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

3Records
1966–2000Date range
2Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1966

Harold Wilson1966

Aberfan · Government / Labour Party Government

Visits Aberfan where a collapsed pit mound killed 116 schoolchildren at their school

Harold Wilson1966

Scilly Isles · Government / Labour Party Government

Visits the Isles of Scilly to lead clean up the oil spillage from the Torrey Canyon

2000

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair17 October 2000

Hatfield · Government / Labour Party Government

Hatfield train crash, leads to very restrictive speed limits

Names involved

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairHarold Wilson

Provenance

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