<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> wins the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">general election</a>.<sup about="#mwt58" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_3#cite_note-9" id="mwAQQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQU">[9]</span></a></sup> The following day, she becomes the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">British Prime Minister</a>.
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