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Margaret Thatcher Enters Office
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General Election: Conservative Government Formed
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USSR Invades Afghanistan
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Falklands Island Conflict
The Conflict fought between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. Great Britain was eventually victorious and reaffirmed their hold on the islands. -
Thatcher Re-Elected (Second Term)
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Miners' Strike
Major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. The strike was led by the National Union of Mineworkers. -
Anglo-Irish Agreement
Treaty signed by Margaret Thatcher and the Irish Taoiseach which gave the Irish government an advisory role in Northern Ireland's government -
Thatcher Re-Elected (Third Term)
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges. An instrumental point during the Cold War, -
Dissolution of Soviet Union
Thatcher and U.S.'s Ronald Regean largely contributed to the downfall of the regime of the Soviet Union.
