Britain Timeline 1951-2007 Foreign Policy By distantcube 1952 Korean War - 90,000 British Troops Deployed 1956 $858 IMF Loan after Suez Crisis 1958 1958 UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement 1962 Nassau Agreement 1962 Skybolt Crisis 1963 UK EEC application Vetoed by Charles De Gaulle 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson refuses to meet Harold Wilson 1965 UDI Rhodesia Crisis with Ian Smith 1967 UK EEC application vetoed by Charles De Gaulle 1973 Yom Kippur War 1973 1973 EEC Applicaton Successful 1975 1975 EEC Referendum 1977 1977 Callaghan Son-In-Law appointed British Ambassador in the US 1980 I want my money back 1982 Falklands War 1983 Thatcher authorised US missiles on UK soil for Libya airstrikes 1983 Recapture of Grenada 1984 UK rebate success of 66% at FontaineBleau 1984 Sino-Anglo Agreement 1984 1984 She famously says 'Gorbachev is a man I can do business with' 1988 Bruges Speech where Thatcher argued against a european superstate 1990 Thatcher saying No! No! No! at Dublin 1990 The UK joins the ERM 1990 The Sun releasing 'Up Yours Delors' 1991 Gulf War 450,000 Troops deployed 1992 Black Wednesday 1992 Bosnia War 24,000 aid troops under operation grapple 1993 Maastricht Treaty signed however opted out on Euro and Social Chapter 2001 9/11 2003 Iraq War