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   Date  Event(s)
1 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)
2 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
3 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
4 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)
5 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
6 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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