major landmarks in British history?

Question

For people who haven't studied British history at all and are new to the country, i want to give them a brief overview of 4 or 5 key events from the last century.
Culturally, scientifically, politically important. What do you think those events should be? What do you think has made the biggest news in the last 113 years? or the biggest impact on British life?  
I've been considering
World cup win in 1966
Dunkirk
VE day
Death of Princess Diana
sinking of the Titanic
anything else to give it more balance, or is some of what I've got irrelevant?
Your thoughts please

ammianus · Accepted Answer

First majority Labour government in 1945,which led directly to the NHS

Miners' strike of 1984-85

Falklands War

Suez Crisis - when Britain and the British finally realized we weren't a world superpower anymore.

Battle of Britain

Battle of the Somme.

Monty Python.

Anonymous · Answer

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 
The invention of television
The invention of radar
The discovery of Penicillin

and this:
1907	Legalisation of trade unions
1908	Introduction of the state pension
1914	Outbreak of world war one
1918	Votes for women over 30
1919	Formation of League of Nations
1924	First Labour government
1928	Women given the vote on same terms as men
1929	Wall Street Crash
1939	Outbreak of world war two
1945	The United Nations is created
1944	Butler Education Act, creating publicly funded system of grammars, comprehensives and technical schools
1948	National Health Service is set up
1957	Suez crisis
1962	Cuban missile crisis
1963	Profumo affair
1967	Abortion is legalised; homosexuality is decriminalised
1969	The voting age is lowered to 18
1973	Britain becomes a member of the European Economic Community (EEC)
1984	Start of the miners’ strike
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall signals demise of Cold War
1998	Good Friday Agreement
2003	UK and USA invade Iraq
2007	July bombings in London

Guru Hank · Answer

Glorious Revolution of 1688

Anonymous · Answer

Battle of Hastings - 1066

Magna Carta - 1215

Or am I going too far back?

Fred3663 · Answer

Inventions - TV, jet engine, hovercraft, 
Political - NHS, state pension, 
Sport - 3x Olympic games

major landmarks in British history?

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