| 88 Feb 8 Mo |
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Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan from May |
| 88 Mar 7 Mo |
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Sterling `uncapped' on MT's insistence; rose above 3DM |
| 88 Mar 15 Tu |
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| 88 May 17 Tu |
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Interest rates cut 0.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent (lowest 1979-90); MT formula of support for Lawson at PQs |
| 88 Jul 6 We |
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Jacques Delors told European Parliament that in ten years 80 per cent of economic and social legislation would be made there rather than at national level |
| 88 Sep 8 Th |
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Jacques Delors addressed TUC Conference & invited them to join "the architects of Europe" |
| 89 Jan 11 We |
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NHS White Paper published ( Working for Patients ) |
| 89 Mar 14 Tu |
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Budget |
| 89 Jun 3 Sa |
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China: Tiananmen Square massacre |
| 89 Jun 20 Tu |
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MT met Howe and Lawson to discuss ERM line at Madrid Council (met again 25 Jun) |
| 89 Jun 26 Mo |
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Madrid European Council (ended 27 Jun): MT set "Madrid conditions" for ERM entry; rejected Social Charter |
| 89 Sep 24 Su |
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Reshuffle: Major replaced Howe at Foreign Office; Howe new Deputy PM |
| 89 Oct 26 Th |
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Lawson resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer; Major succeeded him; Hurd became Foreign Secretary; Waddington succeeded Hurd as Home Secretary; Renton became Chief Whip |
| 89 Nov 9 Th |
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East Germany announced opening of its border with West Germany; demolition of Berlin Wall began 10 Nov |
| 89 Dec 5 Tu |
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MT won Conservative leadership election; 314:33 (27 abstained) |
| 89 Dec 10 Su |
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Czechoslovakia: end of Communist rule (Havel President 29 Dec) |
| 89 Dec 22 Fr |
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Romania: Ceausescu overthrown (killed 25 Dec) |
| 90 Feb 10 Sa |
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Kohl in Moscow: Gorbachev agreed German reunification |
| 90 Mar 11 Su |
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Lithuania declared independence of USSR |
| 90 Mar 20 Tu |
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