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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1976 | - 1976—1981:
SA - The homelands of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei are separated from South Africa and established as independent states.
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| 2 | 1980 | - 5 May 1980—5 May 1980:
SAS storm Iranian Embassy in London to free hostages
- 8 Dec 1980—8 Dec 1980:
John Lennon assassinated in New York
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| 3 | 1981 | - 25 Jan 1981—25 Jan 1981:
Launch of SDP by 'Gang of Four' in Britain
- 29 Mar 1981—29 Mar 1981:
First London marathon run
- 11 Apr 1981—11 Apr 1981:
Brixton riots in South London - 30 other British cities also experience riots
- 25 Apr 1981—25 Apr 1981:
Worst April blizzards this century in Britain
- 27 Apr 1981—27 Apr 1981:
First use of computer mouse (by Xerox PARC system)
- 29 Jul 1981—29 Jul 1981:
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (divorced 28 Aug 1996)
- 12 Aug 1981—12 Aug 1981:
IBM launches the first PC
- 12 Aug 1981—12 Aug 1981:
IBM launches its PC ? starts the general use of personal computers
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| 4 | 1982 | - 1982—1982:
SA - Falklands War
- 26 Jan 1982—26 Jan 1982:
Unemployment reached 3 million in Britain (1 in 8 of working population)
- 5 Feb 1982—5 Feb 1982:
Laker Airways collapses
- 19 Feb 1982—19 Feb 1982:
DeLorean Car factory in Belfast goes into receivership
- 18 Mar 1982—18 Mar 1982:
Argentinians raised flag in South Georgia
- 2 Apr 1982—2 Apr 1982:
Argentina invades Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
- 5 Apr 1982—5 Apr 1982:
Royal Navy fleet sails from Portsmouth for Falklands
- 2 May 1982—2 May 1982:
British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks Argentine cruiser General
Belgrano
- 28 May 1982—28 May 1982:
First land battle in Falklands (Goose Green)
- 14 Jun 1982—14 Jun 1982:
Ceasefire in Falklands
- 21 Jun 1982—21 Jun 1982:
Prince William is born
- 20 Jul 1982—20 Jul 1982:
IRA bombings in London (Hyde Park and Regents Park)
- 19 Sep 1982—19 Sep 1982:
Smiley emoticon :-) said to have been used for the first time
- 11 Oct 1982—11 Oct 1982:
Mary Rose' raised in the Solent (sank in 1545)
- 31 Oct 1982—31 Oct 1982:
Thames Barrier raised for first time (some say first public demonstration Nov 7)
- 2 Nov 1982—2 Nov 1982:
Channel 4 TV station launched - first programme 'Countdown'
- 4 Nov 1982—4 Nov 1982:
Lorries up to 38 tonnes allowed on Britain's roads
- 12 Dec 1982—12 Dec 1982:
Women's peace protest at Greenham Common (Cruise missiles arrived 14 Nov
1983)
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| 5 | 1983 | - 1983—1983:
First female Lord Mayor of London elected (Dame Mary Donaldson)
- 17 Jan 1983—17 Jan 1983:
Start of breakfast TV in Britain
- 31 Jan 1983—31 Jan 1983:
Seat belt law comes into force
- 21 Apr 1983—21 Apr 1983:
?1 coin into circulation in Britain
- 7 Oct 1983—7 Oct 1983:
Plans to abolish GLC announced
- 26 Nov 1983—26 Nov 1983:
Brinks Mat robbery: 6,800 gold bars worth nearly ?26 million are stolen from a
vault at Heathrow Airport
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| 6 | 1984 | - 1984—1984:
SA - Coloureds and Asians given the vote.
