| 68 Oct 5 Sa |
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Major |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration |
| 69 Aug 14 Th |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast |
| 71 Aug 9 Mo |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: internment introduced |
| 72 Jan 30 Su |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
"Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry |
| 72 Mar 24 Fr |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: Stormont suspended; direct rule began |
| 74 May 15 We |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: Loyalist strike began; executive resigned (28 May) |
| 74 Oct 5 Sa |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Guildford pub bombs: five killed |
| 75 Nov 27 Th |
 |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Ross McWhirter murdered by IRA - MT given 24 hour police protection |
| 78 Mar 16 Th |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Italy: kidnap of Aldo Moro (found dead 9 May) |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
Airey Neave murdered by INLA |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
IRA murdered Mountbatten and 18 soldiers (Warrenpoint) |
| 79 Sep 5 We |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
MT met Irish PM at No.10 |
| 80 Apr 30 We |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
London Iranian Embassy siege began (SAS stormed 5 May) |
| 80 Oct 27 Mo |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
1st Republican hunger strike began (ended 18 Dec) |
| 80 Dec 8 Mo |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-Irish summit in Dublin |
| 81 Mar 1 Su |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
2nd Republican hunger strike began (ended 3 Oct) |
| 81 Mar 6 Fr |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
MT visited Northern Ireland |
| 81 Apr 9 Th |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Bobby Sands (IRA hunger striker) elected an MP |
| 81 Oct 10 Sa |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
IRA bombed Chelsea barracks |
| 81 Nov 6 Fr |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-Irish summit in London |
| 82 Jul 20 Tu |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
IRA bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park |
| 83 Sep 25 Su |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Mass break out from Maze prison |
| 83 Nov 7 Mo |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-Irish summit at Chequers |
| 83 Dec 17 Sa |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
IRA bombed Harrods |
| 84 Apr 17 Tu |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Libyan Embassy siege began after murder of WPC Fletcher (ended 27 Apr) |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
Brighton bomb |
| 84 Nov 18 Su |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-Irish summit at Chequers |
| 85 Feb 28 Th |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Newry RUC Station attacked by IRA mortars; 9 killed |
| 85 Jul 30 Tu |
|
Minor |
[Chronology] |
BBC Governors withdrew Real Lives for editing |
| 85 Nov 15 Fr |
|
Key |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-Irish Agreement signed at Hillsborough |
| 85 Dec 27 Fr |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Palestinian terrorists killed 27 at Rome and Vienna airports; Libya involved |
| 86 Apr 17 Th |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Hindawi affair - Syrian attempt to bomb El Al 747 at Heathrow |
| 86 May 30 Fr |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Stalker suspended |
| 87 Jan 20 Tu |
|
Minor |
[Chronology] |
Birmingham Six case referred back to Court of Appeal (appeal rejected 28 Jan 1988) |
| 87 Oct 31 Sa |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
French intercepted huge IRA arms shipment from Libya (Eksund) |
| 87 Nov 8 Su |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
IRA bombed Enniskillen remembrance service (11 killed) |
| 88 Jan 25 Mo |
|
Minor |
[Chronology] |
HC: Mayhew announced no prosecutions from Stalker-Sampson inquiry |
| 88 Mar 19 Sa |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Army corporals murdered at Republican funeral in Belfast |
| 88 Aug 20 Sa |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
IRA Ballygawley bomb; MT initiated security review |
| 88 Oct 19 We |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Broadcasting ban imposed on terrorists and apologists |
| 88 Oct 20 Th |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Plans announced to abolish right of silence |
| 88 Dec 2 Fr |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Rhodes European Council (ended 3 Dec): arguments over Father Ryan |
| 88 Dec 21 We |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Lockerbie bombing |
| 89 Sep 22 Fr |
|
Minor |
[Chronology] |
IRA bombed Royal Marine Music School at Deal: ten dead |
| 89 Oct 19 Th |
|
Major |
[Chronology] |
Court of Appeal released Guildford Four |
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