Events
18 October 1941: Tim Bell Born1964: Bell's father dies in South Africa1961: Bell's stepfather serves as Mayor or Marylebone1959: Bell's first job at ABC as a chart boy1961: Bell moves into advertising1966: Bell starts at Geers Gross1964/65? Marries Sue14 Sep 1970: Saatchi & Saatchi launches1978: S&S wins Torie account11 Feb 1975: Margaret Thatcher wins Conservative leadership raceAugust 1978: "Labour Isn't Working"17 Jan 1979: Thatcher's "winning" party political broadcast28 March 1979: No Confidence vote in Jim Callaghan4 May 1979: Thatcher wins the general election1980: Bell meets Reagan10 June 1983: Tories win the election, againApril 1984: Bell works as PR strategist on Miners Strike12 October 1984: Brighton Bomb~1985: Bell leaves Saatchi for Lowe Bell1987: Bell heads full-time into PR~1997/8: Bell Pottinger is born1985-6ish? Bell handles advertising for controversial Guiness takeover of Distillers12 June 1987: A third victory for the Conservatives at the polls1985: Bell & the Sultan of Brunei 21988: Bell & Jacques Chirac1988: Bell & Chile / PinochetOctober 1989: John Major made ChancellorNovember 1989: The Berlin Wall starts to fallMarch 1990: Poll Tax riots13 November 1990: Geoffrey Howe resigns20 November 1990: Thatcher wins first round of Tories leadership voting22 November 1990: Thatcher resigns1990s: Bell & De Klerk11 February 1990: Nelson Mandela is released from prison2 February 1990: The ANC is unbanned11 November 1988: Bell's daughter Daisy is born1992: Bell's son Harry is born27 November 1990: John Major is elected leader of the Tories27 April 1994: First democratic vote in South Africa5 March 1991: Bell is knighted1998: Bell is made a life peer, becoming Lord Bell21 March 2006: Twitter is foundedFebruary 2004: Facebook is founded9 April 1992: Tories win UK general election4 November 1980: Ronald Reagan elected US president17 July 1980: Reagan wins Republican nomination1994: Bell represents Conservative MP Neil Hamilton in 'cash-for-questions' scandalJanuary 1995: M&C Saatchi launched21 July 1994: Labour leader John Smith dies of a heart attack2 May 1997: Tony Blair becomes UK Prime Minister25 August 2016: Bell resigns from Bell Pottinger, launches Sans Frontieres1984: Bell & the Sultan of Brunei 11980s: Bell advises the Malaysian PM24 September 1993: Sydney wins bid to host Olympics1988: Bell marries Virginia Hornbrook2012: Bell and his wife Virginia separate18 October 2017: Bell marries his third wife~1991: Bell represents UAE president's lawyers in BCCI scandalJuly 2011: Bell Pottinger represents Rebekah Brooks in phone-hacking scandal1996: Bell advises Boris Yeltstin ahead of Russia election17 June 2013: Pottinger becomes chair of Bell Pottinger's Asia OperationsSeptember 2017: Pottinger resigns as Bell Pottinger Asia splits off12 September 2017: Bell Pottinger goes into administration~1984: Pottinger starts at Good Relations~1954: Piers Pottinger born~1989: Chime Communications born~May 2012: Bell Pottinger bought out from ChimeDecember 2011: Wikileaks editing scandal~3/4 September 2017: James Henderson resignsDecember 2016: Victoria Geoghegan made MD of Bell Pottinger’s financial & corporate divisionApril 2017: Bell Pottinger quits Gupta account6 July 2017: Victoria Geoghegan fired19 November 1977: Bell is arrested for exposing himself16 October 1998: Pinochet arrested in London5 September 2017: PRCA expels Bell Pottinger20 March 2003: Iraq invasion beginsMarch 2004: Bell Pottinger wins pro-democracy Iraq account2009: Bell Pottinger wins Bahrain brief~December 2017: Henderson launches J&H Communications~March 2008: Bell Pottinger wins Belarus briefAugust 2006: Trafigura dumps toxic waste in Abidjan9 November 2016: Donald Trump wins the US election23 June 2016: UK votes YES to Brexit2000: Berezovsky & Litvinenko both flee to the UK1 November 2006: Litvinenko falls suddenly ill23 November 2006: Litvinenko dies~2002: Bell begins working for Berezovsky23 March 2013: Berezovsky is found dead in his home3 July 1996: Yeltsin wins the presidential run-off2006: Bell advises Asma Al-AssadFebruary 2011: Bahrain and the Arab SpringMarch 2011: Asma Al-Assad Vogue profileFebruary 2011: Arab Spring sweeps across MENAMarch 2011: Bell Pottinger suspends Bahrain account during 3-month emergencyMay 2011: BP wins contract with Bahrain's Information Affairs AuthorityJune 2011: BP wins contract with Bahrain's Mumtalakat Holding CompanyJanuary 2012: BP again wins contract with Bahrain's Economic Development BoardMay 2012: BP wins contract with Bahrain's Chamber for Dispute Resolution2014: Bell is retained by Bahrain's Economic Development BoardSeptember 2017: Bahrain's Economic Development Board cancels its contract with BPMay 2007: BP & Iraq 'fake news' briefJune 2011: BP & Libya2011: BP & Yemen contract ends~2010: BP begins working with the Mubarak regime in EgyptFebruary 2007: Trafigura hires BP14 February 2013: Oscar Pistorius fatally shoots and kills Reeva Steenkamp~April 2013: BP work sfor Oscar Pistorius5 October 1988: Augusto Pinochet is ousted in Chile Yes/No Referendum1973: Augusto Pinochet comes to power in Chile in a coup14 December 1989: Chile votes in Patricio Aylwin1989: Bell advises Chile's right ahead of vote16 October 1998: Pinochet is arrested in LondonMarch 2000: Pinochet releasedPeriods
1953 - 1959: Bell attends Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, BarnetFalklands WarMarch 1984 - 5: Miners StrikeAug 1990 - Feb 1991: First Gulf WarDeepwater Horizon spillChilean Mining Crisis
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