October 24, 1983monday
The French President Mitterand made a quick visit to Beirut and declared: ' We will stay'.
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De Clerck and Malsagne note that no French president had visited Lebanon since independence before Mitterrand's trip.
October 24, 1989tuesday
While the Arab Troïka rushes the Chamber to elect a President before November 7th, tens of thousands of Lebanese say 'no' to the Taef agreement through a giant demonstration that goes from Hazmieh to Baabda.
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Hanf calls the mass support for Aoun unprecedented: never had so many Christians followed a leader against their political and church leaders' pleas for calm.