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Robert Ménard
1953Jul, 6

Robert Ménard

Robert Ménard, French politician and former journalist
Robert Ménard (born 6 July 1953) is a French politician and former journalist serving as Mayor of Béziers since 2014. A founder of the Paris-based international non-governmental organisation Reporters Without Borders, he was its general-secretary from 1985 to 2008. He subsequently participated in the launch of the information website 'Boulevard Voltaire' in 2012. An Independent since 1981, Ménard joined the Les Amoureux de la France alliance in 2017.

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  • 28Feb

    Francis Crick

    James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
  • 6Mar

    Joseph Stalin

    Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • 8Apr

    Jomo Kenyatta

    Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
  • 19Aug

    1953 Iranian coup d'état

    Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
  • 30Oct

    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.