| 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 |
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