她是英国保守党这块“男人的天地”里的第一位女领袖，她是英国历史上第一位女首相，而且是创造了蝉联三届，任期长达11年之久的记录的女首相。英国自19世纪初叶利物浦勋爵连任三届共15年以后，再没有任何一个位首相有过如此之长的执政时间。她是英国历史上第一个以其所推行的一套政策而被冠之以“主义”和"革命“的首相，也是20世纪最优秀的首相之一。
无论在她头上冠上多么漂亮的光环，她始终是一个人，一个出自平民中的女人。自从她淡出权力圈之后，又会有多少人在关心她，或许你不知道，今天是她85岁生日，自从1925年10月13日呱呱坠地起，已经度过了85个春秋。她曾经辉煌过，强势过，如今却是逃脱不了时间的洗礼和世事的变迁，她现在只是个患有老年痴呆的老妇人。丈夫去世，儿子不孝，让她的处境更为艰难。
她就是玛格丽特·希尔达·撒切尔，孤独的铁娘子。
Today in history
In A.D. 54, Roman emperor Claudius the First died, after being poisoned by his wife, Agrippina.
In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia.
In 1843, the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was founded in New York City.
In 1845, Texas ratified a state constitution.
In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner.
In 1944, American troops entered Aachen, Germany.
In 1944, British and Greek advance units landed at Piraeus during World War Two.
In 1960, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy participated in the third televised debate of their presidential campaign.
In 1962, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," by Edward Albee, opened on Broadway.
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