Timeline Of Key Events Flashcards
When did food rationing end?
1954
When did the troubles in Northern Ireland begin?
1969
When was Enoch Powel’s river of blood speech?
1967
When was Britain’s first atomic bomb test?
1952
When was the EEC first formed without Britain?
EEC was first formed in 1956 without Britain
When was the Profumo affair?
The Profumo scandal took place in 1963
When was the CND first formed?
CND was formed in 1958
When were the Notting hill riots?
1958
Who won the 1951 election?
Churchill under the conservatives. Churchill had returned as a war hero
Who won the 1955 election? Who was the party leader?
Conservatives
Anthony Eden
Who won the 1959 election?
Conservatives under Macmillan
When was The start of the Rhodesia crisis?
1964
When was the suez crisis?
Who’s government was this under?
1956
Anthony Eden
Eden’s decision to take military action
When was Barbera Castle’s In Place of Strife proposed?
1969
What percentage of people supported Enoch Powel?
75% of the population
When did the Vietnam war begin?
1955
There were…….oil fields production by……
9
1978
When was the Korean War?
How many soldiers did Britain send?
1950 - 1953
90, 000
When did Britain join the EEC?
1973
In what election did Enoch Powel urge voters to vote labour?
Why was this significant to their defeat?
1974
He was sabotaging his own party - clear divisions
75% of the population supported his Rivers of blood speech
When is said to be the bloodiest year during the troubles in Northern Ireland?
How many explosions and deaths were there?
1972
The British embassy in Dublin was burned down
1, 382 explosions
480 deaths
When was the birth control pill available on the NHS?
1971
When did the TUC publish the charter, equality for women within trade unions?
1979
When was the birth control pill available on the NHS?
1971
