britain from the Tudor period, from 1485 to 1707

** Britain:

** The Triple Entente, an alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia

** Marcus, Gratian, Constantine " III " and Constans " II " in Gaul and Britain ;

** In a 2011 episode of Misfits, an alternate reality where Germany won the Second World War, depicts Britain and the gang under the rule of the Nazi occupation force.

** Britain Stands Alone: Operation Sealion, 1940, GMT Games ( 1994 ), boardgame

** Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain and Operation Sea Lion, GDW ( 1982 ), boardgame: part of GDW's Europa system.

** Britain Invaded !, aka Operation Sealion, Tk Computerware ( 1985 )

** Roman Britain, part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and about 410

** The Whippet Club of Great Britain

** The 1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 13 – 12 victory over Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground before about 24, 450 spectators.

** Germany faces the United Kingdom in the Battle of Britain ( 1940 ).

** The Festival of Britain opens.