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Info only 45 May 8 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] VE Day
Info only 45 Jul 5 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority)
Info only 45 Aug 6 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb
Info only 45 Aug 16 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] VJ Day
Info only 49 Jan 31 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Margaret Roberts selected Conservative candidate for Dartford
Info only 50 Feb 23 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority)
Info only 51 Oct 25 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority)
Info only 51 Dec 13 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Marriage of Margaret Roberts and Denis Thatcher
Info only 55 Apr 5 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded
Info only 55 May 26 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority)
Info only 56 Jul 26 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Nasser announced nationalisation of Suez Canal
Info only 56 Oct 30 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary
Info only 56 Oct 31 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov
Info only 57 Jan 9 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan)
Info only 57 Mar 25 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Treaty of Rome
Info only 58 Jan 6 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch resigned as Treasury Ministers
Info only 58 Jul 31 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] MT adopted candidate for Finchley
Info only 59 Oct 8 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority)
Info only 61 Oct 9 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] MT appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
Info only 62 Jul 13 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] "Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked
Info only 63 Jan 14 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC
Info only 63 Jun 4 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Profumo resigned
Info only 63 Oct 10 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Macmillan’s decision to resign as PM announced; Home succeeded; Macleod and Powell refused to serve (13 Oct)
Info only 64 Oct 15 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions
Info only 65 Jul 25 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul)
Info only 65 Oct 18 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] MT moved to shadow Housing and Land
Info only 65 Nov 11 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Rhodesia declared UDI
Info only 66 Mar 31 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority)
Info only 66 Apr 19 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT moved to shadow Treasury as deputy to Iain Macleod
Info only 67 Jun 5 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun)
Info only 67 Oct 10 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power
Info only 68 Apr 20 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Enoch Powell’s "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr)
Info only 68 Aug 20 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Info only 68 Nov 14 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] MT reshuffled to shadow Transport
Info only 69 Aug 14 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast
Info only 69 Oct 21 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT appointed shadow education spokesman
Info only 70 Jan 30 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb
Info only 70 Jun 18 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31)
Info only 70 Jun 19 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science)
Info only 70 Jun 30 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive
Info only 72 Jan 9 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Miners’ strike began
Info only 72 Jan 20 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Unemployment passed 1m
Info only 72 Jan 30 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] "Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry
Info only 72 Feb 10 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Saltley Coke depot closed by pickets
Info only 72 Feb 19 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Heath conceded miners’ demands
Info only 72 Mar 21 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Budget: full scale reflation
Info only 72 Mar 22 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Industry White Paper, basis of 1972 Industry Act
Info only 72 Mar 24 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Northern Ireland: Stormont suspended; direct rule began
Info only 72 Jun 23 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Sterling floated: left European `snake’ and unpegged from dollar
Info only 72 Nov 6 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Statutory control of pay, prices, dividends and rents (Phase I)
Info only 72 Dec 6 We Chronology Key [Chronology] MT's White Paper published: Education: A Framework for Expansion
Info only 73 Jan 1 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Britain acceded to the European Community
Info only 73 Oct 6 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Arab-Israeli War (ended 24 Oct); oil price increased 70 per cent
Info only 73 Oct 8 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Phase III announced: 2.25 or 7 per cent; inflation linked `threshold’ payments
Info only 73 Nov 12 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] NUM overtime ban began; State of Emergency following day
Info only 73 Dec 9 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Sunningdale Agreement
Info only 73 Dec 13 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Three day week announced
Info only 74 Feb 7 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election called for 28 Feb
Info only 74 Feb 10 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Miners’ strike began (ended 11 Mar)
Info only 74 Feb 28 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: no overall majority for any party
Info only 74 Mar 2 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Heath offered Liberals seats in coalition; rejected by them
Info only 74 May 15 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Northern Ireland: Loyalist strike began; executive resigned (28 May)
Info only 74 Jun 22 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Keith Joseph’s Upminster speech
Info only 74 Sep 5 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Keith Joseph’s Preston speech
Info only 74 Oct 10 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour majority of three
Info only 74 Oct 19 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Keith Joseph’s Edgbaston speech
Info only 74 Nov 21 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Keith Joseph told MT he would not stand for the leadership; MT decided she would
Info only 75 Feb 4 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Conservative leadership first ballot: Heath resigned
Info only 75 Feb 11 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Conservative leadership second ballot: MT elected leader
Info only 75 Feb 18 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Shadow Cabinet complete
Info only 75 Apr 9 We Chronology Key [Chronology] MT met Ronald Reagan for the first time (or possibly the second)
Info only 75 Jun 5 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] European Referendum: 67.2 per cent for; 32.8 per cent against (64 per cent turnout)
Info only 75 Jul 1 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Labour Government proposed pay policy; White Paper (11 Jly)
Info only 75 Sep 13 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] MT visited USA and Canada (returned 26 Spt)
Info only 75 Nov 27 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Ross McWhirter murdered by IRA - MT given 24 hour police protection
Info only 76 Mar 16 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Wilson announced his resignation as Prime Minister
Info only 76 Apr 5 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Callaghan elected Labour leader; became Prime Minister
Info only 76 Apr 7 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Government lost its majority (Stonehouse resigned whip)
Info only 76 Sep 28 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Sterling crisis resumed: Healey turned back from Heathrow
Info only 76 Oct 4 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] The Right Approach published
Info only 76 Dec 1 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Shadow Cabinet decided to oppose devolution on 2R; Buchanan-Smith and Rifkind resigned
Info only 76 Dec 15 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Budget: Letter of Intent to IMF published (loan granted 3 Jan 77)
Info only 77 Feb 22 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] HC: devolution guillotine defeated 312:283
Info only 77 Mar 23 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Lib-Lab Pact
Info only 78 Jul 21 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Stage 3 White Paper: 5 per cent pay guideline
Info only 78 Sep 7 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Callaghan surprise broadcast: no autumn General Election
Info only 79 Jan 3 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Lorry drivers’ strike began; "Winter of Discontent" peaking
Info only 79 Jan 10 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Callaghan's return from Guadelope Summit: "Crisis, What Crisis?" ( Sun )
Info only 79 Mar 1 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 14 to 13 per cent
Info only 79 Mar 28 We Chronology Key [Chronology] HC: Government fell
Info only 79 Mar 29 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election announced for 3 May
Info only 79 Mar 30 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Airey Neave murdered by INLA
Info only 79 Apr 5 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 13 to 12 per cent
Info only 79 May 3 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative victory (43 majority)
Info only 79 May 4 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] MT appointed Prime Minister
Info only 79 Jun 7 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] European Elections
Info only 79 Jun 12 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Budget
Info only 79 Jun 13 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Interest rates increased 2 per cent, from 12 to 14 per cent
Info only 79 Jul 20 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Falklands: Ridley's first visit, floats leaseback (ended 26 Jul)
Info only 79 Jul 31 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Lusaka Commonwealth Meeting began (ended 8 Aug)

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