Edward Heath
Standard Name: Heath, Edward
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19 June 1970
The day after a surprise Conservative
victory in the general election, Edward Heath
formed the government (succeeding to the Labour
administration of Harold Wilson
).
9 January 1972
British miners represented by the National Union of Mineworkers
came out on strike after its negotiations with the National Coal Board
ended in stalemate.
March l973
A strike by gas workers caused power shortages in Britain, closing factories, schools, and hospitals.
May 1973
Two members of Edward Heath
's conservative government resigned over a scandal involving call-girls; one of them was the Lord Privy Seal.
November 1973
Miners in Britain began an overtime ban in protest against their pay offer from the government. Prime Minister Edward Heath
declared a state of emergency.
January 1974
Britain experienced the three-day week, Edward Heath
's response to a miners' overtime ban: industry and businesses had to shut down for two days each week.
4 March 1974
Labour
having come first past the post in the general election of 28 February, Harold Wilson
formed his second government (a minority one), replacing ConservativeEdward Heath
as Prime Minister.
22 December 1974
The home of Conservative Party
leader Edward Heath
was bombed, presumably by the IRA
, despite a Christmas truce between the IRA and Protestant groups.
1980
The Independent Commission on International Development
, chaired by former German Chancellor Willy Brandt
, whose remit included an analysis of relations between nations of North and South, met and reported.
10 October 1980
Margaret Thatcher
, at her second Conservative Party
Conference as Prime Minister, facing the threat of revolt within her party and her Cabinet, delivered a strong speech which proved a turning-point.