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| 1977, July 31 |
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| Antinuclear protesters demonstrate in Isère. | 1 |
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| Sept |
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| Differences on revising the Common Program of government led to the rupture of the union of the Left among the Socialists, Communists, and left-wing Radicals. | 2 |
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| Oct |
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| Giscard d'Estaing's administration was rocked by scandal when it was discovered that as finance minister in 1973 he received $250,000 in diamonds from Emperor Bokassa of the Central African Republic. | 3 |
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| Nov. 3 |
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| President Giscard d'Estaing made Quebec premier René Levesque a grand officer of the Legion of Honor. His support of Quebec's right to self-determination angered the Canadian government. | 4 |
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