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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1984, July 26 | |
| Trade Union Bill was enacted to ban union membership at government communications headquarters. | 1 |
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| A miners' strike, begun in February 1981, was spread throughout the entire British coal industry by the National Union of Mineworkers, in opposition to pit closures. Thatcher's hard line against the miners added to bitterness and social, economic, and political polarization in British society. | 2 |
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| In an attempt to assassinate Thatcher and her cabinet members, the IRA bombed the Grand Hotel in Brighton. | 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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