| 67 Oct 10 Tu |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power |
| 67 Nov 27 Mo |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
De Gaulle vetoed British application to EC |
| 67 Nov 29 We |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
Reshuffle: Callaghan became Home Secretary, Jenkins Chancellor |
| 68 Feb 22 Th |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
Callaghan announced immediate legislation checking Kenyan Asian immigration |
| 68 Mar 15 Fr |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
Sterling under pressure: London Foreign Exchange Market closed; Brown resigned |
| 68 Mar 17 Su |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
Grosvenor Square riot against Vietnam War |
| 68 Mar 19 Tu |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
Budget: 923m increase in indirect taxation |
| 68 Apr 4 Th |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
Assassination of Martin Luther King |
| 68 Apr 20 Sa |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Enoch Powell's "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr) |
| 68 May 3 Fr |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
France: student clashes with police began `events' of May 1968 |
| 68 Aug 20 Tu |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia |
| 68 Oct 5 Sa |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration |
| 68 Nov 14 Th |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT reshuffled to shadow Transport |
| 69 Aug 14 Th |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast |
| 69 Oct 21 Tu |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed shadow education spokesman |
| 70 Jan 30 Fr |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb |
| 70 Feb 10 Tu |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
MT's father died |
| 70 Jun 18 Th |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31) |
| 70 Jun 19 Fr |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science) |
| 70 Jun 30 Tu |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive |
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