English politician, first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1925)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.

Born

1925

October 13

Died

2013

Era

1920s

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1925 Born
2013 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

54 Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adopted son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.
409 Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
1269 The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1307 Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.

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The world in 1925

When Margaret arrived

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Conrad Richter 1890–1968 American journalist and novelist (died 1968) Jerry Rice 1962– American football player Joshua Wong 1996– Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Justin Peroff 1977– Canadian drummer and actor Kelly Preston 1962–2020 American actress and model (born 1962) Laraine Day 1920–2007 American actress (born 1920) Marco Travaglio 1964– Italian journalist and author Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 1948–1997 Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (born 1948) Pharoah Sanders 1940–2022 American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2022)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1925

Albert Bandura 1925– Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) Alexander Shulgin 1925–2014 American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) Allan Blakeney 1925–2011 Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925) Arkady Ostashev 1925–1998 Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925) Art McNally 1925– American football referee (died 2023) Carlos Castaneda 1925–1998 Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925) Carmine Infantino 1925–2013 American illustrator (born 1925) Chuck Bednarik 1925–2015 American lieutenant and football player (born 1925) Dominick Dunne 1925–2009 American journalist and novelist (born 1925)

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