The Making of Modern Britan
Category: History
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Churchill elected 1951Eden Elected 1955Macmilllan elected 1957Douglas-Home elected 1963Wilson elected 1964Heath elected 1970Wilson elected (pt2) 1974Callaghan becomes PM 1976ThatcherMajor elected 1990BlairMacmillan re-elected in
1959 electionBeginning of Satire
1960Mods vs Rockers
riots 1964Nationalisation of Iron and Steel 1951Steel and Transport de-nationalised 1953Festival of Britain 1951327,000 homes were builtMau Mau rebellion in Kenya 1952Launch of ITV as rival
to BBC 1955Suez crisis 1956EEC formed (without Britain) 1957Ghana and Malaya
become independent
1957CND formed 1958Notting-hill riots 1958Winds of Change speech 1960EFTA created 1960End of National Service 1960Night of the Long Knives 1962Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962'That was the week that was' launchedDe Gaulle vetoes the Uk's EEC application
1963Death Penalty Abolished 1965Had to resort to Devaluation 1967Sexual Offences act 1967Rivers Of Blood speech 1967Open University started 1969Equal Opportunities actDecimilisation of poundDivorce Laws reformBloody Sunday in Derry 1972Britain let into EEC 1973Sunningdale Agreement Ireland 1973Three day week implemented 1974Collapse of Sunningdale Agreement 1974heath replaced by thatcher as
conservative leaderSex discrimination act passed 1975Winter of Discontent 1978devolution referrendums
for scotland and wales
(the noes had it)Rab Butler's Give Away budget 1955NHS founded 1948Beveridge Report 1942Atlee Elected 1945Bank of England 1946National Insurance Act 1948Industrial Industries Act 1948Clean Air Act 1956Homicide Act 1957Wolfenden Commission 1957Gaitskell becomes leader of
Labour party [in] oppositionEqual pay for teachers 1952Equal pay for civil servants 1954Gambia gains independence
1965Schuman Plan 1950Messina Talks 1955Britain tests it's 1st atomic bomb 1952Britain tests it's 1st H-bomb 1957Britain abandons 'Blue Streak'
in favour of US 'Polaris Sub system'
1960Wilson [in opposition]'s White Heat SpeechSterling Crisis 1966Castle's 'In Place of Strife' published 1969BBC Radio 1 is launched 1967BBC 2 launched 1964Yuri Gagarin
in space 1961The Pill introduced (+ free on NHS) 1961Concorde created 1964Post Office Tower
opened 1965Man on moon 1969Made in Daghenam strikes 1968Feminine Mystique published 1963Women's National Coordination
Committe founded 1969Matrimonial property act 1970Wooton Report 1968 (drugs)Beetlemania beginsSubmitted 2nd EEC application
1966De Gaulle vetoes UK application again 1967Race Relations Act 1965Race Relations Act 1968Commonwealth immigration act 1968Britain announces the pull of forces "East of Suez"Industrial Relations Act 19711972 Miner's strikeThe Industry Act 1972Immigration Act 1971National Enterprise Board 19751976 Healey asks IMF for £3 billion loanPolice Act 1976Housing Act 1977Lib-Lab PactDirty protests beganEqual Pay Act 1970Employment Protectiion Act 19751st International Women's Day 1977'Battle of the Sexes' match 19731970 Miss World contest1976 Race Relations ActNational Front founded 1967National Front hate marches 1977'Rock Against Racism'Punk movement startsThe Ecology Party forms 1975Balance of Payments crisis 1961Bevanite Quarrel [begins]Frank Cousins becomes
leader of TGWU (a member of labour)The Department of Economic Affairs
created 1964 [-1969]Callaghan's Prices and Incomes
Policy 1966roy jenkins replaces callaghan as chancellor
begins to improve economy with deflationary methodsSeamen and Dockers strikes began 1966Majority of troops had been pulled from Aden,
Singapore, and Malaysia by 1971Ian Smith [Rhodesia]
declares UDI from Britain 1965Wilson + Smith meet on HMS tiger 1966Wilson + Smith met on
HMS fearless 1968Beginning of Troubles: Catholic
civil rights protestors were
