P112 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                             * 6 March - A year-long strike action  begins in the British coal industry  * 12 March - Miners' strike begins and  pits the National Union of Mineworkers  against Margaret Thatcher's  Conservative government intent on free  market reform of the nationalised  industries, which includes plans for  the closure of most of Britain's  remaining coal pits.  * 14 March - Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams  and three others are seriously injured  in a gun attack by the Ulster  Volunteer Force.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End