Can't find a thread about this, and bearing in mind the impact it had on the country, I am surpised, but the miner's strike was started on 11th March 1984. 25 years ago yesterday..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorksl..._feature.shtml
Now, whether you agree with the Miners or Margaret Thatcher, you have to admit, that strike did have a massive impact and it did change the country.