50 Years Ago – 16 January 1972
16 January 1972 Dom Mintoff (above photo), the Prime Minister of Malta, backed away from his previous demands that the
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50 Years Ago – 15 January 1972
15 January 1972 Peter Walker, the Environment Minister, ordered an inquiry into allegations that a large quantity of cyanide drums
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50 Years Ago – 9 January 1972
9 January 1972 26 people were hurt when the Queen’s Own Highlanders entered a house in Belfast which was booby
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50 Years Ago – 8 January 1972
8 January 1972 Lord Carrington (in photo above), the Secretary of State for Defence, cancelled off his engagements in Hong
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50 Years Ago – 7 January 1972
7 January 1972 The Government told the country to be prepared for the first national coal strike since 1926 following
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50 Years Ago – 6 January 1972
6 January 1972 Viewing figures showed that nearly two thirds of the population of Ulster had watched a controversial BBC
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50 Years Ago – 5 January 1972
5 January 1972 The BBC reversed its decision to cancel a controversial programme on the future of Ulster, rejecting concerns
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50 Years Ago – 4 January 1972
4 January 1972 Abel Muzorewa (in photo above), a Methodist Bishop, condemned the British deal with Rhodesia and said that
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50 Years Ago – 3 January 1972
3 January 1972 Last-minute negotiations to prevent a miner’s strike continued, with discussions held between Derek Ezra, the Chairman of
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50 Years Ago – 2 January 1972
2 January 1972 The military in Northern Ireland confirmed that a woman had been shot in the town of Dungannon
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