1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the...

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20/07/2009 · This decade opened the century with some amazing scientific and technological feats: the first flight by the Wright brothers, Henry Ford's first Model-T, and Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity. It also included hardships like the Boxer Rebellion and the San Francisco Earthquake.

24/04/2012 · To everyone’s surprise, 1979 heralded a period of ten or more years of political stability, after the instability of the 1970s. Now, what was Thatcherism? Perhaps the best way to answer that question is to go to the source herself, Margaret Thatcher.

28/01/2022 · Fed raised rate to 20% to stop inflation: 1979: 6.0%: 3.2%: 13.3% 1980: 7.2%-0.3%: 12.5%: Recession: 1981: 8.5%: 2.5%: 8.9%: Reagan tax cuts; Min. wage $3.35: 1982: 10.8%-1.8%: 3.8%: Job Training Partnership Act; Garn-St.Germain Act: 1983: 8.3%: 4.6%: 3.8%: Reagan increased military spending: 1984: 7.3%: 7.2%: 3.9% 1985: 7.0%: 4.2%: 3.8%: Expansion: 1986: …

1979 - 2011: 5,015 1: U: Chad Civil War : 1966 - 2010: 36,078 1: U: Peruvian Gvt vs Sendero Luminoso and MRTA : 1965 - 2010: 17,234 1: U: Sri Lankan Govt vs Tamil Militants (LTTE) 1984 - 2009: 73,837 1: U: Georgia civil war and South Ossetia and Abkhazia conflict: 1991 - 2008: 3,538 1: U: Burundi Civil War: 1991 - 2007: 16,124 1: U: Nepal Civil War: 1996 - 2006

29/03/2018 · The first half of the 20th century was a similar picture, with rates fluctuating between 5 and 10 per cent. The 1979 Conservative government. The incoming administration of Margaret Thatcher raised interest rates to 17 per cent, as this was seen by the government of the time as a key weapon in combating inflation.

It was far too early in the Thatcherite dawn to plump for 1979, but even then, barely a decade on, a great deal of the smart money was placed on the winter of 1973-4 – the era of the State of ...