Margaret Thatcher

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Prime Minister
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Life Type
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Birth
1925-Oct-13
Death
2013-Apr-08 ( at the age of 87 )
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2024-09-26
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107 Moments
2024
Portrayed by Lesley-Anne Down in Reagan
2020
Portrayed by Gillian Anderson in The Crown
2019
2016
Topped BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Power List for her impact on female lives over the past 70 years.
Voted second-greatest British prime minister after WWII in a University of Leeds survey.
2015
Topped a poll by Scottish Widows as the most influential woman of the past 200 years.
2013
Margaret Thatcher's ashes interred at the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Margaret Thatcher received a ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul's Cathedral
Margaret Thatcher died after suffering a stroke
2011
Portrayed by Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Voted the fourth-greatest British prime minister of the 20th century in a MORI poll of academics.
2010
2009
Margaret Thatcher returned to 10 Downing Street for the unveiling of an official portrait by Richard Stone
2008
Portrayed by Andrea Riseborough in The Long Walk to Finchley
2007
First living British prime minister honored with a statue in the Houses of Parliament
2006
Establishing the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom.
2005
Margaret Thatcher celebrated her 80th birthday at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hyde Park, London
2004
Key Figures Honor Reagan at State Funeral Service
2003
Death of Sir Denis Thatcher at age 88
2002
Portrayed by Patricia Hodge in The Falklands Play
Ranked highest among living persons in the BBC poll 100 Greatest Britons.
Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World published
Margaret Thatcher announced she would no longer engage in public speaking due to health issues
2000
Pinochet released on medical grounds by Jack Straw
1999
Included in Time's list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century.
1998
Recipient of Ronald Reagan Freedom Award.