Ronald Todd, (March 11, 1927 – April 30, 2005), was the general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), the largest general trade union in the United Kingdom, from 1985 until 1992. March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... Events January 7 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London January 9 - Military rebellion crushed in Lisbon January 14 - Paul Doumer elected president of France January 19 - Britain sends troops to China February 12 - First British troops lad on Shanghai February 14 - Earthquake in Yugoslavia - 700 dead February... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... The Transport and General Workers Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, is the largest general trade union in the United Kingdom, with 900,000 members. ... A general union is a trade union (labor union in U.S. English) which represents workers from all industries and companies, rather than just one organisation or a particular sector, as in a craft union or industrial union. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent...

Todd was born in Walthamstow, London, and left school at the age of 14 to work in a barbers' shop. He also worked as an assistant to a plumber before being drafted into the Royal Marines in the last days of World War II. For a time he served alonside his father in the Marine corps. He carried out his national service with the marines in Hong Kong. Walthamstow is an area of north-east London, England in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... For other uses of the word, see the Barber disambiguation page. ... For a colloquial American use, see White House Plumbers; in London, see Worshipful Company of Plumbers A plumber is a tradesman who specialises in installing and maintaining systems used for plumbing, heating, drainage, potable (drinking) water or industrial process plant piping. ... The Corps of Royal Marines, usually just known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdoms amphibious forces and a core component of the countrys Rapid Reaction Force. ... National Service was the name given to the system of military conscription employed in Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland) between 1949 and 1960. ... Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

After completing his national service Todd worked in a Ford factory in Dagenham, before becoming an officer for the TGWU in 1962. He became the union's regional director for London in 1976, before being promoted to national organiser in 1978. After being elected as the union's general secretary in 1985, after a second ballot, he was also named as an honourary vice-president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Todd earned a reputation for his commitment to human rights, he was a vocal opponent of apartheid in South Africa. Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ... Dagenham is a place in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ... CND logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ... Apartheid ( International Phonetic Alphabet in English and in Afrikaans) is the policy and the system of laws implemented and enforced by White minority governments in South Africa from 1948 till 1990; and by extension any legally sanctioned system of racial segregation. ... The Republic of South Africa is a large republic located at the southern tip of the continent. ...