French Presidents: 1981-2022 (TRIH ep 179, part 2)
1981 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present a survey of French presidents from Charles de Gaulle through Emmanuel Macron, framing the episode as a "French President's Special." They concentrate on personalities, scandals and the evolution of the presidency: François Mitterrand's ambiguous wartime record, his leftward turn and later moderation; Jacques Chirac's long career, corruption scandals and opposition to…
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1981
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)