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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1974 | |
| The Messmer Plan accelerated the development of the French civilian nuclear industry. | 1 |
| April 2 | |
| DEATH OF GEORGES POMPIDOU. | 2 |
| May 5, 19 | |
| Finance Minister VALÉRY GISCARD d'ESTAING narrowly defeated François Mitterrand in presidential elections. After taking office, Giscard d'Estaing began a series of liberalization measures that included reducing the voting age from 21 to 18, establishing a secretary of state for the condition of women, liberalizing the divorce law, legalizing abortion, decentralizing the broadcasting system, and banning telephone tapping. | 3 |
| May 27 | |
| Jacques Chirac became prime minister. | 4 |
| June 27 | |
| France and Iran signed a $4 billion ten-year development pact that included France's sale to Iran of five nuclear reactors. | 5 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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