Winter of Discontent
1978–1979 · Event
Wave of public-sector strikes in 1978-79; rubbish piles up; helps Thatcher to power in May 1979.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), England
Around 1978
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)