| 73 Jan 1 Mo |
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Britain acceded to the European Community |
| 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 10 Su |
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Miners' strike began (ended 11 Mar) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 76 Mar 16 Tu |
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Wilson announced his resignation as 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 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 |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr |
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Airey Neave murdered by INLA |