- 6 Mar 1984—6 Mar 1984:
Miners strike begins
- 17 Apr 1984—17 Apr 1984:
Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher killed by gunfire from the Libyan Embassy in
London
- 22 Jun 1984—22 Jun 1984:
Inaugural flight of Virgin Atlantic
- 9 Jul 1984—9 Jul 1984:
York Minster struck by lightning - the resulting fire damaged much of the building
but the Rose Window' not affected
- 12 Oct 1984—12 Oct 1984:
IRA bomb explodes at Tory conference hotel in Brighton - 4 killed
- 24 Oct 1984—24 Oct 1984:
Miners' strike ? High Court orders sequestration of NUM assets
- 3 Dec 1984—3 Dec 1984:
British Telecom privatised - shares make massive gains on first day's trading
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| 7 | 1985 | - 3 Mar 1985—3 Mar 1985:
Miners agree to call off strike
- 11 Mar 1985—11 Mar 1985:
Al Fayed buys Harrods
- 13 Jul 1985—13 Jul 1985:
Live Aid' pop concert raises over ?50M for famine relief
- 1 Sep 1985—1 Sep 1985:
Wreck of Titanic' found (sank 1912)
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| 8 | 1986 | - 31 Mar 1986—31 Mar 1986:
GLC and 6 metropolitan councils abolished
- 26 Apr 1986—26 Apr 1986:
Chernobyl nuclear accident - radiation reached Britain on 2 Ma
- 26 May 1986—26 May 1986:
The European Community adopts the European flag
- 23 Jul 1986—23 Jul 1986:
Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey
- 27 Oct 1986—27 Oct 1986:
'Big Bang' (deregulation) of the London Stock Market
- 29 Oct 1986—29 Oct 1986:
M25 motorway ring around London completed
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| 9 | 1987 | - 1987—1987:
World population crossed the 5 billion mark
- 2 Feb 1987—2 Feb 1987:
Terry Waite kidnapped in Beirut (released 17 Nov 1991)
- 6 Mar 1987—6 Mar 1987:
Car ferry Herald of Free Enterprise' capsizes off Zeebrugge - 188 die
- 1 Jul 1987—1 Jul 1987:
Excavation begins on the Channel Tunnel
- 19 Aug 1987—19 Aug 1987:
Hungerford Massacre - Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a rifle
- 16 Oct 1987—16 Oct 1987:
The 'Hurricane' sweeps southern England
- 19 Oct 1987—19 Oct 1987:
'Black Monday' in the City of London - Stock Market crash
- 8 Nov 1987—8 Nov 1987:
Enniskillen bombing at a Remembrance Day ceremony
- 18 Nov 1987—18 Nov 1987:
King's Cross fire in London - 31 people die
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| 10 | 1988 | - 5 Feb 1988—5 Feb 1988:
First 'Red Nose Day' in UK, raising money for charity
- 6 Jul 1988—6 Jul 1988:
Piper Alpha disaster - North Sea oil platform destroyed by explosion and fire
killing 167 men
- 15 Nov 1988—15 Nov 1988:
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act - reformulated the statutory basis of
copyright law (including performing rights) in the UK
- 12 Dec 1988—12 Dec 1988:
Clapham Junction rail crash kills 35 and injures hundreds after two collisions of
three commuter trains
- 21 Dec 1988—21 Dec 1988:
Lockerbie disaster - Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Scotland
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| 11 | 1989 | - 1989—1989:
Poll Tax implemented in Scotland
- 14 Feb 1989—14 Feb 1989:
The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is placed into orbit
- 2 Mar 1989—2 Mar 1989:
EU decision to ban production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of
the century
- 9 Nov 1989—9 Nov 1989:
Berlin Wall torn down
- 21 Nov 1989—21 Nov 1989:
Proceedings of House of Commons first televised live
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| 12 | 1990 | - 1990—1990:
SA - The start of repealing of apartheid laws.
- 11 Feb 1990—11 Feb 1990:
Nelson Mandela released in South Africa
- 31 Mar 1990—31 Mar 1990:
Riots in London against Poll Tax which had been implemented in England &
Wales
- 25 Apr 1990—25 Apr 1990:
Hubble space telescope launched
- 22 Nov 1990—22 Nov 1990:
Margaret Thatcher resigns as Conservative party leader (and Prime Minister)
- 1 Dec 1990—1 Dec 1990:
Channel Tunnel excavation teams meet in the middle
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| 13 | 1991 | - 1991—1991:
Poll Tax replaced (by Council Tax)
- 1991—1991:
The 'Internet' comes into existence
- 1991—1991:
SA - Gulf War
- 18 May 1991—18 May 1991:
Helen Sharman is first British Astronaut in Space
- Aug 1991—Aug 1991:
Collapse of the Soviet Union
- 6 Sep 1991—6 Sep 1991:
Leningrad renamed St Petersburg
- 5 Nov 1991—5 Nov 1991:
Robert Maxwell drowns at sea
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| 14 | 1992 | - 7 Feb 1992—7 Feb 1992:
European Union formed by The Maastricht Treaty
- 22 Apr 1992—22 Apr 1992:
Betty Boothroyd elected as first female Speaker of the House of Commons
- 15 Aug 1992—15 Aug 1992:
Football Premier League kicks off in England
- 16 Sep 1992—16 Sep 1992:
'Black Wednesday' as Pound leaves the ERM
- 20 Nov 1992—20 Nov 1992:
Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle causing over ?50 million worth of damage
- 24 Nov 1992—24 Nov 1992:
The Queen describes this year as an 'Annus Horribilis'
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