Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
1979 · Event
Margaret Thatcher wins 1979 election; first woman PM; begins eleven years of Conservative dominance.
On these timelines: England, Women in history, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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- Magna Carta (1215)
- English Civil War (1642)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Glorious Revolution (1688)
- English Bill of Rights (1689)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
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- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
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- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Dancing Queen (ABBA) (1976)
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