This was because of starling birds obstructing the minute hand which resulted in slowing the clock by 4 minutes. This Pathe film shows Big Ben a year later in 1950.
BIG BEN Lego model, Lego Store Leicester Square
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/stores/stores/uk/london-leicester-square
4th November 1922 In the Valley of the Kings, the day the Lost tomb of Tutanhkamen was Discovered
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6th October 1892 Tennyson, one of the most famous English poets dies
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