| 80 Jan 2 We |
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Steel strike began (ended 3 April) |
| 80 Mar 25 Tu |
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Budget |
| 80 Jun 2 Mo |
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Cabinet agreed European budget proposal |
| 80 Sep 22 Mo |
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Iran-Iraq war began |
| 80 Nov 4 Tu |
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Reagan elected US President |
| 81 Jan 5 Mo |
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Reshuffle: Stevas, Maude left cabinet; Brittan joined |
| 81 Feb 10 Tu |
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NCB announced pit closures (abandoned 18 Feb) |
| 81 Mar 1 Su |
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2nd Republican hunger strike began (ended 3 Oct) |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu |
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Budget |
| 81 Mar 26 Th |
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SDP formed (Alliance formed 16 June) |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo |
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Reshuffle: Soames, Gilmour, Carlisle dropped; Prior moved to Northern Ireland; Tebbit joined Cabinet to replace him at Employment; Lawson joined Cabinet (Energy); Parkinson became Party Chairman |
| 81 Nov 26 Th |
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Crosby by-election: Shirley Williams won Conservative seat for SDP |
| 82 Mar 9 Tu |
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Budget |
| 82 Mar 31 We |
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Falklands: Argentine invasion learned to be imminent |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr |
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Falklands: Argentina invaded |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa |
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Falklands: UN SCR 502 demanding Argentine withdrawal |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo |
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Falklands: FCO Ministers resigned, Pym new Foreign Secretary; Task Force sailed |
| 82 Apr 25 Su |
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Falklands: South Georgia recaptured |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr |
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Falklands: US `tilt' in favour of Britain; Total Exclusion Zone put in force |
| 82 May 2 Su |
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Falklands: General Belgrano sunk by HMS Conqueror |
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