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1995 James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86

1994 John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55

1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections

1993 James Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82

1983 Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Cons)

1976 Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election

1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election

1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election

1972 Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election

1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election

1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa

1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election

1963 Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56

1960 British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament

1955 Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party

1955 Nigel Griffiths, MP, Labour

1954 Labour Party wins British municipal elections

1954 4/13/1954 Barbara Roche, born Barbara Maureen Margolis, Labour Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green

1953 Diane Abbott, born in London, England, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington

1953 Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, Labour, 1997-

1953 Stephen Byers, born in Wolverhampton, England, British politician, Labour Member of Parliament for Tyneside North

1952 Ric Charlesworth, cricketer, WA opener, Australia hockey captain, MP, Labour

1951 Lynne Jones, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, Labour party, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak

1950 Keith Bradley, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, life peer, Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington

1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election

1946 Anita Pollack, MEP, Labour

1945 Derek Fatchett, MP, Labour

1945 After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM

1945 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election

1945 Ken Livingstone, MP, Labour

1944 Mary Robinson, President of Republic of Ireland, Labour, 1990-

1944 Bernie Grant, British politician, Labour

1943 Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, Saratovv labour camp, dies

1942 Henry McCubbin, MEP, Labour

1942 Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader, Labour Party

1941 Jeffrey Rooker, MP, Labour

1939 Donald Anderson, MP, Labour

1935 Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of New Zealand

1935 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72

1931 British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley

1930 David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader

1930 Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister

1929 British Labour government recovers diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R.

1929 Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain

1928 Jack Thompson, MP, Labour

1927 Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of South Africa Labour Party

1924 British Labour government of MacDonald, resigns

1924 Labour loses British parliamentary election

1924 British Labour government of MacDonald falls to Communists

1924 Peter Shore, MP, Labour

1924 British Labour government cuts military budget

1924 Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain

1923 Labour/Liberals win British parliament

1923 Stanley Orme, Chairman, British Labour Party

1922 British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader

1922 British Conservative wins election/Labour 2nd party

1921 Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails

1920 Roy Jenkins, British MP, Labour

1919 Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British MP, Labour

1918 Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP, Labour

1918 Lord Mulley, British MP, Labour

1915 John Freeman, British politician, Labour, ambassador/TV host

1913 Lord Oram, British MP, Labour

1910 1st British labour exchange opens

1910 Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM, Labour, 1971-72, 1973-76

1908 Lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts, Labour

1906 Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, MP, Labour

1906 British Labour Party organizes

1900 British Labour Party forms

1900 Labour Party forms in England

1898 Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer

1893 Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader, 1945-..

1881 Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour and Foreign affairs

1873 Margaret Bondfield, British Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member

1856 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament


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