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Olympics in London
Opened by King George VI at the old Wembley Stadium. -
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation
Crowned at Westminster Abbey. -
Food rationing ended.
Rationing started in 1940 and was still going nine years after the war ended. -
The 4 Minute Mile.
Roger Bannister was training as a doctor when he ran a mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. -
Beatlemania
The Beatles were the most popular band. 'She Loves You' sold 1 million records. -
England F.C win the World Cup
Goals coming from Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. There were 94,000 people at Wembley Stadium. England beat West Germany
4-1. We have not won it since. -
Punk Rock music begins
The Sex Pistols and The Clash are very popular. They sung about anarchy. -
Winter of Discontent
The Government didn't give people the right pay so there were lots of strikes. Bin Men, Grave Diggers, Car Workers, Hospital Workers, Train Drivers, Lorry Drivers and Miners were all on Strike. The country couldn't run properly. -
Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
First Women Prime Minister. She was a conservative and was Prime Minister until 1990. -
Prince Charles and Lady Diana get married
They got married at St Pauls Cathederal. 700 million people watched it on T.V around the world it was called the ' Wedding of the Century' -
3 Million people unemployed
Partly because of Margaret Thatcher's ideas. It stayed that way for about 4 years. -
Falklands War
Argentina invade The Falklands even though it belongs to Britain. Argentina surrendered by June. 255 British people died including some of my Uncle's friends. My Uncle was even involed he worked for the navy. -
Hillsborogh Football Disaster
Was when 96 people were crushed to death into massive fences. All Football club's fences were taken down after this tragedy. People kept pushing through and moving forward which made the people at the front get crushed. -
Murder of Stephen Lawrence
In London, murdered in racist attack by a gang of white boys. -
Sony Playstation is launced.
This was the first console now you can get Playstation 3. -
Princess Diana dies
She died in a car crash because photographers were chasing her in Paris. Her funeral was at Westminster Abbey and they think 33 million british people watched it on T.V it was the highest veiwed event on the T.V -
Terrorist attack on the Twin Towers.
All Qaeda attacked America and some British people died. -
Iraq War
Britain joined United States to invade Iraq. The war nearly went on for nine years. It started because of the terrorist attacks by All Qaeda. -
Terrorist Attack on London.
52 people and 4 suicide bombers killed in the terrorist attack. It happened in the London Underground and on a bus. -
Apple launched the Ipad.
The Apple Store in London was the first to open in Europe in 2004. -
21 million homes in Britain had the internet.
People started getting the internet in 1997 in their homes. -
London 2012 Olymics
Team GB won 27 Gold medals. London is the only city to have the Olympics three times.
