| 88 Oct 20 Th |
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Plans announced to abolish right of silence |
| 88 Oct 21 Fr |
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Anglo-Italian summit in Milan |
| 88 Nov 2 We |
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MT visited Poland (returned 4 Nov) |
| 88 Nov 8 Tu |
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George Bush elected US President |
| 88 Nov 10 Th |
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Glasgow Govan by-election: SNP gain from Labour |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu |
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MT visited Washington: farewell to Reagan (returned 17 Nov) |
| 88 Nov 25 Fr |
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Record balance of payments deficit (2.43b); interest rates increased 1 per cent to 13 per cent |
| 88 Nov 29 Tu |
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Charter 88 launched |
| 88 Nov 30 We |
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Anglo-French summit at Mont St Michel |
| 88 Dec 2 Fr |
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Rhodes European Council (ended 3 Dec): arguments over Father Ryan |
| 88 Dec 5 Mo |
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British Steel flotation |
| 88 Dec 12 Mo |
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Clapham rail crash; 34 killed |
| 88 Dec 16 Fr |
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Currie resigned (salmonella in eggs) |
| 88 Dec 21 We |
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Lockerbie bombing |
| 89 Jan 11 We |
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NHS White Paper published ( Working for Patients ) |
| 89 Jan 14 Sa |
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Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses burned in Bradford |
| 89 Jan 25 We |
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Green Papers on legal reform; bitterly attacked by profession |
| 89 Jan 27 Fr |
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Unofficial Scottish Constitutional Convention formed; (SNP pulled out 30 Jan) |
| 89 Feb 14 Tu |
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Fatwa against Rushdie; 20 Feb UK diplomats withdrawn from Iran |
| 89 Feb 15 We |
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Soviets completed withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| 89 Feb 20 Mo |
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Anglo-German summit in Frankfurt (ended 21 Feb) |
| 89 Feb 23 Th |
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Richmond by-election: Conservative hold, but worst vote fall since 1979 |
| 89 Feb 27 Mo |
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Anglo-French summit in Paris |
| 89 Mar 7 Tu |
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Iran broke off diplomatic relations with UK over Rushdie |
| 89 Mar 14 Tu |
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Budget |
| 89 Apr 5 We |
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Gorbachev visit to Britain (ended 7 Apr) |
| 89 Apr 7 Fr |
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HL: Mackay proposals strongly opposed |
| 89 Apr 15 Sa |
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Hillsborough Stadium disaster: 95 crushed to death |
| 89 Apr 17 Mo |
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Delors Report published |
| 89 Apr 20 Th |
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West German government wavering on nuclear modernization |
| 89 Apr 30 Su |
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Anglo-German summit in Deidesheim |
| 89 May 4 Th |
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Vale of Glamorgan by-election: Labour gain from Conservative |
| 89 May 4 Th |
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Local elections |
| 89 May 13 Sa |
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SDP announced it would no longer organise nationally |
| 89 May 15 Mo |
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China: massive demonstrations in Tiananmen Square during Gorbachev visit |
| 89 May 21 Su |
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UK expelled 11 Soviet diplomats |
| 89 May 24 We |
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Interest rates increased one per cent to 14 per cent |
| 89 May 29 Mo |
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NATO summit in Brussels (ended 30 May): SNF compromise agreed |
| 89 Jun 1 Th |
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Anglo-US summit in London |
| 89 Jun 3 Sa |
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China: Tiananmen Square massacre |
| 89 Jun 8 Th |
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Summer strikes: unofficial dock strike (ended 1 Aug); rail strike (12 Jun-27 Jul) |
| 89 Jun 10 Sa |
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General Jaruzelski visited Chequers |
| 89 Jun 15 Th |
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European Elections |
| 89 Jun 20 Tu |
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MT met Howe and Lawson to discuss ERM line at Madrid Council (met again 25 Jun) |
| 89 Jun 26 Mo |
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Madrid European Council (ended 27 Jun): MT set "Madrid conditions" for ERM entry; rejected Social Charter |
| 89 Jul 14 Fr |
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Paris G7 opened (ended 16 Jly) |
| 89 Jul 19 We |
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HC: Ridley mauled on community charge safety net |
| 89 Aug 14 Mo |
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South Africa: De Klerk became President in succession to P.W. Botha |
| 89 Sep 10 Su |
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Hungary allowed East German refugees to cross border with Austria |
| 89 Sep 19 Tu |
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MT visited Japan (returned via USSR 24 Spt) |
| 89 Sep 22 Fr |
