2006 in France
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Events from the year 2006 in France.
2005 in France
2005 in France
See also:2004 in France,other events of 2005,2006 in France.----Events from the year 2005 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Jean-Pierre Raffarin then Dominique de Villepin...
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other events of 2006,
2007 in France
2007 in France
See also:2006 in France,other events of 2007,2008 in France.----Events from the year 2007 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Nicolas Sarkozy* Prime Minister - François Fillon* Interior Minister - Michèle Alliot-Marie...
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Events from the year 2006 in France.
Incumbents
- President - Jacques ChiracJacques ChiracJacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
- Prime MinisterPrime Minister of FranceThe Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
- Dominique de VillepinDominique de VillepinDominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007.... - Interior Minister - Nicolas SarkozyNicolas SarkozyNicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
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- Foreign Minister -
Events
- 9 March - Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisisSablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis-Hostage crisis:On 9 March 2006 at 2:30 p.m. . A 33 year old former high school teacher in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, France, took 23 people, most of them students aged 16-18, hostage with a handgun. He surrendered peacefully and no one was harmed. The teacher suffered from depression in the past...
: A former teacher takes 23 hostages including 21 students. - April - France formally charges six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment campGuantanamo Bay detainment campThe Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
. - July - France begins the trial against six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment campGuantanamo Bay detainment campThe Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
. - 11 October - A train crash at Zoufftgen2006 Zoufftgen rail crashThe 2006 Zoufftgen train collision occurred around 11.45 am on 11 October 2006, near Zoufftgen, Moselle, France, some 20 metres from the border with Luxembourg, on the Metz – Zoufftgen line. Two trains collided head-on while one track of a double track line was out of service for maintenance...
kills six people. - 16 November - Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace Plan2006 Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace PlanOn 2006-11-16, France, Italy and Spain announced a new Middle East peace plan proposed by Spanish Premier José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero during talks with French president Jacques Chirac. Later on, the plan was introduced to Romano Prodi, Italy's prime minister who gave his full support to the plan...
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Sport
- 10 February–26 February - France at the 2006 Winter OlympicsFrance at the 2006 Winter OlympicsFrance competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France .-Medalists:- Alpine skiing :MenWomen...
: France wins 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze medals at the Winter Olympics in TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
in Italy. - 10 March–19 March - France at the 2006 Winter ParalympicsFrance at the 2006 Winter ParalympicsFrance participated in the ninth Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.France entered 19 athletes in the following sports:*Alpine skiing: 8 male, 2 female*Nordic skiing: 6 male, 3 female-Medalists:-External links:***...
: France wins 7 Gold, 2 Silver and 6 Bronze medals at the Winter Paralympics in Turin. - 1 July - Tour de France2006 Tour de FranceThe 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis....
begins. - 9 July - ItalyItaly national football teamThe Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup2006 FIFA World CupThe 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
by beating FranceFrance national football teamThe France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
5-3 on penaltiesPenalty shootout (football)A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
. The score after extra time is 1-1. - 23 July - Tour de France ends, won by Óscar Pereiro of Spain.
January
- 27 January - Jean-Christophe LafailleJean-Christophe LafailleJean-Christophe Lafaille was a French mountaineer noted for a number of difficult ascents in the Alps and Himalaya, and for what has been described as "perhaps the finest self-rescue ever performed in the Himalaya", when he was forced to descend the mile-high south face of Annapurna alone with a...
, mountaineerMountaineeringMountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
(b.19651965 in FranceSee also:1964 in France,other events of 1965,1966 in France.----Events from the year 1965 in France.-Events:*5 January - Launch of the Renault 16, the world's first production hatchback car.*14 March - Municipal elections held....
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February
- 9 February - André StrappeAndré StrappeAndré Strappe was a French footballer who played striker, and later served as a manager....
, international soccer player (b.19281928 in FranceSee also:1927 in France,other events of 1928,1929 in France.----Events from the year 1928 in France.-Events:*22 April - Legislative Election held.*29 April - Legislative Election held....
). - 12 February - Henri GuédonHenri GuédonHenri Guédon was a Martiniquan percussionist. His first band was called La Contesta and he organised it when he was 20. He was awarded a Maracas d'or the first year the awards ran...
, percussionist (b.19441944 in FranceSee also:1943 in France,other events of 1944,1945 in France.----Events from the year 1944 in France.-Events:*15 March - The National Council of the French Resistance approves the Resistance programme....
