Death of Georges Pompidou
1974 · Event
Pompidou dies in office of a rare cancer he had kept secret; France pulls out of that week's Eurovision Song Contest in mourning.
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- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Napoleon's rule of France (1799)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
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- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)