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Info only 89 Mar 14 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Budget
Info only 89 Apr 5 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Gorbachev visit to Britain (ended 7 Apr)
Info only 89 Apr 7 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] HL: Mackay proposals strongly opposed
Info only 89 Apr 15 Sa Chronology Minor [Chronology] Hillsborough Stadium disaster: 95 crushed to death
Info only 89 Apr 17 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Delors Report published
Info only 89 Apr 20 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] West German government wavering on nuclear modernization
Info only 89 Apr 30 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-German summit in Deidesheim
Info only 89 May 4 Th Chronology Minor [Chronology] Local elections
Info only 89 May 4 Th Chronology Minor [Chronology] Vale of Glamorgan by-election: Labour gain from Conservative
Info only 89 May 13 Sa Chronology Minor [Chronology] SDP announced it would no longer organise nationally
Info only 89 May 15 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] China: massive demonstrations in Tiananmen Square during Gorbachev visit
Info only 89 May 21 Su Chronology Minor [Chronology] UK expelled 11 Soviet diplomats
Info only 89 May 24 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 13 to 14 per cent
Info only 89 May 29 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] NATO summit in Brussels (ended 30 May): SNF compromise agreed
Info only 89 Jun 1 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-US summit in London
Info only 89 Jun 3 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] China: Tiananmen Square massacre
Info only 89 Jun 8 Th Chronology Minor [Chronology] Summer strikes: unofficial dock strike (ended 1 Aug); rail strike (12 Jun-27 Jul)
Info only 89 Jun 10 Sa Chronology Minor [Chronology] General Jaruzelski visited Chequers
Info only 89 Jun 15 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] European Elections
Info only 89 Jun 20 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT met Howe and Lawson to discuss ERM line at Madrid Council (met again 25 Jun)
Info only 89 Jun 26 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Madrid European Council (ended 27 Jun): MT set "Madrid conditions" for ERM entry; rejected Social Charter
Info only 89 Jul 14 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Paris G7 opened (ended 16 Jly)
Info only 89 Jul 19 We Chronology Major [Chronology] HC: Ridley mauled on community charge safety net
Info only 89 Jul 24 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Reshuffle: Major replaced Howe at Foreign Office; Howe new Deputy PM; Ridley went to DTI, Patten replacing him at Environment
Info only 89 Aug 14 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] South Africa: De Klerk became President in succession to P.W. Botha
Info only 89 Sep 10 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Hungary allowed East German refugees to cross border with Austria
Info only 89 Sep 19 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] MT visited Japan (returned via USSR 24 Spt)
Info only 89 Sep 22 Fr Chronology Minor [Chronology] IRA bombed Royal Marine Music School at Deal: ten dead
Info only 89 Oct 2 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] East Germany: Leipzig demonstrations began
Info only 89 Oct 2 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Labour Conference dropped unilateralism
Info only 89 Oct 5 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 14 to 15 per cent
Info only 89 Oct 11 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Community charge "safety net" to be dropped
Info only 89 Oct 18 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Meeting opened (ended 24 Oct): South Africa arguments
Info only 89 Oct 19 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Court of Appeal released Guildford Four
Info only 89 Oct 19 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] EMS quarrel publicly revived by Walters article in US
Info only 89 Oct 26 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Lawson resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer; Major succeeded him; Hurd became Foreign Secretary; Waddington succeeded Hurd as Home Secretary; Renton became Chief Whip
Info only 89 Oct 28 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] Howe speech warned MT not to depart from Madrid compromise
Info only 89 Nov 9 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] East Germany announced opening of its border with West Germany; demolition of Berlin Wall began 10 Nov
Info only 89 Nov 17 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Czechoslovakia: beginning of demonstrations against the regime
Info only 89 Nov 18 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] Paris European Council: to discuss Eastern Europe
Info only 89 Nov 21 Tu Chronology Minor [Chronology] HC televised
Info only 89 Nov 24 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-US summit at Camp David
Info only 89 Nov 28 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] MT to be challenged for party leadership (Sir A. Meyer announced)
Info only 89 Dec 2 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] MT met Lech Walesa for talks at Chequers
Info only 89 Dec 4 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] NATO summit in Brussels
Info only 89 Dec 5 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT won Conservative leadership election; 314:33 (27 abstained)
Info only 89 Dec 8 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Strasbourg European Council (ended 9 Dec)
Info only 89 Dec 10 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Czechoslovakia: end of Communist rule (Havel President 29 Dec)
Info only 89 Dec 19 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Panama: US intervention to remove Norriega
Info only 89 Dec 22 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Romania: Ceausescu overthrown (killed 25 Dec)
