In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" id="mwuA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Harold Macmillan">Harold Macmillan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives_(1962)" id="mwuQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Night of the Long Knives (1962)">dismisses seven members of his Cabinet</a>, marking the effective end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberals</a> as a distinct force within British politics.