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    • 19 May 1974
    • 19 May 2024
    • Election of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

    • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was elected President of the Republic following the death of Georges Pompidou on 2 April 1974.
    • 19 May 1994
    • 19 May 2024
    • Death of Jackie Kennedy

    • Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994), whose maiden name was Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, was the wife of the 35th President of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. In 1968 she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
    • 20 May 1949
    • 20 May 2024
    • Victor Schoelcher and Félix Eboué admitted to the Panthéon

    • Victor Schoelcher was the initiator of the Decree of 27 April 1848, which finally abolished slavery in France and the French colonies, while Félix Eboué, was the Guyanese governor in Chad, who joined forces with General de Gaulle in 1940.
    • 22 May 1924
    • 22 May 2024
    • Birth of Charles Aznavour

    • Charles Aznavour is an all-round artist, who can act, sing and perform on stage. He is an icon known the world over.
    • 23 May 2004
    • 23 May 2024
    • The roof of Terminal 2 of Roissy airport collapses

    • The collapse of the roof of Terminal 2E of Roissy airport, which opened just 11 months earlier, killed four people and wounded several others. The Paris Airports group ADP and its sub-contractor were convicted in March 2019.
    • 17 June 1949
    • 24 May 2024
    • Publication of the first volume of Le Deuxième Sexe

    • In the words of Simone de Beauvoir: "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman ". Her book Le Deuxième Sexe, published in 1949, became a seminal work of feminist philosophy, but was attacked on all sides and blacklisted by the Vatican.
    • 24 May 1974
    • 24 May 2024
    • Death of Duke Ellington

    • Duke Ellington (1899-1974) was a very popular American jazz pianist and composer. His orchestra came to fame in the 1920s before a tour in England in 1933 brought him international recognition.
    • 25 May 1954
    • 25 May 2024
    • The death of Robert Capa

    • Robert Capa (1913-1954) was a war photographer. He covered the war in Spain from 1936, the conflict between China and Japan in 1938, and the Second World War, and was killed by a mine during the Indochina war.
    • 26 May 2024
    • France Open - Roland-Garros Tennis Tournament

    • The French Tennis Open is a tennis tournament played on clay courts since 1925. Organised by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) it is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
    • 27 May 1964
    • 27 May 2024
    • Death of Nehru

    • Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the most emblematic figures in India's struggle for independence. He became Indian Prime Minister. He died on 28 May 1964.
    • 28 May 1964
    • 28 May 2024
    • Foundation of the PLO

    • The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) was set up in Cairo, and represented 4.5 million Palestinians scattered across a number of Arab countries following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
    • 29 May 1964
    • 29 May 2024
    • The founding of the Théâtre du Soleil company

    • The Théâtre du Soleil was founded around Ariane Mnouchkine and actors and technicians from the students’ theatrical association. The Théâtre du Soleil comprises a working production company.
    • 01 June 2009
    • 01 June 2024
    • The crash of the Airbus A330 from Rio to Paris

    • There were no survivors from the crash of flight 447, the most fatal accident of Air France’s history. The Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic on 1st June 2009 with 228 people on board.
    • 01 June 2022
    • 01 June 2024
    • Global Day of Parents

    • This day, declared by the UN General Assembly in 2012, honours parents around the world.
    • 01 June 2024
    • Nuit Blanche

    • Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night) is an annual cultural event. Devoted to contemporary art, it offers the public the opportunity to discover artistic installations and performances in public places that are exceptionally open during one night.
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