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