1 de dez. de 2023 · A temporada apresenta a Crise de Suez em 1956, a aposentadoria do terceiro primeiro-ministro da rainha, Harold Macmillan, em 1963, após o escândalo político do caso Profumo e o nascimento de Príncipe Andrew em 1960 e Príncipe Edward em 1964. A temporada também apresenta John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy e Lord Altrincham.
25 de nov. de 2023 · Reviewer: Dr Helen Parr. University of Keele. Citation: Dr Helen Parr, review of The Almost Impossible Ally: Harold Macmillan and Charles de Gaulle, (review no. 562) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/562. Date accessed: 25 November, 2023. See Author's Response. A. Milward, The United Kingdom and the European Community, volume 1 ...
29 de nov. de 2023 · Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon (nasceu em Kingston, Jamaica, 5 de julho de 1931 – faleceu em 15 de março de 2017), era um músico de jazz jamaicano e pequeno traficante de drogas que desempenhou um papel nos eventos que levaram ao caso Profumo – o escândalo que garantiu uma queda dos conservadores em eleição em 1964, inaugurando o governo trabalhista de Harold Wilson.
21 de nov. de 2023 · Harold Macmillan Resigns Oct. 18, 1963: Just five years after the Suez Canal crisis forced Anthony Eden to resign as prime minister, a much juicier sex scandal involving a 19-year-old model and Secretary of State for War (Tim Steed), who is married, signals the rise of the Labour Party.
Há 1 dia · This was the glamorous, star-studded nightspot where a society osteopath met a showgirl, setting in motion events that would eventually help spell the end for Harold Macmillan’s government.
Há 2 dias · Prime Minister Harold Macmillan gave the famous "Wind of Change" speech in South Africa in February 1960, where he spoke of "the wind of change blowing through this continent". Macmillan urgently wanted to avoid the same kind of colonial war that France was fighting in Algeria.
21 de nov. de 2023 · Harold Macmillan Macmillan was the Conservative Party Prime Minister from January 1957 until mid-October 1963. The son of a British publisher (that Macmillan) and an American mother, he attended Oxford University.