9 January 1986CrisisMargaret Hilda Thatcher
Michael Heseltine resigns as a result of the Westland Helicopter crisis
Historical records for Great Britain in 1986, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Michael Heseltine resigns as a result of the Westland Helicopter crisis
Announces his resignation after walking out of a Cabinet meeting during the Westland dispute.
Heseltine's Cabinet resignation becomes a major political consequence of the Westland dispute.
Michael Heseltine resigns from Cabinet during the Westland crisis
Resigns from the Cabinet during the Westland helicopter crisis.
Michael Heseltine resigns as Secretary of State for Defence during the Westland helicopter crisis.
Mitterand & Thatcher agree to undertake the Channel building project
Wins the South Down by-election after Unionist MPs resign their seats to campaign against the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Resigns over the Westland Affair
Resigns over the Westland Affair
Resigns over the Westland Affair
Leon Brittan resigns
Sings on Seventh Star, originally planned as a Tony Iommi solo project.
The Channel Tunnel Treaty with France is signed
Signs the Single European Act expanding European integration and single market commitments.
Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain
Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain
Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain
Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain
Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain
Today becomes the 1st national daily to carry colour pictures
Speaks in a Commons debate on the European Community while continuing his long-standing opposition to supranational European integration.
Death of Ray Milland
Agrees to President Reagan's request to use US aircraft based in Britain to bomb Libya. Agreed due to US support in the Falklands & Article 51 of the United Nations Treaty
The US confirms that it will be using British bases to bomb Libya. Carried out by 16 F1-11s based in the UK on 5 terrorist targets
The US uses Britain as a base to launch an 11 minute attack on Gadaffis HQ in Tripoli
Becomes Rangers player-manager and begins a major rebuilding of the club.
3-6 May, attends the Tokyo G7 summit
Wins the League and FA Cup Double in his first season as Liverpool player-manager.
Appointed Secretary of State for the Environment
Sings on Invisible Touch, the band's most commercially successful studio album.
Releases Every Beat of My Heart, including a title song reflecting Scottish family roots.
Attends an EC summit & opposes sanctions against South Africa
Attends an EC summit & opposes sanctions against South Africa
Stars as Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth and contributes songs to the film soundtrack.
Scores six goals for England and finishes as Mexico 1986's leading marksman.
Birmingham hosts its first Formula 3000 street race on roads near the city centre.
Appointed Minister of Social Security
Cruithne is discovered by Duncan Waldron on a photographic plate taken with the UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, Australia. Cruithne and Earth appear to "follow" each other in their paths around the Sun, this is why Cruithne is sometimes called "Earths second moon", however, it does not orbit the Earth and is not a moon
Dave Gilmour appears on The Tube to help promote Pete Townshends Double O Charity
Begins 7 day Royal visit to China at Peking
London securities markets implement major reforms removing fixed commissions and traditional ownership restrictions.
Appointed Manager of Manchester United
A press statement is issued stating that Pink Floyd intend to continue using the name without Roger Waters and are recording their next album
A press statement is issued stating that Pink Floyd intend to continue using the name without Roger Waters and are recording their next album
The Kinks release Think Visual.
Death of Cary Grant
British Gas shares begin trading after a large public privatisation offer.
Appears in A Room With A View
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Hannah and Her Sisters
Hoyle received the ADION Medal for his astronomical work.
Releases Always the Sun, one of the band's most enduring later singles.
Starmer completes postgraduate legal studies at the University of Oxford.
Strummer collaborates with ex-bandmate Mick Jones on BADs second album, No. 10 Upping St., co-producing the album and co-writing seven of its songs. For Big Audio Dynamites second album, No. 10 Upping St., Jones reunited with Strummer, together, the two write several songs on the album, including "Beyond the Pale", "V. Thirteen", and "Sightsee M.C."; Strummer also co-produces the album
For Big Audio Dynamites second album, No. 10 Upping St., Jones reunited with Strummer, together, the two write several songs on the album, including "Beyond the Pale", "V. Thirteen", and "Sightsee M.C."; Strummer also co-produces the album
Strummer collaborates with ex-bandmate Mick Jones on BADs second album, No. 10 Upping St., co-producing the album and co-writing seven of its songs
Gabriel achieves his greatest popularity with th So album, highlights being "Sledgehammer" (a #1 smash in the US, knocking Genesiss Invisible Touch off of the top spot), "Big Time" & "Dont Give Up" with Kate Bush
Winner of the Booker Prize
Cuts basic rate of income tax by 1 penny.
Introduces Personal Equity Plans to encourage personal investment.
Introduces a bold scheme to turn Britain into a nation of share-owners, the most generous package ever for charities and a series of tax changes targeted on average earners.
Resumes the reduction of the standard rate of personal Income Tax from the 30% rate to which it had been lowered in Sir Geoffrey Howes 1979 budget.
Nigel Lawson presents the 1986 Budget to the House of Commons as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The 1986 Budget under Nigel Lawson sets out the Government's taxation, expenditure and borrowing plans.
Appears in Derek Jarman's Caravaggio, beginning a long creative association with the filmmaker.
The Clash effectively disband in early 1986
The Clash effectively disband in early 1986
Releases the studio album Cocker.
Organizes the conference prior to the 1987 election victory
Contributes keyboards and composition to Domino, the extended piece on Invisible Touch.
