Mitterrand's election victory
1981 · Event
François Mitterrand becomes the first socialist president of the Fifth Republic.
On these timelines: Master, France
Around 1981
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)