Marquis Who's Who Millennium Magazine
532 MILLENNIUM 1 9 9 0 Mary Robinson is elected president of the Republic of Ireland, the first woman to hold the post 1990 Aung San Suu Kyi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous fight for democracy in Burma 1991 Christian Hillaire, Eliette Brunel-Deschamps and Jean-Marie Chauvet, three cavers, accidentally discover the world's oldest-known paintings in the Chauvet Cave in Southern France 1994 Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their partnership in South Africa 1993 Betty Boothroyd, who served as a Labour Member of Parliament, becomes the first female Speaker of the House of Commons 1992
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