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Events on Thursday 18 May 1933 3
1933 – presentBernadette ChiracPolitician and first ladyBernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac, née Chodron de Courcel, was a French politician and former first lady of France. Refusing to be reduced to a president's wife, she built her own decades-long elected career in the Corrèze, championed children's charities, and was the shrewd driving force behind Jacques Chirac's political ascent.
1933Bernadette Chirac born in Paris18 May 1933Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel is born on 18 May 1933 in Paris, into an aristocratic French family.
1933Tennessee Valley Authority createdFederal agency set up to develop the Tennessee River basinCongress created the TVA on 18 May to provide flood control, electricity and economic development to one of the poorest regions of the United States. It became one of the best-known New Deal programmes.