2013 Event In New Zealand, David Cunliffe is elected leader of the Labour Party 2011 Event An extremist explodes a car bomb in Oslo, Norway, killing at least seven people; he then opens fire at a Labour Party youth camp in Utoya, Norway, killing 84 1995 Death James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86 1994 Death John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55 1994 Event Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections 1993 Death James Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82 1983 Event Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Cons) 1976 Event Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election 1974 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1974 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1972 Event Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election 1966 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1964 Event British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa 1964 Event Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election 1963 Death Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56 1960 Event British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament 1955 Event Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party 1954 Event Labour Party wins British municipal elections 1954 Birthday 4/13/1954 Barbara Roche, born Barbara Maureen Margolis, Labour Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green 1953 Birthday Diane Abbott, born in London, England, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1953 Birthday Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, Labour, 1997- 1953 Birthday Stephen Byers, born in Wolverhampton, England, British politician, Labour Member of Parliament for Tyneside North 1952 Birthday Ric Charlesworth, cricketer, WA opener, Australia hockey captain, MP, Labour 1951 Birthday Lynne Jones, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, Labour party, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak 1950 Birthday Keith Bradley, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, life peer, Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington 1950 Event Labour wins British parliamentary election 1946 Birthday Anita Pollack, MEP, Labour 1945 Birthday Derek Fatchett, MP, Labour 1945 Event After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM 1945 Event Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1945 Birthday Ken Livingstone, MP, Labour 1944 Birthday Mary Robinson, President of Republic of Ireland, Labour, 1990- 1944 Birthday Bernie Grant, British politician, Labour 1943 Death Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, Saratovv labour camp, dies 1942 Birthday Henry McCubbin, MEP, Labour 1942 Birthday Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader, Labour Party 1941 Birthday Jeffrey Rooker, MP, Labour 1939 Birthday Donald Anderson, MP, Labour 1935 Event Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of New Zealand 1935 Death Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72 1931 Event British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley 1930 Birthday David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Birthday Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister 1929 Event British Labour government recovers diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. 1929 Event Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain 1928 Birthday Jack Thompson, MP, Labour 1927 Birthday Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of South Africa Labour Party 1924 Event British Labour government of MacDonald, resigns 1924 Event Labour loses British parliamentary election 1924 Event British Labour government of MacDonald falls to Communists 1924 Birthday Peter Shore, MP, Labour 1924 Event British Labour government cuts military budget 1924 Event Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain 1923 Event Labour/Liberals win British parliament 1923 Birthday Stanley Orme, Chairman, British Labour Party 1922 Event British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader 1922 Event British Conservative wins election/Labour 2nd party 1921 Event Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1920 Birthday Roy Jenkins, British MP, Labour 1919 Birthday Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British MP, Labour 1918 Birthday Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP, Labour 1918 Birthday Lord Mulley, British MP, Labour 1915 Birthday John Freeman, British politician, Labour, ambassador/TV host 1913 Birthday Lord Oram, British MP, Labour 1910 Event 1st British labour exchange opens 1910 Birthday Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM, Labour, 1971-72, 1973-76 1908 Birthday Lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts, Labour 1906 Birthday Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, MP, Labour 1906 Event British Labour Party organizes 1900 Event British Labour Party forms 1900 Event Labour Party forms in England 1898 Birthday Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer 1893 Birthday Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader, 1945-.. 1881 Birthday Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour and Foreign affairs 1873 Birthday Margaret Bondfield, British Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member 1856 Birthday J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
