Dates

Question 0

1952

Answer 0

Accession of Elizabeth 2
GB’s fort atom bomb test
Mau may rebellion against GB

Question 1

1951

Answer 1

Iron and steel nationalised
Anglo American relation strained following Maclean and Burgess affair
Conservative victory under Churchill

Question 2

1953

Answer 2

Mass tv audience for queens coronation

Steel and transport privatised

Question 3

1954

Answer 3

British withdrawal from Egypt

End of rationing

Question 4

1955

Answer 4

Conservative election victory under Eden
GB opt out of Messina talks
Launch of itv

Question 5

1956

Answer 5

Failure of Suez crisis and financial crisis to follow

Question 6

1957

Answer 6

Eden replaced by Macmillan

Ghana gains independence

Question 7

1958

Answer 7

Formation of the CND

Notting hill anti immigration riots

Question 8

1959

Answer 8

Conservative election victory
Film sapphire dramatises race relations
Bad godesberg
Blackpool party conference

Question 9

1960

Answer 9

Winds of change speech
Blue streak replaced by Polaris
Scarbourgh party conference

Question 10

1961

Answer 10

EEC application submitted

Berlin Wall erected

Question 11

1962

Answer 11

Knight of the long knives

Launch of that’s the week that was

Question 12

1963

Answer 12

EEC application vetoed
Perfume affair
Resignation of Macmillian

Question 13

1964

Answer 13

Labour election victory

Start of Rhodesia crisis

Question 14

1965

Answer 14

Death penalty abolished

Question 15

1966

Answer 15

Increase labour majority following election

Question 16

1967

Answer 16

Military cuts
Devaluation under Wilson
Liberalisation of homosexuality and abortions
Rivers of blood speech

Question 17

1969

Answer 17

Start of Northern Ireland trouble

Voting age reduced to 18

Question 18

1970

Answer 18

Surprise conservative victory

Equal opportunity act passed

Question 19

1971

Answer 19

Reform of the divorce law

Decimalisation of the currency

Question 20

1972

Answer 20

Bloody Sunday

Unemployment rose above 1mn for the first time since the 1930’s

Question 21

1973

Answer 21

Oil and energy crisis
Accepted into the EEC
three day week
Sunnigdal agreement for energy sharing with Northern Ireland passed

Question 22

1974

Answer 22

Heath defeated in election in February
Collapse of sunnigdale agreement
Victory of wilsons part in October election

Question 23

1975

Answer 23

Heath replaced by Thatcher

EEC referendum gives 2:1 majority

Question 24

1976

Answer 24

Shock resignation of Wilson Callahan becomes leader of labour Imf loan leads to deep spending cuts

Question 25

1979

Answer 25

Industrial unrest Winter of discontent Devolution of Wales and Scotland referendum does not work

Question 26

1980

Answer 26

Rhodesia granted independence

Question 27

1981

Answer 27

Formation of the SDP riots in London and Brixton Big opinion poll gains by the alliance Wembley conference

Question 28

1982

Answer 28

Victory in the Falklands | Unemployment above 3mn

Question 29

1983

Answer 29

Conservative election victory | Kinnock replaces foot as labour leader

Question 30

1984

Answer 30

IRA bombing in Brighton | Miners strike and battle of ogreave

Question 31

1985

Answer 31

Miners strike halted amongst bitterness | Bournemouth conference expulsion of the militant tendency

Question 32

1986

Answer 32

Resignation of Heseltine following the Westland affair Deregulation of financial markets (Big Bang) Channel tunnel agreed Red flag replaced by red rose

Question 33

1987

Answer 33

Third thatcher election victory | Stock market crash in London and New York

Question 34

1988

Answer 34

End of the Cold War | Bruges speech

Question 35

1989

Answer 35

First sky broadcast | 96 Liverpool fans die in hillsborough disaster

Question 36

1990

Answer 36

Rioting in London over poll tax Resignation of thatcher Appointment of Major Unification of Germany after two four talks

Question 37

1991

Answer 37

Victory of coalition forces in the first gulf war

Question 38

1992

Answer 38

Major election victory Resignation of kinnock Appointment of smith Black Wednesday

Question 39

1993

Answer 39

Maastricht treaty | James burger murder

Question 40

1994

Answer 40

Death of smith Appointment of Blair First female priest in Bristol

Question 41

1995

Answer 41

Majors leadership election IRA ceasefire suspended amongst new bomb campaign Peace settlement at Dayton for Bosnian war

Question 42

1996

Answer 42

Renewal of IRA ceasefire

Question 43

1997

Answer 43

Labour landslide Death of Diana Hong Kong given to China

Question 44

1998

Answer 44

Good Friday agreement

Question 45

1999

Answer 45

Launch of the euro Devolved parliaments in Wales and Scotland NATO binning campaign in Kosovo

Question 46

2000

Answer 46

British forces stabilise Sierra Leone