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From L to R : French Ministers Marc Rucart (Public Health), Albert Sarraut (Interior), Edouard Daladier (Prime Minister), French President Albert Lebrun, French President of the Chamber of Deputies Edouard Herriot, French Ministers Jean Zay (National Education), César Campinchi (Navy), Paul Reynaud (Finance), and Governor of French West Africa Pierre Boisson (behind Lebrun) listen to French Mayor of Versailles Gaston-Henry Haye's speech during the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Estates General of 1789, at the Palace of Versailles on May 5th, 1939. The opening of the Estates General on May 5th, 1789, summoned by King Louis XVI to solve the French financial crisis, is one of the defining moments of the French Revolution. Its 150th anniversary was celebrated in the Palace of Versailles on May 5th, 1939, as part of a series of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the French Revolution. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)