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Sébastien Chavanel
1981Mar, 21

Sébastien Chavanel

Sébastien Chavanel, French cyclist
Sébastien Chavanel (born 21 March 1981 in Châtellerault) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam FDJ. He is a younger brother, by just under 2 years, to fellow professional cyclist Sylvain Chavanel.

After three seasons with Team Europcar, Chavanel returned to FDJ.fr for the 2014 season. At the 2015 Tour of Flanders, Chavanel sustained right thigh hematoma as a neutral service car rammed his team car which was stopped behind him to change his bike's wheel.By finishing in last place in the 2015 Tour de France, he was that year's lanterne rouge rider.

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    Iran hostage crisis

    Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
  • 27Apr

    Computer mouse

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  • 27Jun

    Mao Zedong

    The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
  • 7Jul

    Sandra Day O'Connor

    U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • 15Sep

    Sandra Day O'Connor

    The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States