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Key personal & political events

1945-70: Early career Chronology

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Date Type Value Author/Source Title
60 Feb 3 We Info Only Major [Chronology] Macmillan speaking in South Africa: "a wind of change is blowing through the continent"
63 Feb 14 Th Info Only Major [Chronology] Harold Wilson elected Labour leader following death of Gaitskell (18 Jan)
63 Nov 22 Fr Info Only Major [Chronology] Kennedy assassinated
65 Jan 24 Su Info Only Major [Chronology] Churchill died
66 May 3 Tu Info Only Major [Chronology] Budget (introduced Selective Employment Tax)
66 Jul 20 We Info Only Major [Chronology] Labour spending cuts and wages freeze
66 Nov 10 Th Info Only Major [Chronology] Labour Government announced EC entry application; Conservative support
67 Apr 11 Tu Info Only Major [Chronology] Budget
67 Jul 27 Th Info Only Major [Chronology] Britain to withdraw forces East of Suez
67 Nov 27 Mo Info Only Major [Chronology] De Gaulle vetoed British application to EC
67 Nov 29 We Info Only Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: Callaghan became Home Secretary, Jenkins Chancellor
68 Jan 16 Tu Info Only Major [Chronology] Expenditure cuts (£716m)
68 Feb 22 Th Info Only Major [Chronology] Callaghan announced immediate legislation checking Kenyan Asian immigration
68 Mar 15 Fr Info Only Major [Chronology] Sterling under pressure: London Foreign Exchange Market closed; Brown resigned
68 Mar 17 Su Info Only Major [Chronology] Grosvenor Square riot against Vietnam War
68 Mar 19 Tu Info Only Major [Chronology] Budget: 923m increase in indirect taxation
68 Apr 4 Th Info Only Major [Chronology] Assassination of Martin Luther King
68 May 3 Fr Info Only Major [Chronology] France: student clashes with police began `events' of May 1968
68 Oct 5 Sa Info Only Major [Chronology] Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration
69 Jan 17 Fr Info Only Major [Chronology] In Place of Strife published
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