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| 1983, Nov. 1 | |
| Two women, Fethia Mzali and Souad Yaacoubi, became Tunisia's first female cabinet members. | 1 |
| Dec. 29 | |
| Outbreak of bread riots, lasting over a week. The protests came on the heels of price increases arising from cuts in state subsidies. After troops brutally restored order (killing 89), the government ordered prices to be lowered (they were quietly raised a second time in July 1984). | 2 |
| 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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