Pre-1979: Pre-premiership Chronology

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63 Oct 10 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Macmillan’s decision to resign as PM announced; Home succeeded; Macleod and Powell refused to serve (13 Oct)
73 Oct 6 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Arab-Israeli War (ended 24 Oct); oil price increased 70 per cent
74 Feb 5 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	NUM strike ballot: 81 per cent in favour
74 Feb 7 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election called for 28 Feb
74 Feb 23 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Powell said he would vote Labour
74 Feb 28 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: no overall majority for any party
74 Mar 11 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Shadow Cabinet formed; MT shadowing Environment
74 Jun 22 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Upminster speech
74 Jun 26 We		Major	[Chronology]	Heath speech on national unity theme
74 Sep 5 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Preston speech
74 Sep 18 We		Major	[Chronology]	General Election called for 10 October
74 Oct 2 We		Major	[Chronology]	Heath urged a Government "of all the talents"
74 Oct 10 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour majority of three
74 Oct 19 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Edgbaston speech
74 Nov 7 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle of Shadows: MT to assist Carr on Treasury questions
74 Nov 21 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph told MT he would not stand for the leadership; MT decided she would
75 Feb 4 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Conservative leadership first ballot: Heath resigned
75 Feb 11 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Conservative leadership second ballot: MT elected leader
75 Mar 10 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Dublin European Council (ended 11 Mar): British `renegotiation’ concluded
75 Nov 27 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Ross McWhirter murdered by IRA - MT given 24 hour police protection
76 Apr 5 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Callaghan elected Labour leader; became Prime Minister
76 Oct 4 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	The Right Approach published
77 Mar 23 We		Key	[Chronology]	Lib-Lab Pact
77 Jun 13 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Grunwick dispute: mass picketing began
77 Aug 26 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Scarman Report on Grunwick dispute
77 Oct 8 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Reg Prentice joined Conservative Party
77 Oct 8 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	The Right Approach to the Economy published
78 May 25 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Steel announced end of Lib-Lab Pact after Parliamentary session
78 Jul 7 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Bremen European Council: decision to establish EMS
78 Jul 21 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Stage 3 White Paper: 5 per cent pay guideline
78 Sep 5 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Callaghan teased TUC about election dates ("waiting at the church")
78 Sep 7 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Callaghan surprise broadcast: no autumn General Election
79 Jan 3 We		Key	[Chronology]	Lorry drivers’ strike began; "Winter of Discontent" peaking
79 Jan 10 We		Key	[Chronology]	Callaghan's return from Guadelope Summit: "Crisis, What Crisis?" ( Sun )
79 Mar 28 We		Key	[Chronology]	HC: Government fell
79 Mar 29 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election announced for 3 May
79 May 3 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative victory (43 majority)
45 May 8 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	VE Day
45 Jul 5 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority)
45 Aug 6 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb
45 Aug 16 Th		Key	[Chronology]	VJ Day
49 Jan 31 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Margaret Roberts selected Conservative candidate for Dartford
50 Feb 23 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority)
51 Oct 25 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority)
51 Dec 13 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Marriage of Margaret Roberts and Denis Thatcher
53 Dec 1 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT took her bar finals
55 Apr 5 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded
55 May 26 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority)
56 Feb 28 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT asked that her name be returned to Conservative candidates' list
56 Jul 26 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Nasser announced nationalisation of Suez Canal
56 Oct 30 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary
56 Oct 31 We		Key	[Chronology]	Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov
57 Jan 9 We		Key	[Chronology]	Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan)
57 Mar 25 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Treaty of Rome
58 Jan 6 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch resigned as Treasury Ministers
58 Jul 31 Th		Key	[Chronology]	MT adopted candidate for Finchley
59 Oct 8 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority)
60 Feb 3 We		Major	[Chronology]	Macmillan speaking in South Africa: "a wind of change is blowing through the continent"
