Civi UK By lauwlt Apr 21, 1893 Creation of the Independent Labour Party Apr 21, 1900 Creation of the Labour Representation Committee : Trade Union Congress joined the Independent Labour Party Apr 21, 1906 Labour Representation Committee became the Labour Party Apr 21, 1924 First LP Government with Ramsay MacDonald Apr 21, 1945 First LP majority in Westminster Apr 21, 1948 Creation of NHS Apr 21, 1971 Heath's Industrial Relation Act Jan 1, 1972 Miner strike Jan 1, 1974 Miner strike Jan 1, 1975 Margaret Thatcher leader of the Conservative party Jan 1, 1976 Dirty protest Period: Nov 21, 1978 to Apr 22, 1979 The Winter of Discontent Jan 1, 1979 Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister Mar 30, 1979 Assassination of Airey Neave (MT campaign advisor) Aug 27, 1979 Assassination of Lord Mountbatten Dec 30, 1979 European summit in Dublin Apr 21, 1980 Employment Act by Thatcher Apr 21, 1980 First Housing Act Apr 27, 1980 European summit in Luxembourg May 1, 1980 European summit in Brussels May 5, 1981 Death of Bobby Sands Oct 9, 1981 End of the hunger strike Apr 2, 1982 The Falklands crisis Apr 21, 1982 Tebbit Employment Act by Thatcher Apr 21, 1983 Griffiths Report Apr 21, 1983 Tony Blair was elected as a MP Jan 1, 1984 Thatcher invited Gorbatchev at the Chequers Apr 21, 1984 King Trade Union Act Period: Apr 21, 1984 to Apr 22, 1985 Miners' strike Jun 18, 1984 Battle of Orgreave Apr 21, 1986 Wages Act Mar 1, 1987 Nigel Lawson: the £’s value at Dutcher Marks 3.00, joined the ERM Apr 21, 1987 Margaret Thatcher's reelection Oct 21, 1987 Crash of the Stock Market Apr 21, 1988 Housing Act Apr 21, 1988 Education Act Apr 21, 1988 Creation of the National Minimum Wage Act Apr 21, 1988 Tony Blair entered the Shadow Cabinet Aug 20, 1988 Bruges Speech by Thatcher Jan 1, 1989 Working for Patients published Jan 21, 1989 G Bush Senior President Apr 21, 1989 The poll tax Nov 13, 1990 George Howe resigned Apr 21, 1992 Kinnock resigned Apr 21, 1992 Tony Blair became Shadow Cabinet Secretary Apr 21, 1994 Tony Blair elected Leader of the LP Apr 21, 1995 First constitution of LP abandoned Apr 21, 2017 19