2013 Event Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, dies of a stroke at age 87 in London 2012 Event Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leaves the hospital after undergoing minor surgery to remove a tumor 1990 Event Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors 1990 Event Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher 1990 Event Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister 1990 Event Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership 1990 Event Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of party 1990 Event Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy Prime Minister Howe 1988 Event Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century 1987 Event Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd term 1986 Event Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel 1984 Event China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty 1984 Event IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die 1983 Event British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands 1982 Event Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster 1981 Death Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies 1979 Event Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership 1970 Event British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher 1951 Event Future British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher 1942 Death Evelyn Thatcher, dies 1932 Birthday Bernard Ingham, press secretary, Margaret Thatcher 1932 Birthday Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1925 Birthday Margaret Thatcher, born in Grantham, England, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1979 - 1990 1915 Birthday Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret, 1979 - 1990 1806 Birthday Henry Knox Thatcher, Commander Union Navy
