Making of Modern Britan Key dates

Question 1

When was the Oil-price crisis and resulting energy shortages?

Answer 1

1973

Question 2

When did British currency decimalised come into force?

Answer 2

1971

Question 3

When was Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) granted independence?

Answer 3

1980

Question 4

When did Eden become PM?

Answer 4

1955

Question 5

When did the Profumo Scandal occur?

Answer 5

1963

Question 6

When did Alec Douglas-Home become Prime Minister?

Answer 6

1963

Question 7

When was Industrial Unrest - Winter of Discontent from?

Answer 7

1978 November - 1979 February

Question 8

When did Britain agree to withdraw troops from Egypt?

Answer 8

1954

Question 9

When was Britain’s 1st attempt to join the EEC?

Answer 9

1961

Question 10

When was the Festival of Britan?

Answer 10

1951

Question 11

When did Wilson become PM?

Answer 11

1964

Question 12

When was the “Rivers of Blood” speech made by Enoch Powell against mass immigration?

Answer 12

1968

Question 13

When did Heath become PM?

Answer 13

1970

Question 14

When was “Bloody Sunday” in Derry?

Answer 14

1972

Question 15

When did Churchill become PM?

Answer 15

1951

Question 16

When was the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya?

Answer 16

1952

Question 17

When was the serious anti-immigration riot in Notting Hill?

Answer 17

1958

Question 18

When was Devolution for Scotland and Wales rejected in referendums?

Answer 18

1979

Question 19

When was the coronation of Queen Elizabeth?

Answer 19

1953

Question 20

When was the EEC referendum and subsequent 2:1 majority for “yes”?

Answer 20

1975

Question 21

When did Wilson become PM for the 2nd time?

Answer 21

1974

Question 22

When did Wilson increase labour’s majority in a general election?

Answer 22

1966

Question 23

When did Eden resign as PM?

Answer 23

1957

Question 24

When did the “Troubles” begin in Ireland?

Answer 24

1969

Question 25

When was Britan’s 1st EEC application blocked by de Gaulle?

Answer 25

1963

Question 26

When was the death penalty abolished?

Answer 26

1965

Question 27

When was the pound devalued for the 1st time under Wilson?

Answer 27

1967

Question 28

When did the Sunningdale Agreement collapse?

Answer 28

1974

Question 29

Macmillan’s ruthless cabinet reshuffled the “Night of the Long Knives”?

Answer 29

1962

Question 30

When did Macmillan become PM?

Answer 30

1957

Question 31

When did the Suez crisis cause the financial crisis?

Answer 31

1956

Question 32

When was Kenyan independence granted?

Answer 32

1963

Question 33

When did Wilson resign after ten years of leadership (like he promised he would) and was replaced by Jim Callaghan?

Answer 33

1976

Question 34

When was the “Winds of Change” speech made by Macmillan?

Answer 34

1960

Question 35

When was the Suez crisis?

Answer 35

1956

Question 36

When was British accepted into EEC (alongside Ireland and Denmark)?

Answer 36

1973

Question 37

When was the Divorce Reform Act passed?

Answer 37

1969

Question 38

When was Heath replaced as Conservative leader by Margaret Thatcher?

Answer 38

1975

Question 39

When did Britain test its first atomic bomb?

Answer 39

1952

Question 40

When was military spending in Suez cut?

Answer 40

1967

Question 41

When did ITV launch to rival BBC?

Answer 41

1955

Question 42

When was the equal pay act passed (by Labour)?

Answer 42

1970

Question 43

When was the liberalisation of laws against abortion and homosexuality

Answer 43

1967

Question 44

When did unemployment reach above 1 million for the first time since the 1930s?

Answer 44

1972

Question 45

When did Britan opt out of having a leadership position in the EEC?

Answer 45

1955

Question 46

When was the three day week imposed?

Answer 46

1973

Question 47

When was the Conservative victory in election of Macmillan against Gaitskell?

Answer 47

1959

Question 48

When was the voting age reduced to 18?

Answer 48

1969

Question 49

When was the Sunningdale Agreement - power-sharing in Northern Ireland?

Answer 49

1973