charged by loyalist police 1968Battle of Bogside 1969Dangerous Drugs Act 1967Mary Whitehouse began campaign
against sex/nudity on TV 1964Abortion Act 1967Comprehensivisation
of schools 1965UK awarded 'People's Friendship
Envoy' from China 19741973 Oil CrisisInternment introduced in IrelandDirect Rule is brought in to Ireland1970 = year of European ConservationSpecial Catagory Status removed 1976Social Contract agreedAnimal Liberation Front began
using extreme violence in protestWilson held referendum over staying
in EEC - showed divisions in partyBlanket protests began'Gang of Four' formed the SDPBeginning of Hunger Strikes 1980Brighton Bombing 1984Anglo-Irish Agreement reached 1985Loan Guarantee Scheme 1981Enterprise Allowance Scheme 1982/3British Gas Privatised 1986British Telecom Privatised 1984Thatcher Re-elected 1983Thatcher Re-elected 19871984-85 Miners StrikePoll Tax announced 1988Greenham Women protest 1981Argentina Invades the Falklands 1982Falklands War ends 1982 UK victoryWestland Affair 1985-86Reagan deploys missiles in Greenham
(special relationship)Started a mutual disarmament
process with Gorbachev
and Reagan (cold war)Neil Kinnock elected as leader
of labour opposition 1983Michael Foot elected as leader
of labour opposition 1980Major Re-elected 1992Neil Kinnock's Americanised
Sheffield RallyBlack Wednesday 19921991 Citizens CharterCoal Industry Privatised 1994Railway Industry Privatised 1996PFI's Introduced31 pit closuresDowning Street Bombings 1991Downing Street Declaration1994 CeasefireIRA broke ceasefire -
with a number of
bombings 1996-98Mitchell Report 1996Broadcast Ban was happeningMajor calls leadership contest 1995Major calls [some of]
his cabinet "The Bastards"1994 Blair becomes leader
of the opposition
[New Labour]First female speaker of the house
and head of MI51992 rape within marriage
became a criminal offenceRiot Grrrl culture
began 1991First AIDS case in UK,
media portrayed as
"gay plague" 1981"Don't die of ignorance" TV campaign 1987Section 28 was introduced 1988Spice Girls debuted
and skyrocketed.
"girl power" mantraBritpop was dominatingCriminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994Maastrict Treaty
[established EU]Gulf War endsSrebrenica massacre 1995
[of Bosnian War]Dayton Agreement signed 1995[Major???] Britain hands Hong Kong
over to ChinaDevolution in Scotland and
Wales but actually this time
1998Greater London Authority Act
1999House of Lords Reforms 1999Changes to Electoral System 1999Labour's 'New Deal' 1998Winter fuel allowance 1997National Minimum Wage Act 1998Human RIghts Act 1998[Blair???] Jobseeker's allowance 1996Freedom of Information Act 2000Child Tax Credit 2002Working Families Tax Credit 1999Sure Start starts 1998
[Education Education Education]Education Maintenance Allowance 2004Good Friday Agreement established 1998Omagh Bombing 1998Launch of the Euro 1999Expansion of EU from 15-25 statesExpansion of EU
from 25-27 statesIraq War 2003UK's Eu presidencyTreaty of Nice 2001The Euro DebateThe Social ChapterSex Discrimination [for election candidates] Act101 female labour MP's electedThe 'Cool Britannia' PartyKostovo ConflictSierra Leone ConflictAfghanistan Conflict [began]The Warwick Agreement 20047/7 Terrorist Attacks
London Underground Bombing 2005Terrorism Act 2006National Identity Card Act 2006New
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eventResignation of BlairPeriods
EdenMacmillanDouglas-HomeWilsonHeathWilson pt 2CallaghanThatcherMajorBlairChurchillProfumo Affair 61-63Post War ConsensusConsumerism improved women's livesAge of Affluence (and stop-go economics)The Swinging 60s/Permissive SocietyThatcher's Monaterism PolicyFocused instead on Privatisation and DeregulationAn example of a time spanAn example of a time spanAn example of a time spanAn example of a time span
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