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Argentine Marines land at Grytviken, South Georgia, capturing Royal Marine defenders after brief firefight.
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26990 |
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UN Security Council adopts Resolution 502 (vote 10-1, four abstentions), which demands immediate cessation of hostilities and withdrawal of all Argentine forces from the Falklands, and which calls for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
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26991 |
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Margaret Thatcher announces despatch of task force to recapture the islands.
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26992 |
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Lord Carrington resigns and is replaced as Foreign Secretary by Francis Pym.
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26993 |
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Requisitioning of merchant vessels commences.
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26994 |
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Argentina commences reinforcement of forces in Falklands.
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27014 |
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Argentina creates South Atlantic Operational Theatre HQ.
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27015 |
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Britain declares maritime exclusion zone centred on Falklands and with 200 nautical mile radius, to come into effect 0400 hours 12 April.
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27016 |
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President Reagan approves Alexander Haig's peace mission.
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27017 |
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Canberra arrives at Southampton to undergo military conversions and to embark 3 Para and 40 and 42 Commandos.
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27018 |