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Transatlantic Political Milestones: 1980s Memory and Politics

Explore key events across the Atlantic during the 1980s, from Mitterrand's presidency in France to Reagan's global engagements. Witness the confluence of history, politics, and memory in this dynamic era.

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Transatlantic Political Milestones: 1980s Memory and Politics

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  1. Memory Politics Across the AtlanticHistory 337 / March 28, 2012

  2. François Mitterrand – a pragmatic socialistelected president of France (May 1981)

  3. With Mitterrand’s blessing, Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy nationalizes French banks and industry in 1981-82

  4. Jacques Delors, Mitterrand’s budget czar;later EC Commission president from 1985-1994

  5. Beirut, Lebanon,October 1983:US Marines and French paratroopers perish together

  6. Reagan’s speech at Pointe du hoc, Normandy (June 6, 1984)

  7. Reagan greets former rangers at Normandy

  8. Mitterrand and Kohl at Verdun, September 1984

  9. Coalition politics in Germany:a weakened FDP helps Kohl (CDU) reach the chancellorship

  10. Kohl addresses the German expellees, June 1985:from “Silesia remains ours” to “Silesian remains our future in a Europe of free peoples”

  11. Reagan and Kohl at the Bitburg military cemetery

  12. Voices against Reagan’s Bitburg visit

  13. Reagan lays a wreath at the Bergen-Belsen camp memorial(May 5, 1985)

  14. An SED (East German) delegation received by the SPD, 1986

  15. Honecker visits Bonn, October 1987

  16. April 1986: The bomb in the Berlin disco

  17. Reagan and Gorbachev at the Reykjavik Summit, October 1986

  18. Reagan at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate,June 1987

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