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| 1976 |
| | | Portugal adopts a democratic constitution after 43 years of dicatorship | |
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| 1977 |
| | | Jacques Chirac, leader of a recently formed neo-Gaullist party, is elected mayor of Paris | |
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| 1979 |
| | | An Islamic revolution forces the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to flee from Iran | |
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| 1980 |
| | | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerges in India from previous Hindu nationalist groups and soon acquires a large following | |
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| 1980 |
| | | Lech Walesa is elected chairman of the newly formed Polish trade union movement Solidarnośc (Solidarity) | |
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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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| 1984 |
| | | Republican activist Gerry Adams is elected president of Sinn Fein | |
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| 1985 |
| | | Civilian rule is restored in Brazil after Tancredo Neves and Jose Sarney are elected president and vice-president | |
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| 1986 |
| | | Corazón Aquino, widow of the assassinated Benigno Aquino, stands against Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines presidential election | |
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| 1988 |
| | | The Liberals and the SDP merge in Britain to form a single political party, the Liberal Democrats | |
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