61 Oct 9 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	MT appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
62 Jul 13 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	"Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked
63 Jan 14 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC
63 Feb 14 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Harold Wilson elected Labour leader following death of Gaitskell (18 Jan)
63 Jun 4 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Profumo resigned
63 Nov 22 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Kennedy assassinated
64 Oct 15 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions
65 Jan 24 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Churchill died
65 Jul 25 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul)
65 Oct 18 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	MT moved to shadow Housing and Land
65 Nov 11 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Rhodesia declared UDI
66 Mar 31 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority)
66 Apr 19 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	MT moved to shadow Treasury as deputy to Iain Macleod
66 May 3 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget (introduced Selective Employment Tax)
66 Jul 20 We		Major	[Chronology]	Labour spending cuts and wages freeze
66 Nov 10 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Labour Government announced EC entry application; Conservative support
67 Apr 11 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget
67 Jun 5 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun)
67 Jul 27 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Britain to withdraw forces East of Suez
67 Oct 10 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power
67 Nov 27 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	De Gaulle vetoed British application to EC
67 Nov 29 We		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Callaghan became Home Secretary, Jenkins Chancellor
68 Jan 16 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Expenditure cuts (£716m)
68 Feb 22 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Callaghan announced immediate legislation checking Kenyan Asian immigration
68 Mar 15 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Sterling under pressure: London Foreign Exchange Market closed; Brown resigned
68 Mar 17 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Grosvenor Square riot against Vietnam War
68 Mar 19 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget: 923m increase in indirect taxation
68 Apr 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Assassination of Martin Luther King
68 Apr 20 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Enoch Powell's "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr)
68 May 3 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	France: student clashes with police began `events' of May 1968
68 Aug 20 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
68 Oct 5 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration
68 Nov 14 Th		Key	[Chronology]	MT reshuffled to shadow Transport
69 Jan 17 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	In Place of Strife published
69 Jun 18 We		Major	[Chronology]	Wilson withdrew In Place of Strife after TUC rejected it
69 Aug 14 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast
69 Oct 21 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	MT appointed shadow education spokesman
70 Jan 30 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb
70 Feb 10 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT's father died
70 Jun 18 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31)
70 Jun 19 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science)
70 Jun 30 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive
70 Jul 20 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Death of Iain Macleod; Barber became Chancellor
70 Oct 27 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget
70 Oct 29 Th		Major	[Chronology]	EC entry talks began
71 Feb 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Rolls-Royce nationalisation announced
71 May 20 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Heath-Pompidou summit in Paris removed final obstacles to EC entry
71 Aug 9 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: internment introduced
72 Jan 9 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Miners' strike began
72 Jan 12 We		Major	[Chronology]	MT and senior officials met Heath at Chequers; reinforced her authority
72 Jan 20 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Unemployment passed 1m
72 Jan 30 Su		Key	[Chronology]	"Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry
72 Feb 10 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Saltley Coke depot closed by pickets
72 Feb 19 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Heath conceded miners' demands
72 Mar 21 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget: full scale reflation
72 Mar 22 We		Key	[Chronology]	Industry White Paper, basis of 1972 Industry Act
72 Mar 24 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: Stormont suspended; direct rule began
72 Jun 23 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Sterling floated: left European `snake' and unpegged from dollar
72 Jul 21 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Five dockers jailed in Pentonville (decision reversed 26 Jly)
