| 87 Oct 19 Mo |
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"Black Monday": Dow Jones fell 23 per cent |
| 84 Jun 27 We |
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"Day of Action" for miners received uneven support |
| 87 Feb 22 Su |
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"Louvre Accord" to halt decline in the dollar; Lawson began shadowing Deutschmark |
| 87 Oct 16 Fr |
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"The Great Storm": hurricane in southern England |
| 87 Mar 6 Fr |
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Herald of Free Enterprise sank off Zeebrugge; 187 killed |
| 87 Apr 27 Mo |
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Independent published extracts from Spycatcher ; contempt proceedings began |
| 86 Jul 20 Su |
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Sunday Times report of rift between MT and monarch over South Africa |
| 88 Feb 18 Th |
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Next Steps published: reform of civil service |
| 83 Jun 9 Th |
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1983 General Election: Conservative majority 144 |
| 84 Jul 10 Tu |
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1st national dock strike (over coal imports; ended 20 Jly) |
| 80 Oct 27 Mo |
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1st Republican hunger strike began (ended 18 Dec) |
| 85 Sep 13 Fr |
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24 Soviet diplomats expelled from UK (retaliation 14 Nov) |
| 84 Aug 24 Fr |
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2nd national dock strike (ended 18 Spt) |
| 81 Mar 1 Su |
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2nd Republican hunger strike began (ended 3 Oct) |
| 83 Jun 16 Th |
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Abolition of CPRS announced |
| 87 Jan 8 Th |
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AIDS education campaign launched |
| 88 Jul 17 Su |
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Alan Walters to return as MT's Economic Adviser |
| 84 Feb 9 Th |
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Andropov died; MT attended funeral (14 Feb) |
| 87 Jul 17 Fr |
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Anglo-American summit in Washington |
| 81 Feb 6 Fr |
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Anglo-Dutch summit at The Hague |