). - 13 February - Ilan HalimiIlan HalimiIlan Halimi was a young French Jewish man kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a gang called "the Gang of Barbarians" and subsequently tortured, over a period of three weeks, resulting in his death...
, kidnap and murder victim (b. c1982). - 14 February - Darry CowlDarry CowlDarry Cowl, born André Darricau, was a French actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche , which proved to be his last appearance.He was born in Vittel, and came to prominence when he was cast by Sacha...
, musician and actor (b.19251925 in FranceSee also:1924 in France,other events of 1925,1926 in France.----Events from the year 1925 in France.-Events:*21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble....
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March
- 9 March - Jean LeymarieJean Leymarie (art historian)Jean Leymarie was a French art historian.-Life:Born into a peasant family, he pursued his studies in Toulouse then Paris. After the Second World War, he began his museum career...
, art historian (b.19191919 in FranceSee also:1918 in France,other events of 1919,1920 in France.----Events from the year 1919 in France.-Events:*April - Long-Berenger Oil Agreement is concluded between France and the United Kingdom over oil rights....
). - 10 March - Jean HermilJean HermilJean Hermil was Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers, France.He was ordained a priest on July 5, 1942 at Autun. He was appointed auxiliary bishop there on May 15, 1963, and simultaneously appointed titular bishop of Marida, with formal ordination on July 2 – being the last holder of that office...
, Roman CatholicRoman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of ViviersViviers, ArdècheViviers is a commune in the department of Ardèche in southern France.It is a small walled city situated on the right bank of the Rhône.-Population:-History:...
(b.19171917 in FranceSee also:1916 in France,other events of 1917,1918 in France.----Events from the year 1917 in France.-Events:*9 April - Battle of Arras, a British offensive, begins....
). - 22 March - Pierre ClostermannPierre ClostermannPierre Clostermann was a French flying ace, author, engineer, politician and sporting fisherman. Over his flying career he was awarded the Grand-Croix of the French Légion d'Honneur, French Croix de Guerre, British DFC and bar, Distinguished Service Cross , Silver Star , and the Air Medal .-Early...
, flying ace, author, engineer and politician (b.19211921 in FranceSee also:1920 in France,other events of 1921,1922 in France.----Events from the year 1921 in France.-Events:Before touching on the principal events which took place in France in the course of the year 1921, it is necessary to recall one or two of the outstanding facts of 1920 in France.The most...
). - March - Jean DesclauxJean DesclauxJean Desclaux was a French rugby union player and coach who played for US Dax as flanker.Born in 1922 in Dax, he played and coached club rugby for US Dax only; as a player he served the club from 1947 to 1959 and represented France A eight times.As coach he managed US Dax from 1959 to 1973 winning...
, rugby union coach (b.19221922 in FranceSee also:1921 in France,other events of 1922,1923 in France.----Events from the year 1922 in France.-Events:The year 1922 was signalized at its opening by the conference of Cannes, between France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, which met to consider the situation created by Germany's declaration...
).
April
- 5 April - Alain de BoissieuAlain de BoissieuAlain de Boissieu was a French general, Free French, Compagnon de la Libération, Army chief of staff and son-in-law of general Charles de Gaulle.-Life:...
, Army chief-of-staff (b.19141914 in FranceSee also:1913 in France,other events of 1914,1915 in France.----Events from the year 1914 in France.-Events:*16 March - Wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage...
). - 17 April - Jean Bernard, physicianPhysiologyPhysiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
and haematologist (b.19071907 in FranceSee also:1906 in France,other events of 1907,1908 in France.----Events from the year 1907 in France.-Events:*February - The French warship Jean Bart sinks off the coast of Morocco....
). - 25 April - Roger DuchêneRoger DuchêneRoger Duchêne was a French biographer specializing in the letters of Madame de Sévigné.Duchêne became a member of l'Académie de Marseille in 1972, and received the Grand Prize of l'Académie du Vaucluse en 1980, as well as the Prix du Roi René, le Grand Prix littéraire de Provence in 1983, and...
, biographer (b.19301930 in FranceSee also:1929 in France,other events of 1930,1931 in France.----Events from the year 1930 in France.-Events:*10 February - Yen Bai mutiny takes place, an uprising by Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army's garrison in Yen Bai....
). - 30 April - Jean-François RevelJean-François RevelJean-François Revel was a French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Académie française from June 1998...
, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (b.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
).
May
- 1 May - Jean-Pierre HubertJean-Pierre HubertJean-Pierre Hubert was a science fiction and detective fiction author. He won the Prix Rosny-Aîné several times and has been reviewed by Locus .-Bibliography:* Planète à trois temps, Opta, 1975...
