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Key Events Timeline Flashcards

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1950-51

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Korean War

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1951

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  • Nationalisation of iron and steel
  • Festival of Britain
  • Conservative election victory returns Churchill as PM
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1952

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  • Britain’s first atomic bomb test

- Mau Mau rebellion against British rule in Kenya

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1953

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  • Mass television audience for coronation of Elizabeth II

- Steel and transport denationalised

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1954

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  • British withdrawal from Egypt

- End of food rationing

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1955

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  • Election victory of Conservatives under Eden

- Launch of ITV as commercial rival to BBC

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1956

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  • Failure of Anglo-French invasion at Suez

- Financial crisis cause by Suez Crisis (caused Eden to resign)

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1957

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  • Resignation of Treasury ministers over ‘Stop-Go’ policies
  • Harold Macmillan replaces Eden as PM
  • Treaty of Rome: formation of EEC without Britain
  • Ghana and Malaya win independence
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1958

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  • Formation of CND
  • Serious anti-immigrant rioting in Notting Hill
  • Motorway system opens with the M6 Preston bypass
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1959

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Conservatives win election

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1960

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  • Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ speech
  • Blue Streak missile abandoned in favour of American Polaris
  • Creation of EFTA as an alternative to the EEC
  • End of National Service
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1961

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  • Creation of NEDDY (National Economic Development Council) and NICKY (National Incomes Commission) for economic planning
  • Britain’s application to join the EEC submitted
  • Cold War tensions intensify with the building of the Berlin Wall
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1962

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  • Commonwealth Immigration Act restricts immigration
  • Macmillan’s cabinet reshuffle: ‘Night of the Long Knives’
  • Launch of That Was The Week That Was on BBC television
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1963

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  • Britain’s first application to join the EEC is rejected as a result of de Gaulle’s veto
  • Independence granted to Kenya
  • Profumo Affair
  • Death of Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell, replaced by Harold Wilson
  • Resignation of Macmillan, Douglas Home becomes last-resort PM
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1964

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  • Labour victory in election: Harold Wilson becomes PM
  • Violence between mods and rockers at seaside resorts
  • Start of Rhodesia crisis
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1965

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  • Rhodesia declares Unilateral Declaration of Independence
  • Death penalty abolished
  • Circular 10/65 issued by Tony Crosland concerning comprehensive schools
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1965/68

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Race Relations Acts

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1966

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  • Wilson wins second term of office with an increased majority for Labour
  • England win World Cup at Wembley
  • ‘Swinging London’ featured in Time Magazine
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1967

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  • Second application to join EEC rejected
  • Abortion Act introduced by David Steel (abortions legalised)
  • Sexual Offences Act (liberalisation of laws on homosexuality)
  • Deep budget cuts in military commitments East of Suez
  • Devaluation of sterling by Wilson government
  • Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech against mass immigration
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1968

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  • Theatres Act

- Dagenham sewing machinists strike

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1969

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  • Abolition of death penalty
  • Divorce Reform Act passed
  • Industrial relations White Paper ‘In Place of Strife’ issued by Barbara Castle
  • Start of Troubles - troops sent to restore order in Northern Ireland
  • Open University established
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1970

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  • Conservatives win general election: Edward Heath becomes PM
  • Equal Opportunities Act passed
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1971

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  • Industrial Relations Act

- Decimalisation of British currency

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1972

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  • ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Derry

- Unemployment above one million for first time since 1930s

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1973

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  • Yom Kippur War causes oil crisis
  • British accession to the EEC alongside Ireland and Denmark
  • Sunningdale Agreement for power sharing in Northern Ireland
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1974

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  • Imposition of three-day week
  • Labour wins February election with narrow margins: Heath narrowly defeated and Wilson becomes PM
  • Sunningdale Agreement collapses after Ulster Workers’ council strike
  • Labour wins October general election
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1975

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  • EEC referendum results in 2:1, majority for the ‘yes’ vote
  • Heath replaced as Conservative leader by Margaret Thatcher
  • Sex Discrimination Act passed
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1976

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  • Resignation of Harold Wilson, replaced by James Callaghan as PM
  • Terms of IMF (International Monetary Fund) loan requires spending cuts - government had to borrow $3.9 million so that the economy could be stabilised during a financial crisis
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1978-79

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Industrial unrest leads to ‘winter of discontent’

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1979

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  • Conservatives win election: Margaret Thatcher becomes PM

- Devolution for Scotland and Wales rejected in referendums

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1981

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  • Formation of SDP

- Riots in Brixton and Liverpool

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1982

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  • Victory in the Falklands War

- Unemployment rises above three million

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1983

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  • Second Conservative victory in the general election

- Michael Foot replaced as Labour leader by Neil Kinnock

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1984

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  • IRA bomb in Brighton

- Miners’ strike begins

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1985

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Riots in major cities across Britain

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1986

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  • Resignation of Michael Heseltine after the Westland Affair
  • Deregulation of financial markets in the ‘Big Bang’
  • Single European Act signed
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1987

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  • Third successive election victory of Thatcher

- Stock market crash in London and New York

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1988

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  • Section 28 outlaws the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ (in schools etc)
38
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1989

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

39
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1990

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  • Poll Tax riot

- Resignation of Thatcher, John Major becomes PM

40
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1991

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  • Abandonment of poll tax
  • Victory of coalition forces in First Gulf War
  • Unemployment rises to over 2.5 million
  • End of the Cold War
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1992

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  • Major wins election
  • Maastricht Treaty signed (EEC became the EU)
  • Murder of James Bulger
  • Resignation of Kinnock, John Smith becomes Labour leader
  • ‘Black Wednesday’ forces British withdrawal from the ERM
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1993

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  • Rebellion against Maastricht Treat by Conservative Eurosceptics
  • Murder of Stephen Lawrence
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1994

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  • Death of Labour leader John Smith, replaced by Tony Blair

- First women priests ordained

44
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1995

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  • Murder of Philip Lawrence
  • Dayton Accords concerning Bosnia
  • Conservative leadership election won by John Major
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1997

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  • ‘New Labour’ wins general election: Tony Blair becomes PM
  • McPherson enquiry set up concerning the investigation of the Stephen Lawrence murder
  • Referendum concerning devolution
  • YBA hold the ‘Sensation’ exhibition
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1998

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Good Friday Agreement brings an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland

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1999

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  • Blair Doctrine concerning intervention in foreign affairs
  • Launch of the Euro in nine states of the EU but not Britain
  • Devolved parliaments for Scotland and Wales established
  • NATO bombing campaign expels Serb forces from Kosovo
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2001

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  • Labour win second consecutive election
  • Al-Qaeda attacks on New York (9/11)
  • NATO invasion of Afghanistan and overthrow of the Taliban
  • Race riots in northern towns and cities
49
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2003

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  • Invasion of Iraq by US-led coalition forces (start of the Iraq War)
  • Iain Duncan Smith replaced as Conservative leader by Michael Howard
50
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2004

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  • Publication of the Hutton Report into the Iraq War
  • EU enlargement/expansion sees significant immigration from Eastern Europe
  • Civil partnerships introduced
51
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2005

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  • Third consecutive election victory for Blair and Labour
  • David Cameron becomes Conservative leader
  • 56 people killed by terror attacks in London (7/7)
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2006

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Religious Hatred Act introduced (made it an offence to incite hatred against a person on the grounds of their religion)

53
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2007

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  • Resignation of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown becomes PM

- Growing financial crisis heralded by collapse of Northern Rock

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