72 Aug 8 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Ugandan Asians expelled by Idi Amin
72 Sep 26 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Tripartite talks began (broke down 2 Nov)
72 Nov 6 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Statutory control of pay, prices, dividends and rents (Phase I)
72 Dec 6 We		Key	[Chronology]	MT's White Paper published: Education: A Framework for Expansion
72 Dec 7 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Sutton and Cheam by-election: Liberal gain from Conservatives
73 Jan 1 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Britain acceded to the European Community
73 Jan 17 We		Major	[Chronology]	Phase II of pay policy announced
73 Feb 28 We		Major	[Chronology]	Labour-TUC document launched the Social Contract
73 Mar 6 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget: introduced VAT, at 10 per cent
73 Apr 1 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Phase II of pay policy began
73 May 21 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Sex scandals hit government (Lambton resigned; Jellicoe followed (24 May))
73 Jul 26 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Ripon and Ely by-elections: Liberal gains from Conservatives
73 Oct 8 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Phase III announced: 2.25 or 7 per cent; inflation linked `threshold' payments
73 Nov 12 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	NUM overtime ban began; State of Emergency following day
73 Dec 2 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Whitelaw became Employment Secretary
73 Dec 9 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Sunningdale Agreement
73 Dec 13 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Three day week announced
73 Dec 17 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Emergency budget: 1200m reduction in planned expenditure
74 Jan 9 We		Major	[Chronology]	TUC offered to treat miners' pay claim as special case; rejected by government
74 Feb 10 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Miners' strike began (ended 11 Mar)
74 Feb 21 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Pay Board leak: miners claim consistent with Phase III
74 Mar 2 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Heath offered Liberals seats in coalition; rejected by them
74 May 15 We		Key	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: Loyalist strike began; executive resigned (28 May)
74 Aug 9 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Nixon resigned over Watergate
74 Oct 5 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Guildford pub bombs: five killed
74 Oct 15 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	1922 Committee met in Milk Street
74 Nov 14 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Heath announced Home Committee to review leadership election procedure
74 Dec 17 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Home Committee (leadership election procedure) reported
75 Jan 15 We		Major	[Chronology]	Du Cann announced he would not run for Conservative leadership
75 Jan 23 Th		Major	[Chronology]	European referendum announced; ministers free to differ
75 Feb 18 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Shadow Cabinet complete
75 Mar 18 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Government to recommend Britain remain in EC
75 Apr 9 We		Key	[Chronology]	MT met Ronald Reagan for the first time (or possibly the second)
75 Apr 15 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget
75 Apr 17 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Cambodia: Phnom Penn fell to Khmer Rouge
75 Apr 30 We		Major	[Chronology]	Vietnam: fall of Saigon
75 Jun 5 Th		Key	[Chronology]	European Referendum: 67.2 per cent for; 32.8 per cent against (64 per cent turnout)
75 Jun 10 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Benn and Varley swapped jobs (Industry and Energy)
75 Jun 26 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Woolwich West by-election: Conservative gain
75 Jul 1 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Labour Government proposed pay policy; White Paper (11 Jly)
75 Jul 14 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Unemployment passed 1m
75 Aug 31 Su		Minor	[Chronology]	MT visited Rumania (returned 3 Spt)
75 Sep 13 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	MT visited USA and Canada (returned 26 Spt)
76 Jan 29 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Norman Scott allegations against Jeremy Thorpe
76 Feb 19 Th		Minor	[Chronology]	Fishing war: Iceland broke off diplomatic relations with UK
76 Mar 2 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Sterling crisis began as sterling fell below $2
76 Mar 16 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Wilson announced his resignation as Prime Minister
76 Apr 7 We		Key	[Chronology]	Government lost its majority (Stonehouse resigned whip)
76 May 5 We		Major	[Chronology]	Stage II of pay policy agreed with TUC
76 May 6 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Local elections: large Conservative gains (1800+)
76 May 10 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Thorpe resigned as Liberal leader over Scott affair
76 May 26 We		Major	[Chronology]	Wilson's resignation honours list published; scandal
76 May 27 Th		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Heseltine mace incident (government whip broke pair)
76 May 28 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Opposition withdrew cooperation over Commons business
