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89 Feb 14 Tu Info Only Major [Chronology] Fatwa against Rushdie; 20 Feb UK diplomats withdrawn from Iran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