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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1992 | - 7 Feb 1992: European Union formed by The Maastricht Treaty
- 22 Apr 1992: Betty Boothroyd elected as first female Speaker of the House of Commons
- 15 Aug 1992: Football Premier League kicks off in England
- 16 Sep 1992: 'Black Wednesday' as Pound leaves the ERM
- 20 Nov 1992: Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle causing over £50 million worth of damage
- 24 Nov 1992: The Queen describes this year as an 'Annus Horribilis'
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| 2 | 1993 | - 1993: Betty Boothroyd first woman Speaker of the House of Commons (to 2000)
- 1993: Elizabeth II becomes first British Monarch to pay Income Tax
- Jul 1993: Ratification of Maastricht Treaty, established the European Union (EU)
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| 3 | 1994 | - 1994: 15 million people now connected to the Internet
- 12 Mar 1994: Church of England ordains its first female priests
- 6 May 1994: Channel Tunnel open to traffic
- 19 Nov 1994: National Lottery starts
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| 4 | 1995 | - 26 Feb 1995: Nick Leeson brings down Barings Bank
- 15 Jul 1995: First item sold on Amazon.com
- 16 Nov 1995: The Queen Mother has a hip replacement operation at 95 years old
- 22 Nov 1995: "Toy Story" released – first feature-length film created completely using
computer-generated imagery
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| 5 | 1996 | - 9 Feb 1996: IRA bomb explodes in London Docklands – ends 17 month ceasefire
- 13 Mar 1996: Dunblane massacre
- 15 Jun 1996: IRA bomb explodes in Manchester
- 5 Jul 1996: Scientists in Scotland clone a sheep (Dolly)
- 28 Aug 1996: Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales are divorced
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| 6 | 1997 | - 30 Mar 1997: Channel 5 TV begins in UK (launched by the Spice Girls)
- 1 May 1997: 'New' Labour landslide victory in Britain (Tony Blair replaces John Major as
Prime Minister)
- 6 May 1997: Announcement that Bank of England to be made independent of Government
control
- 11 May 1997: First time a computer beats a master at chess (IBM's Deep Blue v Garry
Kasparov)
- 1 Jul 1997: Hong Kong returned to China
- 19 Jul 1997: IRA declares a ceasefire
- 31 Aug 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales killed in car crash in Paris
- 25 Sep 1997: Land speed record breaks sound barrier for first time
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| 7 | 1998 | - 10 Apr 1998: Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland – effectively implemented in
May 2007
- 14 Aug 1998: Car bomb explodes in Omagh killing 29 people
- 27 Sep 1998: 'Google' search engine founded
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| 8 | 1999 | - 1999: World population reaches 6 billion
- 1 Jan 1999: European Monetary Union begins – UK opts out – by the end of the year the
Euro has approximately the same value as the US Dollar
- 1 Jul 1999: The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth – powers are
officially transferred from the Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish
Executive in Edinburgh
- 11 Aug 1999: Total eclipse of the sun visible in Devon and Cornwall
- 11 Nov 1999: Hereditary Peers no longer have right to sit in House of Lords
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| 9 | 2000 | - 1 Jan 2000: The year in Britain started with a 'flu bug rather than a millennium bug
- Mar 2000: London Eye opens, late but popular
- 22 Apr 2000: The Big Number Change takes place in the UK – affected telephone dialling
codes assigned to Cardiff, Coventry, London, Northern Ireland, Portsmouth and Southampton
- 4 May 2000: Ken Livingstone elected first Mayor of London (not to be confused with Lord
Mayor of London!)
- 10 Jun 2000: Millennium footbridge over the Thames opens, but wobbles and is quickly
declared dangerous and closed – finally reopened Feb 2002
- 25 Jul 2000: A chartered Air France Concorde crashes on take-off at Paris with the loss of all lives
- Sep 2000: 'People Power' emerged suddenly as protestors against high Road Fuel Tax used
mobile phones and the Internet to co-ordinate blockades on fuel depots – resulted in
nationwide panic buying of fuel and service stations running out across the country
- Oct 2000: Heavy rains cause worst flooding since records began (1850s) in many
parts of Britain (Oct-Dec)
- 17 Oct 2000: Derailment at speed on the main London-North eastern line at Hatfield caused
by a broken rail
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1992 - 2000 (7 years)
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