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Events on Friday 16 March 1956 2
1956Marries Bernadette Chodron de Courcel16 March 1956Chirac marries Bernadette Chodron de Courcel, whom he met as a student at Sciences Po. Their marriage lasts over sixty years, until his death.
1956Marries Jacques Chirac16 March 1956Having met as students at Sciences Po, Bernadette marries Jacques Chirac on 16 March 1956 — the beginning of a political and personal partnership lasting more than sixty years.