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The decade of the 1980s was dominated politically by Ronald Reagan in the United States and Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union. The Falklands War took place in 1982 between Great Britain and Argentina.
8 wrz 2021 · Shoulder pads, Cold War, Thatcherism, the Falklands, Privatization, and Hip Hop. These things are just some of what has defined the 1980s for the United Kingdom, but there are many more.
Events from the year 1980 in Ireland. January – Jorge Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, arrived in Ireland for three months to learn English at Milltown College in Milltown, Dublin. [1] 9 January – Taoiseach Charles Haughey addressed the nation on television on the matter of worsening public finances.
7 sty 2021 · Here’s everything else that happened in England during the 1980s. Unemployment in England in the 80s had reached record-breaking numbers, the highest it’s ever seen since The Great Depression. It caused mass hysteria, riots, rebellion against manufacturing plant shutdowns and protests.
13 gru 2022 · Relations between Ireland and Britain are strained. Early 1980s - Ireland faces severe economic problems, with rising debt and unemployment. Three elections are held in the space of less...
What happened in the hunger strike? Was MI6 behind the Brighton bomb? Who knew about Enniskillen plans? Ballygawley bus bomb: did the British army know?
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England , History of Wales , History of Scotland , History of Ireland , Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ...
