Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female prime minister.
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Margaret Thatcher became the leader of the British Conservative Party.
The U.K. miners' strike ends.
Margaret Thatcher became the first post-war prime minister who was refused a degree.
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher won elections for a record third term.
Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher, handed in her resignation to the Queen and stepped down after being prime minister for 11 years.