Tributes on historic date for ThatcherBy George Jones, Political Editor (Filed: 04/05/2004) Lady Thatcher is preparing for a week of commemorative events to mark the 25th anniversary today of her accession as Britain's first woman prime minister. On Friday, May 4, 1979, Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a Grantham shopkeeper, entered Downing Street after the Tories were returned to power with a Commons majority of 44. She went on to win two more elections and serve 11 and a half years in No 10 before being ousted by Conservative MPs fearful that she had become an electoral liability. The principal...