, author (b.19411941 in FranceSee also:1940 in France,other events of 1941,1942 in France.----Events from the year 1941 in France.-Events:*17 January - Battle of Koh Chang...
). - 9 May - Edouard JaguerEdouard JaguerEdouard Jaguer was a French poet and art critic linked with the surrealist movement.He was born on 8 August 1924 in Paris and died on 9 May 2006 in Paris.He was involved with many groups and revues including:* La Main a la Plume...
, poet and art criticArt criticAn art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
(b.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - 23 May - Philippe AmauryPhilippe AmauryPhilippe Amaury was a French publishing tycoon and entrepreneur who dominated the French media world. Amaury was the son of the publisher Émilien Amaury....
, publishing tycoon and entrepreneurEntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
(b.19401940 in FranceSee also:1939 in France,other events of 1940,1941 in France.----Events from the year 1940 in France.-Events:*21 March - Édouard Daladier resigns as Prime Minister...
). - 24 May - Claude PiépluClaude PiépluClaude Léon Auguste Piéplu was a French film and television actor.-Filmography:*Shadoks et le Big Blank, Les *Astérix et Obélix contre César *Chapeau bas...
, actor (b.19231923 in FranceSee also:1922 in France,other events of 1923,1924 in France.----Events from the year 1923 in France.-Events:*11 January - Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments....
). - 26 May - Édouard MichelinÉdouard Michelin (born 1963)Édouard Michelin , was managing partner and co-chief executive of the Michelin Group. He was the great-grandson of Édouard Michelin , a co-founder of the company....
, businessman (b.19631963 in FranceSee also:1962 in France,other events of 1963,1964 in France.----Events from the year 1963 in France.-Events:*22 January - Élysée Treaty signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer....
). - 26 May - Raymond TribouletRaymond TribouletRaymond Triboulet was a French politician. He was a leading World War II resistance fighter who helped U.S., Canadian, and British troops invade France, which was then occupied by Nazi Germany.-Biography:...
, resistance fighter and politician (b.19061906 in FranceSee also:1905 in France,other events of 1906,1907 in France.----Events from the year 1906 in France.-Events:*16 January - Algeciras Conference begins, to mediate the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany....
). - 27 May - Michael RiffaterreMichael RiffaterreMichael or Michel Riffaterre was an influential French literary critic and theorist. He pursued a generally structuralist approach. He is well known in particular for his book Semiotics of Poetry, and the concepts of hypogram and syllepsis.He was born in Bourganeuf, in the Limousin region of France...
, literary critic and theorist (b.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - 29 May - Johnny Servoz-GavinJohnny Servoz-GavinGeorges-Francis "Johnny" Servoz-Gavin was a motor racing driver in both sportscars and single seaters....
, motor racing driver (b.19421942 in France1941 in France,other events of 1942,1943 in France.----Events from the year 1942 in France.-Events:*19 February - Riom Trial begins, attempt by Vichy France regime to prove that the leaders of the French Third Republic had been responsible for France's defeat by Germany in 1940.*28 March - British...
).
June
- 5 June - André MandouzeAndré MandouzeAndré Mandouze , was a French academic and journalist, a Catholic, and an anti-fascist and anti-colonialist activist....
, academic and journalist (b.19161916 in FranceSee also:1915 in France,other events of 1916,1917 in France.----Events from the year 1916 in France.-Events:*29 January - Paris is bombed by German zeppelins for the first time.*21 February - Battle of Verdun begins....
). - 6 June - Léon WeilLéon WeilLéon Roger Weil was one of the last two surviving veterans of the battle of Val-de-Marne in the First World War...
, World War I veteran (b.18961896 in FranceSee also:1895 in France,other events of 1896,1897 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-January to June:*4 January - André Masson, artist .*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist ....
). - 11 June - Rolande FalcinelliRolande FalcinelliRolande Falcinelli was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Rolande Falcinelli entered the Paris Conservatory in 1932, where her teachers were noted pianist and pedagogue Isidor Philipp and Abel Estyle , Marcel Samuel-Rousseau , Simone Plé Caussade , Henri Büsser , and...
, organistOrganistAn organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
, pianistPianistA pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
(b.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
). - 15 June - Raymond DevosRaymond DevosRaymond Devos was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour.- Early life :...
