Michelle Bachelet was born on 29 September 1951 in La Cisterna. A Chilean physician and politician, Bachelet was the first woman to serve as president of Chile, in 2006-2010 and again in 2014-2018. A member of the Socialist Party, she had been imprisoned and tortured with her mother under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and her father, an air force general, died in custody. She served as minister of health and of defense before winning the presidency. She later became the first head of UN Women and then United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, serving until 2022.
Before and after
- 1 September 1951ANZUS
- 8 September 1951Treaty of San Francisco
- 8 September 1951Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan
- 28 September 1951Discovery of Ananke
- 29 September 1951Birth of Michelle Bachelet
- 2 October 1951Birth of Sting
- 1952Polio vaccine
- 1952Discovery of einsteinium
- 1952Publication of Waiting for Godot
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