Dates Flashcards

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1952

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Accession of Elizabeth 2
GB’s fort atom bomb test
Mau may rebellion against GB

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1951

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Iron and steel nationalised
Anglo American relation strained following Maclean and Burgess affair
Conservative victory under Churchill

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1953

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Mass tv audience for queens coronation

Steel and transport privatised

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1954

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British withdrawal from Egypt

End of rationing

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1955

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Conservative election victory under Eden
GB opt out of Messina talks
Launch of itv

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1956

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Failure of Suez crisis and financial crisis to follow

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1957

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Eden replaced by Macmillan

Ghana gains independence

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1958

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Formation of the CND

Notting hill anti immigration riots

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1959

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Conservative election victory
Film sapphire dramatises race relations
Bad godesberg
Blackpool party conference

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1960

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Winds of change speech
Blue streak replaced by Polaris
Scarbourgh party conference

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1961

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EEC application submitted

Berlin Wall erected

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1962

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Knight of the long knives

Launch of that’s the week that was

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1963

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EEC application vetoed
Perfume affair
Resignation of Macmillian

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1964

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Labour election victory

Start of Rhodesia crisis

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14
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1965

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Death penalty abolished

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1966

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Increase labour majority following election

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1967

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Military cuts
Devaluation under Wilson
Liberalisation of homosexuality and abortions
Rivers of blood speech

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1969

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Start of Northern Ireland trouble

Voting age reduced to 18

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1970

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Surprise conservative victory

Equal opportunity act passed

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1971

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Reform of the divorce law

Decimalisation of the currency

20
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1972

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Bloody Sunday

Unemployment rose above 1mn for the first time since the 1930’s

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1973

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Oil and energy crisis
Accepted into the EEC
three day week
Sunnigdal agreement for energy sharing with Northern Ireland passed

22
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1974

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Heath defeated in election in February
Collapse of sunnigdale agreement
Victory of wilsons part in October election

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1975

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Heath replaced by Thatcher

EEC referendum gives 2:1 majority

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1976

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Shock resignation of Wilson
Callahan becomes leader of labour
Imf loan leads to deep spending cuts

25
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1979

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Industrial unrest
Winter of discontent
Devolution of Wales and Scotland referendum does not work

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1980

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Rhodesia granted independence

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1981

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Formation of the SDP
riots in London and Brixton
Big opinion poll gains by the alliance
Wembley conference

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1982

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Victory in the Falklands

Unemployment above 3mn

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1983

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Conservative election victory

Kinnock replaces foot as labour leader

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1984

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IRA bombing in Brighton

Miners strike and battle of ogreave

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1985

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Miners strike halted amongst bitterness

Bournemouth conference expulsion of the militant tendency

32
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1986

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Resignation of Heseltine following the Westland affair
Deregulation of financial markets (Big Bang)
Channel tunnel agreed
Red flag replaced by red rose

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1987

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Third thatcher election victory

Stock market crash in London and New York

34
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1988

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End of the Cold War

Bruges speech

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1989

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First sky broadcast

96 Liverpool fans die in hillsborough disaster

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1990

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Rioting in London over poll tax
Resignation of thatcher
Appointment of Major
Unification of Germany after two four talks

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1991

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Victory of coalition forces in the first gulf war

38
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1992

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Major election victory
Resignation of kinnock
Appointment of smith
Black Wednesday

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1993

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Maastricht treaty

James burger murder

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1994

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Death of smith
Appointment of Blair
First female priest in Bristol

41
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1995

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Majors leadership election
IRA ceasefire suspended amongst new bomb campaign
Peace settlement at Dayton for Bosnian war

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1996

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Renewal of IRA ceasefire

43
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1997

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Labour landslide
Death of Diana
Hong Kong given to China

44
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1998

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Good Friday agreement

45
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1999

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Launch of the euro
Devolved parliaments in Wales and Scotland
NATO binning campaign in Kosovo

46
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2000

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British forces stabilise Sierra Leone