History timeline on Britain
- Created by: lsoavi
- Created on: 15-04-17 01:17
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1951 |
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-1952. Britain's first atomic bomb was tested and the Mau Mau Rebellion against British rule in Kenya |
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1950's Britain's economy was booming, alongside a growth in youth culture |
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1953 Steel and transport denationalisation |
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1954 Withdrawal from Egypt and the end of food rationing |
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1956 SUEZ CRISIS |
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1957 H bomb tested and Independence granted to Ghana |
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1960 Time of satire boom. |
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The Blue streak missile was abandoned in favour of the American Polaris. |
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Macmillian's winds of change speech. |
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The expansion of mass media, linked in with social and cultural change. The impact of scientific improvements |
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1961 Britain's application to join the EEC was sent off and the Cold War intensified |
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1962 Macmillian's cabinet shuffle, aka, The 'night of the long knives' |
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1963 Rejection from the EEC as De Gaulle vetoed it |
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1964 Harold Wilson becomes pm and the Start of the Rhodesia crisis |
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1965 Death penalty abolished |
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1966 'wild cat' strikes |
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1967 Devaluation of the pound by Wilson |
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1967 Liberalisation of laws on abortion |
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1969 The Open University was established |
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1971 Reform on divorce laws |
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1972. 'Bloody sunday' |
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