Making of Modern Britan Key dates Flashcards
When was the Oil-price crisis and resulting energy shortages?
1973
When did British currency decimalised come into force?
1971
When was Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) granted independence?
1980
When did Eden become PM?
1955
When did the Profumo Scandal occur?
1963
When did Alec Douglas-Home become Prime Minister?
1963
When was Industrial Unrest - Winter of Discontent from?
1978 November - 1979 February
When did Britain agree to withdraw troops from Egypt?
1954
When was Britain’s 1st attempt to join the EEC?
1961
When was the Festival of Britan?
1951
When did Wilson become PM?
1964
When was the “Rivers of Blood” speech made by Enoch Powell against mass immigration?
1968
When did Heath become PM?
1970
When was “Bloody Sunday” in Derry?
1972
When did Churchill become PM?
1951
When was the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya?
1952
When was the serious anti-immigration riot in Notting Hill?
1958
When was Devolution for Scotland and Wales rejected in referendums?
1979
When was the coronation of Queen Elizabeth?
1953
When was the EEC referendum and subsequent 2:1 majority for “yes”?
1975
When did Wilson become PM for the 2nd time?
1974
When did Wilson increase labour’s majority in a general election?
1966
When did Eden resign as PM?
1957
When did the “Troubles” begin in Ireland?
1969
When was Britan’s 1st EEC application blocked by de Gaulle?
1963
When was the death penalty abolished?
1965
When was the pound devalued for the 1st time under Wilson?
1967
When did the Sunningdale Agreement collapse?
1974
Macmillan’s ruthless cabinet reshuffled the “Night of the Long Knives”?
1962
When did Macmillan become PM?
1957
When did the Suez crisis cause the financial crisis?
1956
When was Kenyan independence granted?
1963
When did Wilson resign after ten years of leadership (like he promised he would) and was replaced by Jim Callaghan?
1976
When was the “Winds of Change” speech made by Macmillan?
1960
When was the Suez crisis?
1956
When was British accepted into EEC (alongside Ireland and Denmark)?
1973
When was the Divorce Reform Act passed?
1969
When was Heath replaced as Conservative leader by Margaret Thatcher?
1975
When did Britain test its first atomic bomb?
1952
When was military spending in Suez cut?
1967
When did ITV launch to rival BBC?
1955
When was the equal pay act passed (by Labour)?
1970
When was the liberalisation of laws against abortion and homosexuality
1967
When did unemployment reach above 1 million for the first time since the 1930s?
1972
When did Britan opt out of having a leadership position in the EEC?
1955
When was the three day week imposed?
1973
When was the Conservative victory in election of Macmillan against Gaitskell?
1959
When was the voting age reduced to 18?
1969
When was the Sunningdale Agreement - power-sharing in Northern Ireland?
1973
