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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1961, Feb. 2 | |
| Forty thousand persons petitioned Parliament, protesting British possession of nuclear weapons. | 1 |
| July 25 | |
| Selwyn Lloyd, chancellor of the exchequer, introduced his austerity program to combat excess of imports over exports. The plan included a wage freeze and an increase in bank rates from 5 to 7 percent. | 2 |
| Aug. 10 | |
| The British government formally applied for membership in the Common Market after the House of Commons approved the move by a vote of 313 to 5 (Aug. 3). | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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