Margaret Hilda Thatcher Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Employment Act

Employment Act 1980 restricts closed shop practices and changes trade union law

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Housing Act

Housing Act 1980 expands right to buy council housing and changes public sector housing policy

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Coal Subsidy Legislation

Margaret Thatcher's government sought to reduce financial support for the state coal industry under the Coal Industry Act.

Cabinet

Pym becomes leader of the Commons, Nott Defence Secretary & Britain Chief Sec

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Prime Minister of Great Britain

St John Stevas & Maude leave the Government

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Strike

Thatchers Conservative Government withdraws plans to close 23 pits in its first major u-turn since coming to power 2 years ago

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Strike

Miners vote in favour of a 9.3 per cent pay rise

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Demonstrations

!st day of a weekend of riots in Brixton. Lord Scarman is later appointed to review the causes of the riots

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Demonstrations

Moss Side in Manchester experiences its first of 2 days disorder

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Demonstrations

Visits Liverpool and drives through the scene of the riots in Toxteth

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Humber Bridge

Humbar Estuary Bridge, worlds longest span, 1.4 km, opens

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Toxteth Riots

Her government faces major unrest in Toxteth during inner-city riots.

Role range: 1979-1990

Cabinet

Lawson, Tebbit & Parkinson join the Cabinet & Prior becomes the Northern Ireland Sec

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Resignation of Gilmour, Carlisle & Soames

Gilmour, Carlisle & Soames leave the Government

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Commonwealth

Arrives in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Conference

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Conference of Commonwealth

Arrives in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Conference

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Congratulates Reagan on his election victory & invites him to Britain for

Congratulates Reagan on his election victory & invites him to Britain for discussions

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Election

Congratulates Reagan on his election victory & invites him to Britain for discussions

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

International Agreement at London

Agrees with Garret FiitzGerald to establish an Anglo-Irish inter-Governmental Council

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Demonstrations

Visits Brixton Police Station

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Privatization

Cable & Wireless is sold for œ224 million

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Trident II D5

Thatcher considers replacing the earlier Trident C4 plan with the more capable Trident II D5 system

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

British Nationality Act

British Nationality Act 1981 restructures British citizenship and nationality categories

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Supreme Court Act

Supreme Court Act 1981 consolidates law on the Supreme Court of Judicature

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Wildlife and Countryside Act

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 strengthens nature conservation and countryside protections

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990

Coal Closure Retreat

The government withdrew from an immediate confrontation over proposed mine closures after miners threatened nationwide action.

NCB Closure Controversy

Proposed pit closures provoked a threat of industrial action and the government stepped back from immediate confrontation.

Diplomatic Mission at London

The British Ambassador of Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant shipshant Constantino Davidoff

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Argentine Invasion of Falklands

Thatcher in a private letter to a Conservative Party activist makes clear that she regards the Royal Marine presence in Stanley as sufficient to prevent an Argentine invasion

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia

Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Invasion of South Georgia

Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Argentine Invasion of Falklands

Thatcher confirms the retirement of HMS Endurance

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

HMS Endurance Decision

Confirms the planned withdrawal of HMS Endurance.

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Foreign Policy Statement at London

The Argentine Foreign Minister says that Argentina reserves the right to employ other means if Britain keeps refusing to cede sovereignty

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Argentine Invasion of Falklands

MP Julian Amery asks if all necessary steps are in hand to ensure the protection of the Islands against unexpected attack but receives an evasive reply

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Argentine Invasion of Falklands

Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington refuses to send a submarine to patrol off the Islands and South Georgia

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Argentine Invasion of Falklands

Hercules aircraft operated by Argentine military airline LADE,on a mail run to an Antarctic base, lands at Stanley Airport, falsely claiming a fuel leak, and carrying senior Argentine officers who survey Stanley

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Argentine Invasion of Falklands

Thatcher asks the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence for contingency plans in case of an Argentine blockade or invasion of the Islands

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Contingency Planning

Requests contingency plans for a possible Argentine blockade or invasion.

Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990

Purchase of Trident II

Thatcher receives American confirmation that Britain can modernize its nuclear deterrent with Trident II

Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990