BBC ON THIS DAY | Politicians | Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher, beside her husband Denis, waves to crowds from Downing Street

4 May
1979: Election victory for Margaret Thatcher

The Conservative Party wins the general election making Margaret Thatcher Britain's first woman prime minister.

Bomb damage to the Brighton Grand Hotel facade

12 October
1984: Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast
A bomb explodes at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in a direct attack on the British Government.

Margaret Thatcher receiving a rapturous applause

10 October
1980: Thatcher 'not for turning'
The prime minister makes a memorably defiant speech at her party's conference in Brighton.

Servicemen escape the burning Sir Galahad on 8 June (PA)

14 June
1982: Ceasefire agreed in Falklands
A ceasefire between British and Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands is agreed, the prime minister announces.

15 June
1971: Councils defy Thatcher milk ban
Opposition is growing to Margaret Thatcher's plans to end free school milk for children over the age of seven.

Margaret Thatcher


11 Feb	1975: Tories choose first woman leader

18 Feb	1981: Thatcher gives in to miners

30 Nov	1982: Animal activists bomb Downing Street

09 Jun	1983: Thatcher wins landslide victory

21 Mar	1984: EEC summit collapses over rebate row

29 Jan	1985: Thatcher snubbed by Oxford dons

03 Mar	1985: Miners call off year-long strike

11 Jun	1987: Thatcher wins record third term

05 Dec	1989: Thatcher beats off leadership rival

31 Mar	1990: Violence flares in poll tax demonstration

20 Nov	1990: Thatcher fails to win party mandate

22 Nov	1990: Thatcher quits as prime minister

28 Nov	1990: Tearful farewell from Iron Lady

28 Jun	1991: Thatcher to retire from Commons

30 Jun	1992: Thatcher takes her place in Lords

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