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Demonstrations

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

5Records
1967–2003Date range
2Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1967

Harold Wilson10 February 1967

Government / Labour Party Government

A curfew is imposed in Aden after nationalist riots

1968

Harold Wilson27 October 1968

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Anti War demonstrations are held in London

1969

Harold Wilson14 August 1969

Belfast · Government / Labour Party Government

Rioting besets Belfast for three days, 8 Catholics are killed and two hundred thirty-six people wounded, the British sent in the army in an effort to keep order in Northern Ireland

Harold Wilson14 August 1969

Londonderry · Government / Labour Party Government

Sends in the Army after a peaceful civil rights demonstration which is broken

2003

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairFebruary 2003

Government / Labour Party Government

Nationwide demonstrations against war in Iraq

Names involved

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairHarold Wilson

Provenance

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