London imposes direct rule
1972 · Event
After fifty years of one-party unionist government, London suspends the Stormont parliament and rules Northern Ireland directly from Westminster. Intended as temporary, direct rule lasts most of the next three decades; the search for a power-sharing replacement is essentially the peace process.
On these timelines: The Troubles, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (combined), Master
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- Mountbatten and Warrenpoint (1979)
- Operation Demetrius (internment) (1971)
- The Birmingham pub bombings (1974)
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- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Prague Spring (1968)
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- Birth of hip-hop (1973)