Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (died 1987)

René Lévesque

René Lévesque was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to seek, through a referendum, a mandate to negotiate the political independence of Quebec. Starting his career as a reporter, and radio and television host, he later became known for his eminent role in Quebec's nationalization of hydro-electric companies and as an ardent defender of Quebec sovereignty. He was the founder of the Parti Québécois, and before that, a Liberal minister in the Lesage government from 1960 to 1966.

Born

1922

August 24

Died

1987

Era

1920s

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René, in brief

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Key dates

1922 Born
1987 Died

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367 Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.
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410 The Visigoths under King Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
1185 Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.

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The world in 1922

When René arrived

april 1 In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
april 15 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
april 16 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
april 20 The Soviet government creates the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.

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Agnes Marshall 1852– English culinary entrepreneur, inventor, and celebrity chef (died 1905) Albert Claude 1899–1983 Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983) Andrew Brunette 1973– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Jorge Luis Borges 1899–1986 Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (died 1986) Peder Griffenfeld 1635–1699 Danish lawyer and politician (died 1699) Reggie Miller 1965– American basketball player and sportscaster Stephen Fry 1957– English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter Vladimir Masorin 1947– Russian admiral

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1922

Alvin Dark 1922–2014 American baseball player and manager (died 2014) Barbara Bel Geddes 1922–2005 American actress (born 1922) Bill Johnston 1922– Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007) Cecil H. Underwood 1922–2008 American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (born 1922) Charles Mingus 1922–1979 American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 1979) Christiaan Barnard 1922–2001 South African surgeon and academic (died 2001) Denholm Elliott 1922–1992 English-Spanish actor (died 1992) Enrico Berlinguer 1922–1984 Italian politician (born 1922) Erich Hartmann 1922–1993 German colonel and pilot (died 1993)

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