Gabriel achieves his greatest popularity with th So album, highlights being "Sledgehammer" (a #1 smash in the US, knocking Genesiss Invisible Touch off of the top spot), "Big Time" & "Dont Give Up" with Kate Bush
Writes the The Monocled Mutineer
Stars in The Monocled Mutineer
Joe Strummer releases the first of his solo albums, "Earthquake Weather", which was neither a commercial nor critical success
Critics of Lawson say that a combination of the abandonment of monetarism, the adoption of a de facto exchange-rate target of 3 deutschmarks to the pound (ruling out interest-rate rises), and fiscal laxity unleash an inflationary spiral
Introduces a bold scheme to turn Britain into a nation of share-owners, the most generous package ever for charities and a series of tax changes targeted on average earners.
The trajectory taken by the UK economy from this point on is typically described as "The Lawson Boom". Resumes the reduction of the standard rate of personal Income Tax from the 30% rate to which it had been lowered in Sir Geoffrey Howes 1979 budget.
Organizes the conference prior to the 1987 election victory
Oversees continuing military defence of the islands.
Appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Financial Services Act 1986 reforms financial markets regulation and supports the Big Bang changes in the City
FWA Footballer of the Year
Gas Act 1986 restructures the gas industry and enables British Gas privatisation
Best Instrumental Composition for Out of Africa
Observations support a number of longstanding hypotheses about comet construction, particularly Fred Whipples "dirty snowball" model, which correctly surmised that Halley would be composed of a mixture of volatile ices - such as water, carbon dioxide
Tops the Billboard Hot 100 with "Higher Love"
Resumes the reduction of the standard rate of personal Income Tax from the 30% rate to which it had been lowered in Sir Geoffrey Howes 1979 budget. Cuts basic rate of income tax by 1 penny
Critics of Lawson say that a combination of the abandonment of monetarism, the adoption of a de facto exchange-rate target of 3 deutschmarks to the pound (ruling out interest-rate rises), and fiscal laxity unleash an inflationary spiral
Insolvency Act 1986 consolidates and reforms insolvency law
Plays on Land of Confusion, a politically themed hit from Invisible Touch.
MacGregor retires from the NCB, rejoining Lazards as a non-executive director
Financial Services Act, removes trade restrictions
Hoyle and Wickramasinghe argued in Nature that life should be considered a cosmic phenomenon.
Simple Minds release "Live in the City of Light", UK no 1 Album
Simple Minds release "Live in the City of Light", UK no 1 Album
Brown publishes a political biography of Independent Labour Party leader James Maxton.
Meets Deng Xiaoping in China
Publication of "Memoirs: the making of a Prime Minister 1916-1964"
Stars in Mona Lisa. Stars in Hannah and Her Sisters
Stars in Mona Lisa
MacGregor retires from the NCB, rejoining Lazards as a non-executive director
During Margaret Hilda Thatcher's government, an artificial heart programme begins at Harefield Hospital.
The Conservative Party Government is in office as this NHS milestone occurs: An artificial heart programme begins at Harefield Hospital.
This NHS development occurs while Margaret Hilda Thatcher serves as Prime Minister: An artificial heart programme begins at Harefield Hospital.
During Margaret Hilda Thatcher's government, professor John Dark carries out Europe's first lung-only transplant at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
The Conservative Party Government is in office as this NHS milestone occurs: Professor John Dark carries out Europe's first lung-only transplant at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
This NHS development occurs while Margaret Hilda Thatcher serves as Prime Minister: Professor John Dark carries out Europe's first lung-only transplant at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
Awarded the OBE
Ozzy releases The Ultimate Sin - which became his first Top 10 LP in the US and had the favorite "Shot In The Dark. Bark At The Moon and The Ultimate Sin are certified platinum
Page reunites temporarily with his Yardbirds bandmates to play on several tracks of the Box of Frogs album Strange Land
Mortimers description of what he saw as Britains descent into the viciousness of Thatcherism - Paradise Postponed - is televised
Introduces Personal Equity Plans to encourage personal investment
Publishes the White Paper for the privatization of Water
A 100% of British Gas is offerred for sale in December raising œ5.4 billion
British Gas is sold for œ5,434 million
Public Image Limited released Album (also known as Compact Disc and Cassette). Most of the tracks on this album were written by Lydon and Bill Laswell
Public Image Limited released Album (also known as Compact Disc and Cassette). Most of the tracks on this album were written by Lydon and Bill Laswell
Public Order Act 1986 revises public order offences and racial hatred provisions
Brown co-authors a study of Scottish socialist James Maxton.
Expels Militant from the Labour Party
Asked to produce demos for the album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan by the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Master Control in Burbank with engineers Steve Catania and Dan Nebenzal
Introduces Inheritance Tax which replaces the Capital Transfer Tax
Financial Services Act, removes trade restrictions, the "Big Bang"
Opposes the US sanctions against Libya
Appointed Secretary of Trade & Industry
Appointed Secretary of State for Scotland
Plays Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy, establishing his reputation for intense character performances.
Gabriel achieves his greatest popularity with th So album, highlights being "Sledgehammer" (a #1 smash in the US, knocking Genesiss Invisible Touch off of the top spot), "Big Time" & "Dont Give Up" with Kate Bush
Helps form Texas in Glasgow after earlier work with Scottish bands.
Helps form the rock band Texas in Glasgow.
Publication of "The Old Devils"
Clark writes a science fiction stage musical, Time that played for two years in London's West End, starring Cliff Richard (replaced later by David Cassidy) and featuring Laurence Oliviers huge holographic image
George Younger becomes Defence Secretary and continues procurement of the Trident system
Publishes a biography of United States President Harry S Truman.
The Government proceeds with construction planning for Vanguard class ballistic missile submarines
Waters contributes songs and a score to the soundtrack of the movie When the Wind Blows, based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name
Suffers a shoulder injury against Morocco and takes no further part in England's 1986 World Cup campaign.
Records a distinctive version of You Can Leave Your Hat On, later strongly associated with his live repertoire.
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