| 45 May 8 Tu |
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VE Day |
| 45 Jul 5 Th |
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General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority) |
| 45 Aug 6 Mo |
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Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb |
| 45 Aug 16 Th |
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VJ Day |
| 49 Jan 31 Mo |
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Margaret Roberts selected Conservative candidate for Dartford |
| 50 Feb 23 Th |
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General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority) |
| 51 Oct 25 Th |
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General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority) |
| 51 Dec 13 Th |
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Marriage of Margaret Roberts and Denis Thatcher |
| 55 Apr 5 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded |
| 55 May 26 Th |
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General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority) |
| 56 Jul 26 Th |
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Nasser announced nationalisation of Suez Canal |
| 56 Oct 30 Tu |
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Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary |
| 56 Oct 31 We |
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Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov |
| 57 Jan 9 We |
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Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan) |
| 57 Mar 25 Mo |
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Treaty of Rome |
| 58 Jan 6 Mo |
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Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch resigned as Treasury Ministers |
| 58 Jul 31 Th |
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MT adopted candidate for Finchley |
| 59 Oct 8 Th |
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General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority) |
| 61 Oct 9 Mo |
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MT appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance) |
| 62 Jul 13 Fr |
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"Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked |
| 63 Jan 14 Mo |
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De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC |
| 63 Jun 4 Tu |
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Profumo resigned |
| 63 Oct 10 Th |
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Macmillan’s decision to resign as PM announced; Home succeeded; Macleod and Powell refused to serve (13 Oct) |
| 64 Oct 15 Th |
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[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions |
| 65 Jul 25 Su |
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[Chronology] |
Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul) |
| 65 Oct 18 Mo |
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[Chronology] |
MT moved to shadow Housing and Land |
| 65 Nov 11 Th |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Rhodesia declared UDI |
| 66 Mar 31 Th |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority) |
| 66 Apr 19 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
MT moved to shadow Treasury as deputy to Iain Macleod |
| 67 Jun 5 Mo |
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Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun) |
| 67 Oct 10 Tu |
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MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power |
| 68 Apr 20 Sa |
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[Chronology] |
Enoch Powell's "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr) |
| 68 Aug 20 Tu |
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Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia |
| 68 Nov 14 Th |
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MT reshuffled to shadow Transport |
| 69 Aug 14 Th |
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Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast |
| 69 Oct 21 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
MT appointed shadow education spokesman |
| 70 Jan 30 Fr |
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[Chronology] |
Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb |
| 70 Jun 18 Th |
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General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31) |
| 53 Dec 1 Tu |
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MT took her bar finals |
| 56 Feb 28 Tu |
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MT asked that her name be returned to Conservative candidates' list |
| 60 Feb 3 We |
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[Chronology] |
Macmillan speaking in South Africa: "a wind of change is blowing through the continent" |
| 63 Feb 14 Th |
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[Chronology] |
Harold Wilson elected Labour leader following death of Gaitskell (18 Jan) |
| 63 Nov 22 Fr |
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Kennedy assassinated |
| 65 Jan 24 Su |
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[Chronology] |
Churchill died |
| 66 May 3 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
Budget (introduced Selective Employment Tax) |
| 66 Jul 20 We |
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Labour spending cuts and wages freeze |
| 66 Nov 10 Th |
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[Chronology] |
Labour Government announced EC entry application; Conservative support |
| 67 Apr 11 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
Budget |
| 67 Jul 27 Th |
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[Chronology] |
Britain to withdraw forces East of Suez |
| 67 Nov 27 Mo |
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[Chronology] |
De Gaulle vetoed British application to EC |
| 67 Nov 29 We |
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[Chronology] |
Reshuffle: Callaghan became Home Secretary, Jenkins Chancellor |
| 68 Jan 16 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
Expenditure cuts (£716m) |
| 68 Feb 22 Th |
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[Chronology] |
Callaghan announced immediate legislation checking Kenyan Asian immigration |
| 68 Mar 15 Fr |
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[Chronology] |
Sterling under pressure: London Foreign Exchange Market closed; Brown resigned |
| 68 Mar 17 Su |
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[Chronology] |
Grosvenor Square riot against Vietnam War |
| 68 Mar 19 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
Budget: 923m increase in indirect taxation |
| 68 Apr 4 Th |
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[Chronology] |
Assassination of Martin Luther King |
| 68 May 3 Fr |
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[Chronology] |
France: student clashes with police began `events' of May 1968 |
| 68 Oct 5 Sa |
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[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration |
| 69 Jan 17 Fr |
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[Chronology] |
In Place of Strife published |
| 69 Jun 18 We |
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[Chronology] |
Wilson withdrew In Place of Strife after TUC rejected it |
| 70 Feb 10 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
MT's father died |
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