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Nationalization

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1926–1994Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1926

Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st1926

Government / Conservative Party Government

The Samuel Report rejects nationalization of the mines & recommends a cut in wages

1956

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st26 July 1956

Suez Canal · Government / Conservative Party Government

Nasser announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, which operated the vital trade route to the east, in which British banks & business held a 44% stake

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st1956

Suez Canal · Government / Conservative Party Government

Eden compares Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal with the nationalism of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler 20 yrs earlier

1981

Nigel Lawson1981

Government / Conservative Party Government

Prepares for a national coal strike over the closure of pits

1994

John Roy Major1994

Government / Conservative Party Government

Railtrack is created as a monopoly owner of the railway infrastructure

Names involved

John Roy MajorNigel LawsonRobert Anthony Eden Avon, 1stStanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st

Provenance

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