major landmarks in British history?

First majority Labour government in 1945,which led directly to the NHS

Miners' strike of 1984-85

Falklands War

Suez Crisis - when Britain and the British finally realized we weren't a world superpower anymore.

Battle of Britain

Battle of the Somme.

Monty Python.

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

The invention of television

The invention of radar

The discovery of Penicillin

and this:

1907 Legalisation of trade unions

1908 Introduction of the state pension

1914 Outbreak of world war one

1918 Votes for women over 30

1919 Formation of League of Nations

1924 First Labour government

1928 Women given the vote on same terms as men

1929 Wall Street Crash

1939 Outbreak of world war two

1945 The United Nations is created

1944 Butler Education Act, creating publicly funded system of grammars, comprehensives and technical schools

1948 National Health Service is set up

1957 Suez crisis

1962 Cuban missile crisis

1963 Profumo affair

1967 Abortion is legalised; homosexuality is decriminalised

1969 The voting age is lowered to 18

1973 Britain becomes a member of the European Economic Community (EEC)

1984 Start of the miners’ strike

1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall signals demise of Cold War

1998 Good Friday Agreement

2003 UK and USA invade Iraq

2007 July bombings in London

Glorious Revolution of 1688

Battle of Hastings - 1066

Magna Carta - 1215

Or am I going too far back?

Inventions - TV, jet engine, hovercraft,

Political - NHS, state pension,

Sport - 3x Olympic games