1647 In England, letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons
1742 Robert Walpole was elevated to the peerage and thus moved from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, effectively ending his reign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (see February 16, above).
1900 The House of Commons vote of censure over the Britain's handling of the Second Boer War is defeated by a majority of 213
1901 Winston Churchill enters the House of Commons
1910 British House of Commons passes David Lloyd George's (1909) 'People's Budget' for second time; passed by House of Lords, 28 April
1917 World War I: The Military Service Act is passed in the Canadian House of Commons giving the Canadian government the right to conscript men into the army.
1918 December 28
1940 Winston Churchill, in his first address as Prime Minister, tells the House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears, and sweat."
1940 Winston Churchill warns the House of Commons to, "...prepare itself for hard and heavy tidings."
1940 Winston Churchill speaks to the House of Commons: "...the Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin."
1940 Winston Churchill pays tribute in the House of Commons to the Royal Air Force: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
1956 MP Sydney Silverman's bill for abolition of death penalty passes the British House of Commons.
1979 Airey Neave, World War Two veteran and Conservative Northern Ireland spokesman, is killed by an INLA bomb in the British House of Commons parking lot.
1984 The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Brian Mulroney, wins 211 seats in the House of Commons, forming the largest majority government in Canadian history.
1997 The British House of Commons votes for a total ban on handguns.