Event:
Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century
Margaret Thatcher History:
November 28, 1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors
November 22, 1990 - Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister
June 11, 1987 - Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd term
May 24, 1986 - Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel
December 19, 1984 - China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
October 12, 1984 - IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
June 9, 1983 - Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
January 9, 1983 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
July 9, 1982 - Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster
May 3, 1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain
February 20, 1975 - Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party
February 11, 1975 - Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
December 13, 1951 - Future British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher
October 13, 1925 - Margaret Thatcher, born in Grantham, England, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1979 - 1990
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