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IRA bombed Royal Marine Music School at Deal: ten dead |
| 89 Sep 24 Su |
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Reshuffle: Major replaced Howe at Foreign Office; Howe new Deputy PM |
| 89 Oct 2 Mo |
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East Germany: Leipzig demonstrations began |
| 89 Oct 2 Mo |
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Labour Conference dropped unilateralism |
| 89 Oct 5 Th |
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Interest rates increased one per cent to 15 per cent |
| 89 Oct 11 We |
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Community charge "safety net" to be dropped |
| 89 Oct 18 We |
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Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Meeting opened (ended 24 Oct): South Africa arguments |
| 89 Oct 19 Th |
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Court of Appeal released Guildford Four |
| 89 Oct 19 Th |
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EMS quarrel publicly revived by Walters article in US |
| 89 Oct 26 Th |
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Lawson resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer; Major succeeded him; Hurd became Foreign Secretary; Waddington succeeded Hurd as Home Secretary; Renton became Chief Whip |
| 89 Oct 28 Sa |
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Howe speech warned MT not to depart from Madrid compromise |
| 89 Nov 9 Th |
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East Germany announced opening of its border with West Germany; demolition of Berlin Wall began 10 Nov |
| 89 Nov 17 Fr |
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Czechoslovakia: beginning of demonstrations against the regime |
| 89 Nov 18 Sa |
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Paris European Council: to discuss Eastern Europe |
| 89 Nov 21 Tu |
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HC televised |
| 89 Nov 24 Fr |
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Anglo-US summit at Camp David |
| 89 Nov 28 Tu |
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MT to be challenged for party leadership (Sir A. Meyer announced) |
| 89 Dec 2 Sa |
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MT met Lech Walesa for talks at Chequers |
| 89 Dec 4 Mo |
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NATO summit in Brussels |
| 89 Dec 5 Tu |
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MT won Conservative leadership election; 314:33 (27 abstained) |
| 89 Dec 8 Fr |
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Strasbourg European Council (ended 9 Dec) |
| 89 Dec 10 Su |
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Czechoslovakia: end of Communist rule (Havel President 29 Dec) |
| 89 Dec 19 Tu |
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Panama: US intervention to remove Norriega |
| 89 Dec 22 Fr |
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Romania: Ceausescu overthrown (killed 25 Dec) |
| 90 Jan 3 We |
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Reshuffle: Fowler resigned; Howard joined Cabinet as Employment Secretary |
| 90 Jan 20 Sa |
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Anglo-French summit in Paris |
| 90 Feb 10 Sa |
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Kohl in Moscow: Gorbachev agreed German reunification |
| 90 Feb 10 Sa |
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South Africa: Mandela released (ANC unbanned 2 Feb) |
| 90 Feb 23 Fr |
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Anglo-Italian summit in London |
| 90 Mar 11 Su |
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Lithuania declared independence of USSR |
| 90 Mar 20 Tu |
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Budget |
| 90 Mar 22 Th |
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Mid-Staffs by-election: Labour gain from Conservative |
| 90 Mar 30 Fr |
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Anglo-German summit in London |
| 90 Mar 31 Sa |
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Trafalgar Square riot |
| 90 Apr 1 Su |
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Strangeways prison siege (ended 25 Apr); disturbances in other gaols |
| 90 Apr 10 Tu |
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Customs seized components of Iraqi `supergun' |
| 90 Apr 13 Fr |
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Anglo-US summit in Bermuda |
| 90 Apr 28 Sa |
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Dublin European Council (informal): welcomed German reunification |
| 90 May 3 Th |
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Local elections |
| 90 May 4 Fr |
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Latvia declared independence of USSR (Estonia followed 8 May) |
| 90 May 4 Fr |
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Anglo-French summit at Waddesdon Manor |
| 90 May 4 Fr |
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Reshuffle: David Hunt joined Cabinet in place of Peter Walker |
| 90 Jun 7 Th |
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MT visited USSR (returned 10 Jun) |
| 90 Jun 25 Mo |
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Dublin European Council (ended 26 Jun): political union IGC set up |
| 90 Jul 1 Su |
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German economic union |
| 90 Jul 5 Th |
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NATO summit in London (ended 6 Jly) |
| 90 Jul 9 Mo |
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Houston G7 summit (ended 11 Jly) |
| 90 Jul 14 Sa |
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Ridley resigned over comments on Germany; Lilley joined Cabinet to succeed him at DTI |
| 90 Jul 16 Mo |
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Kohl-Gorbachev talks: Gorbachev agreed united Germany in NATO |
| 90 Jul 23 Mo |
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Reshuffle of junior ministers |