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Info only 87 Jan 8 Th Chronology Minor [Chronology] AIDS education campaign launched
Info only 87 Jan 20 Tu Chronology Minor [Chronology] Lebanon: Terry Waite kidnapped
Info only 87 Jan 20 Tu Chronology Minor [Chronology] Birmingham Six case referred back to Court of Appeal (appeal rejected 28 Jan 1988)
Info only 87 Feb 6 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Wapping dispute ended by NGA to evade sequestration
Info only 87 Feb 11 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Flotation of British Airways
Info only 87 Feb 11 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-Italian summit in London
Info only 87 Feb 22 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] "Louvre Accord" to halt decline in the dollar; Lawson began shadowing Deutschmark
Info only 87 Feb 26 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Community Charge to replace rates in Scotland from 1 Apr 1989
Info only 87 Feb 26 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Greenwich by-election: SDP victory from Labour
Info only 87 Mar 6 Fr Chronology Minor [Chronology] Herald of Free Enterprise sank off Zeebrugge; 187 killed
Info only 87 Mar 10 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11 to 10.5 per cent
Info only 87 Mar 17 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Budget
Info only 87 Mar 18 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10.5 to 10 per cent
Info only 87 Mar 23 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit in Normandy
Info only 87 Mar 23 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-German summit in Bonn
Info only 87 Mar 28 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] MT visited USSR (ended 1 Apr)
Info only 87 Apr 27 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Independent published extracts from Spycatcher ; contempt proceedings began
Info only 87 Apr 28 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates cut reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10 to 9.5 per cent
Info only 87 May 7 Th Chronology Minor [Chronology] Local elections: Conservative gains
Info only 87 May 11 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates cut reduced 0.5 per cent, from 9.5 to 9 per cent
Info only 87 May 11 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election called for 11 June
Info only 87 Jun 8 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Venice G7 (ended 9 Jun)
Info only 87 Jun 11 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election
Info only 87 Jun 13 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Reshuffle: five ministers left cabinet
Info only 87 Jun 14 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Steel called for fusion of Alliance parties; Owen opposed (27 Jun)
Info only 87 Jun 29 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Brussels European Council; no budget agreement reached (ended 30 Jun)
Info only 87 Jul 1 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Single European Act came into force
Info only 87 Jul 7 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 9 to 10 per cent, reversing pre-election cuts
Info only 87 Jul 17 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-American summit in Washington
Info only 87 Jul 29 We Chronology Minor [Chronology] Anglo-French summit in Paris; Channel Tunnel Treaty ratified in Paris
Info only 87 Jul 30 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] House of Lords banned reporting of Spycatcher allegations
Info only 87 Aug 6 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Owen resigned as SDP leader
Info only 87 Aug 19 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Hungerford massacre; review of firearms law announced (21 Aug)
Info only 87 Sep 24 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] IDU Conference in Berlin (ended 25 Spt)
Info only 87 Oct 6 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Community Charge: "dual running" attacked in Conservative conference debate, MT seeming to approve
Info only 87 Oct 13 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Vancouver Commonwealth Meeting (ended 17 Oct); UK dissent over South Africa
Info only 87 Oct 16 Fr Chronology Minor [Chronology] "The Great Storm": hurricane in southern England
Info only 87 Oct 19 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] "Black Monday": Dow Jones fell 23 per cent
Info only 87 Oct 23 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10 to 9.5 per cent, following Black Monday
Info only 87 Oct 26 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Havers resigned as Lord Chancellor; replaced by Mackay
Info only 87 Oct 28 We Chronology Minor [Chronology] BP share sale price guaranteed by government
Info only 87 Oct 31 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] French intercepted huge IRA arms shipment from Libya (Eksund)
Info only 87 Nov 3 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Brooke succeeded Tebbit as Conservative Chairman
Info only 87 Nov 4 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 9.5 to 9 per cent
Info only 87 Nov 8 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] IRA bombed Enniskillen remembrance service (11 killed)
Info only 87 Nov 17 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Community Charge: "dual running" with rates abandoned
Info only 87 Nov 18 We Chronology Minor [Chronology] King’s Cross Underground fire
Info only 87 Dec 3 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent to 8.5 per cent
Info only 87 Dec 4 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Copenhagen European Council (ended 5 Dec)
Info only 87 Dec 7 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] MT briefly met Gorbachev at Brize Norton

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