Info only 90 Jan 3 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: Fowler resigned; Howard joined Cabinet as Employment Secretary
Info only 90 Jan 20 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit in Paris
Info only 90 Feb 10 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Kohl in Moscow: Gorbachev agreed German reunification
Info only 90 Feb 10 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] South Africa: Mandela released (ANC unbanned 2 Feb)
Info only 90 Feb 23 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-Italian summit in London
Info only 90 Mar 11 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Lithuania declared independence of USSR
Info only 90 Mar 20 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Budget
Info only 90 Mar 22 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Mid-Staffs by-election: Labour gain from Conservative
Info only 90 Mar 30 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-German summit in London
Info only 90 Mar 31 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Trafalgar Square riot
Info only 90 Apr 1 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Strangeways prison siege (ended 25 Apr); disturbances in other gaols
Info only 90 Apr 10 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Customs seized components of Iraqi `supergun’
Info only 90 Apr 13 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-US summit in Bermuda
Info only 90 Apr 28 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] Dublin European Council (informal): welcomed German reunification
Info only 90 May 3 Th Chronology Minor [Chronology] Local elections
Info only 90 May 4 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Latvia declared independence of USSR (Estonia followed 8 May)
Info only 90 May 4 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit at Waddesdon Manor
Info only 90 May 4 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: David Hunt joined Cabinet in place of Peter Walker
Info only 90 Jun 7 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] MT visited USSR (returned 10 Jun)
Info only 90 Jun 25 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Dublin European Council (ended 26 Jun)
Info only 90 Jul 1 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] German economic union
Info only 90 Jul 5 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] NATO summit in London (ended 6 Jly)
Info only 90 Jul 9 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Houston G7 summit (ended 11 Jly)
Info only 90 Jul 14 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Ridley resigned over comments on Germany; Lilley joined Cabinet to succeed him at DTI
Info only 90 Jul 16 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Kohl-Gorbachev talks: Gorbachev agreed united Germany in NATO
Info only 90 Jul 17 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Saddam accuses Kuwait and other Gulf states of forcing down oil price and stealing oil from disputed Rumaila oilfield
Info only 90 Jul 23 Mo Chronology Minor [Chronology] Reshuffle of junior ministers
Info only 90 Jul 24 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Iraq sends 30,000 heavily armed troops to the Kuwait border
Info only 90 Jul 30 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Ian Gow murdered by IRA bomb
Info only 90 Jul 31 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Iraqi and Kuwaiti delegations meet for talks in Saudi Arabia
Info only 90 Aug 1 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Iraq walks out of talks with Kuwait in Saudi Arabia
Info only 90 Aug 2 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Iraq invaded Kuwait; MT with Bush in Aspen
Info only 90 Aug 2 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 660 condemns Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
Info only 90 Aug 6 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 661 imposes sanctions on Iraq
Info only 90 Aug 7 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] US deploys troops and aircraft to Saudi Arabia
Info only 90 Aug 8 We Chronology Major [Chronology] Iraq announces annexation of Kuwait
Info only 90 Aug 9 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 662 nullifies Iraqi annexation of Kuwait
Info only 90 Aug 9 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] UK announced commitment of forces to the Gulf
Info only 90 Aug 10 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Emergency Arab Summit in Cairo passes strong resolution sanctioning Iraq and requiring it withdraw from Kuwait, military assistance to Saudi Arabia
Info only 90 Aug 12 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Saddam Hussein proposes "peace initiative" linking Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait to Israeli withdrawal from Occupied Territories and Lebanon
Info only 90 Aug 18 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 664 condemns Iraqi actions against foreign communities in Kuwait and Iraq
Info only 90 Aug 25 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 665 enforces sanctions on Iraq
Info only 90 Sep 6 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Parliament recalled to discuss the Gulf
Info only 90 Sep 13 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 666 places food supplies to Iraq and Kuwait under strict international control
Info only 90 Sep 17 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] MT visited Czechoslovakia and Hungary (until 19 Spt)
Info only 90 Oct 3 We Chronology Key [Chronology] German reunification
Info only 90 Oct 5 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Britain joined ERM; announcement that interest rates would be reduced by one per cent, from 15 to 14 per cent
Info only 90 Oct 8 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced by one per cent, from 15 to 14 per cent
Info only 90 Oct 14 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] MT held talks with De Klerk at Chequers
Info only 90 Oct 18 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Eastbourne by-election: Liberal Democrat gain from Conservatives

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