1986 Event 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles 1978 Event Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France 1970 Birthday Julie Halard, born in Versailles, France, tennis star, 1995 Prague 1958 Birthday Bill Roy, Versailles, Illinois, skeet 1996 Olympics 1946 Birthday John Conlee, Versailles, Kentucky, country singer, Common Man 1944 Event General Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles 1939 Event Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1938 Birthday John Corigliano, born in New York City, composer, Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles 1937 Birthday Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005 1936 Event Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 1935 Event Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty 1934 Event Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles 1932 Birthday Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress, Just Before Nightfall 1920 Event U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1919 Event U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations 1919 Event Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty) 1919 Event President Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate 1919 Event President Wilson returns to New York City from Versailles Peace Conference 1919 Event Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France 1919 Event Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria 1919 Event WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1918 Event President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office 1842 Event Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 1757 Birthday Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia 1756 Event Russia joins the Alliance of Versailles 1754 Birthday Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France, 1774-93, eventually guillotined 1710 Birthday Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France, 1715-74 1683 Birthday Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain, 1700-24, 24-46 1674 Event Jean Racine's "Iphigenie," premieres in Versailles
