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1981 AD             - (11 Apr)              - Racial tensions spark riots in Brixton and other areas
                            - (24 Jun)               - Humber Bridge opens, the longest single-span bridge in the world
                            - (03 Oct)              - Hunger strike by Republican prisoners end after ten deaths
1982 AD             - (26 Jan)               - Economic recession leads to high unemployment
                            - (02 Apr)              - Argentina invades the British territory of the Falkland Islands
                            - ( Apr)                  - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher responds with military action
                            - ( 14 Jun)              - Argentine forces surrender, the Island remains under British control
1983 AD              - (10 Jun)               - Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is re-elected by a landslide
1984 AD              - (12 Mar)             - 12-month ‘Miners’ Strike over pit closures begin
                             - (12 Oct)              - IRA bombers strike at the Conservative conference in Brighton
1986 AD              - (08 Dec)              - Major national industries are privatised
1987 AD              - (11 Jun)               - Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wins a third term of office
1989 AD              -                            - Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
1990 AD              - (31 Mar)             - Introduction of new local taxes sparks ‘poll tax’ riots in London
1990 AD              - (22 Nov)             - Margaret Thatcher resigns and John Major becomes Prime Minister
1991 AD              - (17 Jan)               - Liberation of Kuwait begins as Allies launch Operation Desert Storm
1992 AD              - (09 Apr)              - Conservatives win the general election, returning John Major as Prime Minister
                            - (06 May)              - Channel Tunnel opens, linking London and Paris by rail
                            - (16 Sept)              - ‘Black Wednesday’ forces withdrawal of sterling from the ERM
1994 AD                                            - First women priests are ordained by the Church of England
1997 AD              - (01 May)             - Labour wins the general election, with Tony Blair as Prime Minister
                             - (01 Jul)                - Britain hands Hong Kong back to China
                            - (21 Aug)               - Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris
                            - (Sept)                   - Scotland and Wales vote in favour of devolution
1998 AD              - (10 Apr)              - Good Friday agreement establishes a devolved Northern Irish Assembly
1999 AD              - (01 Jan)               - Britain decides not to join the European Single Currency
2000 AD              - (01 Jan)               - Britain celebrates the new millennium
                            - (Mar)                   - Global stock markets tumble as the ‘dotcom bubble’ bursts
2001 AD                                            - Foot-and-mouth disease wreaks havoc on rural Britain
                            - (07 June)              - Labour wins the general election with Tony Blair returned as Prime Minister
                            - (11 Sep)               - Islamic terrorists crash aircraft on targets in New York and Washington
                            - (07 Oct)               - Britain joins the US in strikes on Taleban-controlled Afghanistan
2003 AD             - (20 Mar)               - Britain joins the US in an invasion of Iraq
                            - (26 Nov)              - Concorde supersonic Jet is retired
2004 AD             -                              - Ten new states join the European Union
2005 AD             - (16 Feb)                - Lyoto Protocol on measure to control climate change comes into force
                           - (05 May)               - Labour wins a third consecutive term with Tony Blair as Prime Minister
                           - (07 Jul)                  - Suicide bombers kill 52 people on the London’s transport system
                           - (Dec)                     - Civil partnerships give same-sex couples legal right
2007 AD             - (27 June)               - Prime Minister Tony Blair of the Labour Party leaves office and is replaced by
                                                              Gordon Brown
2008 AD             - (08 Oct)                - Gordon Brown hails £500 billion bank rescue plan (£2000 for every tax payer)
2009 AD             - (28 Feb)               - Prime Minister Gordon Brown Faces UK and World Wide Financial crash as banks
                                                              are bankrupt
2010 AD             - (11 May)              - Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigns from Office and leader of the Labour Party
                                                             and is succeeded by David Cameron although resulting in a ‘hung paliament’. A
                                                             Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.