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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 53 Dec 1 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] MT took her bar finals
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 Feb 28 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] MT asked that her name be returned to Conservative candidates’ list
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 60 Feb 3 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Macmillan speaking in South Africa: "a wind of change is blowing through the continent"
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 Feb 14 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Harold Wilson elected Labour leader following death of Gaitskell (18 Jan)
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 63 Nov 22 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Kennedy assassinated
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 Jan 24 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Churchill died
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 66 May 3 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Budget (introduced Selective Employment Tax)
Info only 66 Jul 20 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Labour spending cuts and wages freeze
Info only 66 Nov 10 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Labour Government announced EC entry application; Conservative support
Info only 67 Apr 11 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Budget
Info only 67 Jun 5 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun)
Info only 67 Jul 27 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Britain to withdraw forces East of Suez
Info only 67 Oct 10 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power
Info only 67 Nov 27 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] De Gaulle vetoed British application to EC
Info only 67 Nov 29 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: Callaghan became Home Secretary, Jenkins Chancellor
Info only 68 Jan 16 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Expenditure cuts (£716m)
Info only 68 Feb 22 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Callaghan announced immediate legislation checking Kenyan Asian immigration
Info only 68 Mar 15 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Sterling under pressure: London Foreign Exchange Market closed; Brown resigned
Info only 68 Mar 17 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Grosvenor Square riot against Vietnam War
Info only 68 Mar 19 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Budget: 923m increase in indirect taxation
Info only 68 Apr 4 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Assassination of Martin Luther King
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 May 3 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] France: student clashes with police began `events’ of May 1968
Info only 68 Aug 20 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Info only 68 Oct 5 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration
Info only 68 Nov 14 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] MT reshuffled to shadow Transport
Info only 69 Jan 17 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] In Place of Strife published
Info only 69 Jun 18 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Wilson withdrew In Place of Strife after TUC rejected it
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 Feb 10 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] MT’s father died
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 70 Jul 20 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Death of Iain Macleod; Barber became Chancellor
Info only 70 Oct 27 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Budget
Info only 70 Oct 29 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] EC entry talks began
Info only 71 Feb 4 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Rolls-Royce nationalisation announced
Info only 71 May 20 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Heath-Pompidou summit in Paris removed final obstacles to EC entry
Info only 71 Aug 9 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Northern Ireland: internment introduced
Info only 72 Jan 9 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Miners’ strike began
Info only 72 Jan 12 We Chronology Major [Chronology] MT and senior officials met Heath at Chequers; reinforced her authority
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 Jul 21 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Five dockers jailed in Pentonville (decision reversed 26 Jly)
Info only 72 Aug 8 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Ugandan Asians expelled by Idi Amin
Info only 72 Sep 26 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Tripartite talks began (broke down 2 Nov)
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 72 Dec 7 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Sutton and Cheam by-election: Liberal gain from Conservatives
Info only 73 Jan 1 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Britain acceded to the European Community
Info only 73 Jan 17 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Phase II of pay policy announced
Info only 73 Feb 28 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Labour-TUC document launched the Social Contract
Info only 73 Mar 6 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Budget: introduced VAT, at 10 per cent
Info only 73 Apr 1 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Phase II of pay policy began
Info only 73 May 21 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Sex scandals hit government (Lambton resigned; Jellicoe followed (24 May))
Info only 73 Jul 26 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Ripon and Ely by-elections: Liberal gains from Conservatives
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 2 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: Whitelaw became Employment Secretary
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 73 Dec 17 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Emergency budget: 1200m reduction in planned expenditure

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