the Cabinet. 26 June Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open the Victoria and Albert Museum, designed by Aston Webb. The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. 27 June – Eric Gordon England flies a Weiss glider at Amberley, West Sussex, in the first recorded soaring flight, origin of sport gliding. July – Ivy Evelyn Woodward is admitted as the first woman Member of the Royal College of Physicians. 1 July – The British Indian army officer and politician Curzon Wyllie is shot dead at the Imperial Institute in South Kensington, London; his assassin, Madan Lal Dhingra, an Indian nationalist, is subsequently sentenced to death and hanged at Pentonville Prison on 17 August. 25 July – Louis Blériot flies a Blériot XI monoplane across the English Channel from Calais to Dover, winning a prize of £ from the Daily Mail. 23 August – the Secret Service Bureau counter-espionage unit (later known as MI5) is secretly established. 3 September – the first Boy Scout rally held at The Crystal Palace in London. 17 September – militant suffragette Mabel Capper is among the first to suffer force-feeding while on hunger strike, at Winson Green Prison in Birmingham. 20 September – Labour Exchanges Act leads to setting up of labour exchanges as a source of information on employment. 2 October – the first match is played at the Rugby Football Union's Twickenham Stadium in Middlesex, Harlequins v. Richmond. 15–23 October – "Aviation week" of demonstration flying held at Doncaster; this is followed by a similar event at Blackpool. 20 October – the Trade Boards Act, a form of minimum wage legislation, is passed. 5 November – the first Woolworth's branch in the UK opens in Liverpool. 8 November – first contest for a Lonsdale Belt in boxing, won by Welsh lightweight Freddie Welsh in London. 30 November – the House of Lords rejects the People's Budget proposed by David Lloyd George, forcing a general election. 3 December – the SS Ellan Vannin sinks in Liverpool Bay resulting in the loss of all 15 passengers and 21 crew. 4 December – the University of Bristol is founded and receives its Royal Charter. 7 December – South Africa granted dominion status. Undated First British bird ringing programme initiated by Arthur Landsborough Thomson at Aberdeen. Publications Florence Barclay's novel The Rosary. Angela Brazil's schoolgirl story The Nicest Girl in the School. Daniel