| 87 Oct 19 Mo |
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"Black Monday": Dow Jones fell 23 per cent |
| 72 Jan 30 Su |
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"Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry |
| 87 Feb 22 Su |
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"Louvre Accord" to halt decline in the dollar; Lawson began shadowing Deutschmark |
| 62 Jul 13 Fr |
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"Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked |
| 83 Jun 9 Th |
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1983 General Election: Conservative majority 144 |
| 81 Mar 1 Su |
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2nd Republican hunger strike began (ended 3 Oct) |
| 91 Jan 16 We |
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Air campaign launched against Iraq ("Desert Storm") |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr |
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Airey Neave murdered by INLA |
| 56 Oct 31 We |
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Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov |
| 56 Oct 30 Tu |
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Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary |
| 85 Nov 15 Fr |
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Anglo-Irish Agreement signed at Hillsborough |
| 86 Nov 15 Sa |
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Anglo-US Summit at Camp David: arms control statement agreed |
| 73 Oct 6 Sa |
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Arab-Israeli War (ended 24 Oct); oil price increased 70 per cent |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr |
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Brighton bomb |
| 73 Jan 1 Mo |
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Britain acceded to the European Community |
| 90 Oct 5 Fr |
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Britain joined ERM; interest rates cut by one per cent to 14 per cent |
| 79 Jun 12 Tu |
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Budget |
| 80 Mar 25 Tu |
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Budget |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu |
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Budget |
| 82 Mar 9 Tu |
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Budget |
| 83 Mar 15 Tu |
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Budget |
| 84 Mar 13 Tu |
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Budget |
| 85 Mar 19 Tu |
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Budget |
| 86 May 18 Su |
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Budget |
| 87 Mar 17 Tu |
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Budget |
| 88 Mar 15 Tu |
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Budget |
| 89 Mar 14 Tu |
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Budget |
| 90 Mar 20 Tu |
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Budget |
| 72 Mar 21 Tu |
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Budget: full scale reflation |
| 76 Dec 15 We |
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Budget: Letter of Intent to IMF published (loan granted 3 Jan 77) |
| 80 Jun 2 Mo |
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Cabinet agreed European budget proposal |
| 76 Apr 5 Mo |
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Callaghan elected Labour leader; became Prime Minister |
| 78 Sep 7 Th |
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Callaghan surprise broadcast: no autumn General Election |
| 79 Jan 10 We |
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Callaghan's return from Guadelope Summit: "Crisis, What Crisis?" ( Sun ) |
| 83 Oct 14 Fr |
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Cecil Parkinson resigned over Keays affair |
| 89 Jun 3 Sa |
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China: Tiananmen Square massacre |
| 55 Apr 5 Tu |
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Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded |
| 70 Jun 30 Tu |
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Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive |
| 84 Mar 12 Mo |
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Coal strike began |
| 90 Nov 20 Tu |
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Conservative leadership election first ballot (MT 204:152 Heseltine) |
| 90 Nov 27 Tu |
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Conservative leadership election second ballot; Major became leader |
| 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 |
| 81 Nov 26 Th |
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Crosby by-election: Shirley Williams won Conservative seat for SDP |
| 89 Dec 10 Su |
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Czechoslovakia: end of Communist rule (Havel President 29 Dec) |
| 63 Jan 14 Mo |
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De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC |
| 79 Nov 29 Th |
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Dublin European Council (ended 30 Nov); budget row |
| 89 Nov 9 Th |
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East Germany announced opening of its border with West Germany; demolition of Berlin Wall began 10 Nov |
| 57 Jan 9 We |
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Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan) |
| 68 Apr 20 Sa |
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Enoch Powell's "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr) |
| 79 Jun 7 Th |
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European Elections |
| 75 Jun 5 Th |
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European Referendum: 67.2 per cent for; 32.8 per cent against (64 per cent turnout) |
| 79 Oct 23 Tu |
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Exchange controls abolished |
| 82 May 2 Su |
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Falklands: General Belgrano sunk by HMS Conqueror |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr |
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Falklands: Argentina invaded |
| 82 Mar 31 We |
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Falklands: Argentine invasion learned to be imminent |
| 82 Jun 14 Mo |
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Falklands: Argentine surrender |
| 82 May 21 Fr |
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Falklands: British Forces landed at San Carlos Bay |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo |
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Falklands: FCO Ministers resigned, Pym new Foreign Secretary; Task Force sailed |
| 82 May 4 Tu |
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Falklands: HMS Sheffield hit by Argentine missile |
| 82 Apr 25 Su |
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Falklands: South Georgia recaptured |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa |
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Falklands: UN SCR 502 demanding Argentine withdrawal |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr |
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Falklands: US `tilt' in favour of Britain; Total Exclusion Zone put in force |
| 84 Nov 20 Tu |
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Flotation of British Telecom |
| 84 Jun 25 Mo |
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Fontainebleau European Council (ended 26 Jun); budget settlement |
| 87 Jun 11 Th |
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General Election |
| 79 Mar 29 Th |
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General Election announced for 3 May |
| 83 May 9 Mo |
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General Election announced for 9 Jun |
| 87 May 11 Mo |
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General Election called for 11 June |
| 74 Feb 7 Th |
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General Election called for 28 Feb |
| 59 Oct 8 Th |
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General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority) |
| 51 Oct 25 Th |
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General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority) |
| 55 May 26 Th |
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General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority) |
| 70 Jun 18 Th |
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General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31) |
| 79 May 3 Th |
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General Election: Conservative victory (43 majority) |
| 45 Jul 5 Th |
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General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority) |
| 64 Oct 15 Th |
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General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions |
| 50 Feb 23 Th |
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General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority) |
| 66 Mar 31 Th |
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General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority) |
| 74 Oct 10 Th |
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General Election: Labour majority of three |
| 74 Feb 28 Th |
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General Election: no overall majority for any party |
| 90 Oct 3 We |
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German reunification |
| 88 Feb 8 Mo |
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Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan from May |
| 84 Dec 16 Su |
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Gorbachev visited Chequers |
| 76 Apr 7 We |
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Government lost its majority (Stonehouse resigned whip) |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa |
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Grenada: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States requested US intervene (following coup 19 Oct) |
| 91 Feb 24 Su |
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Ground war began in Kuwait |
| 77 Feb 22 Tu |
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HC: devolution guillotine defeated 312:283 |
| 79 Mar 28 We |
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HC: Government fell |
| 90 Nov 13 Tu |
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HC: Howe's resignation speech |
| 72 Feb 19 Sa |
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Heath conceded miners' demands |
| 74 Mar 2 Sa |
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Heath offered Liberals seats in coalition; rejected by them |
| 90 Nov 14 We |
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Heseltine stood for Conservative leadership |
| 45 Aug 6 Mo |
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Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb |
| 65 Jul 25 Su |
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Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul) |
| 84 Dec 19 We |
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Hong Kong: MT signed Joint Agreement with China |
| 90 Nov 1 Th |
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Howe resigned |
| 72 Mar 22 We |
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Industry White Paper, basis of 1972 Industry Act |
| 88 May 17 Tu |
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Interest rates cut 0.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent (lowest 1979-90); MT formula of support for Lawson at PQs |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo |
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IRA murdered Mountbatten and 18 soldiers (Warrenpoint) |
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