76 Jun 7 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	UK given $5,300m standby credit by Bank of International Settlements
76 Jun 22 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Government conceded in pairing dispute; cooperation resumed
76 Jul 7 We		Major	[Chronology]	David Steel elected Liberal leader
76 Jul 22 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Public expenditure cuts of £1,000m
76 Aug 2 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Government lost Tameside case in House of Lords
76 Aug 30 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Riot at Notting Hill carnival
76 Sep 28 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Sterling crisis resumed: Healey turned back from Heathrow
76 Nov 1 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	IMF team arrived in Britain
76 Nov 2 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	US: Carter won presidential election
76 Nov 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Walsall North and Workington by-elections: Labour lost to Conservatives
76 Nov 19 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Shadow reshuffle: Maudling dropped (replaced by John Davies)
76 Dec 1 We		Key	[Chronology]	Shadow Cabinet decided to oppose devolution on 2R; Buchanan-Smith and Rifkind resigned
76 Dec 15 We		Key	[Chronology]	Budget: Letter of Intent to IMF published (loan granted 3 Jan 77)
76 Dec 16 Th		Major	[Chronology]	HC: 2R Scotland and Wales Bill passed 292:247
77 Feb 6 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Silver Jubilee of the Queen's accession
77 Feb 19 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Death of Tony Crosland; Owen became Foreign Secretary (21 Feb)
77 Feb 22 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	HC: devolution guillotine defeated 312:283
77 Mar 17 Th		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Government defeat on public expenditure; MT moved confidence motion
77 Apr 27 We		Major	[Chronology]	Ashfield by-election: Conservative gain mining seat from Labour
77 May 5 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Local elections: large Conservative gains, including GLC
77 Jun 16 Th		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Rooker-Wise-Lawson amendments (indexing tax allowances)
77 Jul 15 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Government set out next stage of pay policy
77 Jul 25 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Maudling cleared in Poulson case but John Cordle resigned as MP
77 Jul 28 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Lib-Lab Pact renewed for coming session
77 Sep 6 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited USA (returned 15 Spt)
77 Nov 14 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Firemen's strike began (ended in defeat 16 Jan 78)
77 Nov 19 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Egypt/Israeli accord: Sadat visited Jerusalem
77 Nov 29 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Amnesty for illegal immigrants before 1 Jan 1976
77 Dec 13 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	HC: European elections; Government proposal of PR rejected
78 Jan 25 We		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Cunningham amendment (40 per cent threshold for devolution)
78 Mar 3 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Rhodesia: "internal settlement" (Muzorewa joined Smith Government)
78 Mar 16 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Italy: kidnap of Aldo Moro (found dead 9 May)
78 May 8 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Opposition amendment carried reducing basic rate by 1p
78 May 10 We		Major	[Chronology]	HC: second Finance Bill defeat for Government
78 Aug 4 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Thorpe and three others charged with conspiracy to murder
78 Sep 21 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Ford strike: settled 2 Nov over 5 per cent limit
78 Oct 2 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Labour Conference (ended 6 Oct): rejected pay policy
78 Oct 10 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Conservative Conference (till 14 Oct): disputes over pay policy
78 Nov 8 We		Major	[Chronology]	HC: 114 Conservatives defied the whip (Rhodesian sanctions)
78 Nov 15 We		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Pym replaced John Davies as shadow Foreign Secretary
78 Nov 27 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	MT met Ronald Reagan for the second time (or possibly the third)
78 Nov 28 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Government announced sanctions against Ford for breaching pay policy
78 Dec 12 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Public sector unions rejected Stage 3
78 Dec 13 We		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Government defeated on Ford sanctions
79 Jan 16 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Iran: Shah fled the country; Khomeini returned from exile, 2 Feb
79 Jan 22 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	1m local authority workers' "Day of Action"
79 Feb 23 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Government-TUC "Concordat"
79 Mar 1 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Devolution referendums: devolution defeated
79 Mar 13 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	EMS came into operation
79 Mar 30 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Airey Neave murdered by INLA
79 Apr 11 We		Major	[Chronology]	Southall riot

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