French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (died 1982)

Pierre Mendès France

Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955. As a member of the Radical Party, he headed a government supported by a coalition of Gaullists (RPF), moderate socialists (UDSR), Christian democrats (MRP) and liberal-conservatives (CNIP). Pierre-Mendès France is primarily remembered as the French Prime Minister who was in office at the outbreak of the Algerian independence war in 1954. During his tenure, France initiated close military cooperation with Israel, selling arms and aircraft to the young state.

Born

1907

January 11

Died

1982

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1900s

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532 Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
630 Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, and the Quraysh association of clans surrenders.
930 Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatians.
1055 Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire.

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The world in 1907

When Pierre arrived

april 17 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
august 1 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
august 15 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
august 17 Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opens in Seattle, Washington.

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Alberto Moravia 1907–1990 Italian journalist and author (died 1990) Altiero Spinelli 1907– Italian theorist and politician (died 1986) Astrid Lindgren 1907–2002 Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1907) Bhagat Singh 1907–1931 Indian activist (born 1907) Duarte Nuno 1907– Duke of Braganza (died 1976) Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 Mexican painter and educator (born 1907) Hergé 1907–1983 Belgian author and illustrator (born 1907) Jimmie Foxx 1907–1967 American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907) John Wayne 1907–1979 American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)

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