Dates 1951-1974 Flashcards
When were the seven elections?
1951, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1974
When did Britain detonate the first atomic bomb
1952
When was the Mau Mau Rebellion
1952
When was the Beveridge report committed to
1951-1955
When did Hugh Gaitskell become the leader of labour
1955
When was the Suez crisis
1956
When was the knight of the long knives
1962
When was the Vassal affair
1963
When was the Kim Philby scandal
1963
When was the Argyll divorce case
1963
When was the Profumo affair
1963
When did the CND rise
1957
When did Britain abandon Blue Streak
1960
When was the Mutual defence agreement
1958
When was the wind of change speech
1960
When did Britain adopt the US Polaris
1960
When was the Cuban missile crisis
1962
When was Britain rejected from the EEC
1963
When did the Teddy Boys start
1957
When as the Notting Hill race riot
1958
When was the Commonwealth immigrants act
1962
When was the Mods and Rockers violence
1964
When were British troops sent to Northern Ireland
1969
When was Britain rejected from the EEC again
1966
