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| 1956 |
| | | Nasser disregards a French and British ultimatum to withdraw from the Suez canal | |
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| 1956 |
| | | The British and French bomb Egyptian airfields, and land troops near Port Said and the Suez canal | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Under international pressure Britain and France agree to a humiliating withdrawal from Suez | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Anthony Eden resigns as UK prime minister after the fiasco of the Suez Crisis, and is succeeded by Harold Macmillan | |
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| 1960 |
| | | UK prime minister Harold Macmillan, in Cape Town, warns the white settlers of Africa that 'the wind of change' is blowing through their continent | |
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| 1963 |
| | | Macmillan resigns on grounds of ill health and is succeeded by Alec Douglas-Home as UK premier | |
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| 1964 |
| | | Harold Wilson becomes prime minister after Labour narrowly wins the UK general election | |
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| 1965 |
| | | Winston Churchill dies, and lies in state in London's ancient Westminster Hall | |
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| 1965 |
| | | The General Assembly of the UN asks Argentina and Britain to enter negotiations on their long-running dispute over the Falklands | |
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| 1968 |
| | | The first civil rights march in northern Ireland, in Derry, is halted by the police with batons and water cannon | |
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