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Events on Tuesday 6 March 1984 1
1984UK miners' strike beginsYear-long dispute over pit closuresThe National Union of Mineworkers began a strike against the Thatcher government's plan to close unprofitable coal pits. The dispute became one of the most bitter industrial conflicts in modern British history before ending in defeat for the union in March 1985.