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| 1978 |
| | British author Ian McEwan publishes his first novel, The Cement Garden | |
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| 1978 |
| | David Attenborough writes and presents Life on Earth, a television series on evolution – the first of his many surveys of natural history | |
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| 1978 |
| | There are so many strikes in Britain this winter that it becomes known as the 'winter of discontent' | |
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| 1979 |
| | The Conservative party wins the general election and Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister | |
| | Margaret Thatcher's election returns and writs in 1979 National Archives, Kew
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| 1979 |
| | Peter Shaffer's play about Mozart, Amadeus, has its premiere in London | |
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| 1979 |
| | British artist Richard Long lays out his Slate Circle at the Tate Gallery in London | |
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| 1979 |
| | A conference in London, at Lancaster House, finally achieves agreement on Southern Rhodesia | |
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| 1979 |
| | Britain agrees to fund the purchase of land of British farmers in Southern Rhodesia willing to sell, for a much-needed land distribution programme | |
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| 1980 |
| | The threat of a hunger strike persuades the British government to authorize S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru), a television channel broadcasting in Welsh | |
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| 1981 |
| | The SDP hives off from Britain's Labour party – and seven years later merges with the Liberals to form the Liberal Democrats | |
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