dec 18, 1974 - Margaret Thatcher becomes Britains first female prime minister and the first to serve three successive terms.
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Margaret Thatcher was the longest serving prime minister in more than 150 years securing three election victories in 1979 1983 and 1987. Famed for her tough uncompromising style she privatised statecontrolled industries curbed union power and secured victory in the Falklands War. Eventually weakened by the Poll Tax she resigned after failing to emphatically see off a leadership challenge.
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