, humorist, comedian and clown (b.19221922 in FranceSee also:1921 in France,other events of 1922,1923 in France.----Events from the year 1922 in France.-Events:The year 1922 was signalized at its opening by the conference of Cannes, between France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, which met to consider the situation created by Germany's declaration...
). - 19 June - René RenouRene RenouRené Renou was president of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine at the time of his death and was "one of the most influential men in French winemaking."....
, wine expert (b.19521952 in FranceSee also:1951 in France,other events of 1952,1953 in France.----Events from the year 1952 in France.-Events:*25 February - Battle of Hoa Binh ends in defeat for French forces by the Viet Minh in Vietnam....
). - 20 June - Raymond DaudelRaymond DaudelRaymond Daudel was a French theoretical and quantum chemist.Trained as a physicist, he was an assistant to Irène Joliot-Curie at the Radium Institute. Daudel spent almost the entirety of his career as professor at the Sorbonne and director of a laboratory of the Centre National de la Recherche...
, theoreticalTheoretical chemistryTheoretical chemistry seeks to provide theories that explain chemical observations. Often, it uses mathematical and computational methods that, at times, require advanced knowledge. Quantum chemistry, the application of quantum mechanics to the understanding of valency, is a major component of...
and quantum chemistQuantum chemistryQuantum chemistry is a branch of chemistry whose primary focus is the application of quantum mechanics in physical models and experiments of chemical systems...
(b.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
). - 21 June - Jacques LanzmannJacques LanzmannJacques Lanzmann was a French writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer.-Biography:...
, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (b.19271927 in FranceSee also:1926 in France,other events of 1927,1928 in France.----Events from the year 1927 in France.-Events:*20 May-21 May - First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh....
).
July
- 3 July - Francis CammaertsFrancis CammaertsFrancis Charles Albert Cammaerts DSO was an outstanding Special Operations Executive agent who organised French Resistance groups to sabotage German communications in occupied France.-Early life:...
, Special Operations ExecutiveSpecial Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...
(SOE) agent (b.19161916 in FranceSee also:1915 in France,other events of 1916,1917 in France.----Events from the year 1916 in France.-Events:*29 January - Paris is bombed by German zeppelins for the first time.*21 February - Battle of Verdun begins....
). - 8 July - Catherine LeroyCatherine LeroyCatherine Leroy was a French-born photojournalist and war photographer, whose stark images of battle illustrated the story of the Vietnam War in the pages of Life magazine and other publications.-Life:...
, photojournalist and photographer (b.19451945 in FranceSee also:1944 in France,other events of 1945,1946 in France.----Events from the year 1945 in France.-Events:*6 February - Writer Robert Brasillach executed for collaboration with the Germans....
). - 20 July - Charles BettelheimCharles BettelheimCharles Bettelheim was a French economist and historian, founder of the Center for the Study of Modes of Industrialization at the Sorbonne), economic advisor to the governments of several developing countries during the period of decolonization...
, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and historianHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
(b.19131913 in FranceSee also:1912 in France,other events of 1913,1914 in France.----Events from the year 1913 in France.-Events:*3 February - Trial of the remnants of the Bonnot gang begins....
). - 20 July - Gérard OuryGérard OuryGérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.- A commercially successful French filmmaker :...
, actor, writer and producer (b.19191919 in FranceSee also:1918 in France,other events of 1919,1920 in France.----Events from the year 1919 in France.-Events:*April - Long-Berenger Oil Agreement is concluded between France and the United Kingdom over oil rights....
). - 29 July - Pierre Vidal-NaquetPierre Vidal-NaquetPierre Emmanuel Vidal-Naquet was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in 1969....
, historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
(b.19301930 in FranceSee also:1929 in France,other events of 1930,1931 in France.----Events from the year 1930 in France.-Events:*10 February - Yen Bai mutiny takes place, an uprising by Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army's garrison in Yen Bai....
).
August
- 2 August - Maurice Kriegel-ValrimontMaurice Kriegel-ValrimontMaurice Kriegel-Valrimont was a militant communist who took part in the French Resistance during the Second World War, and a French politician...
, militant communistCommunismCommunism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
, resistance fighter and politician (b.19141914 in FranceSee also:1913 in France,other events of 1914,1915 in France.----Events from the year 1914 in France.-Events:*16 March - Wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage...
). - 10 August - Olivier LecerfOlivier LecerfOlivier Lecerf was a French businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner.-Business career:A resident of Paris, from 1974 to 1989 Leclerf was at the helm of the French based multinational industrial conglomerate Lafarge Group, serving as its CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.He was voted...
, businessman and racehorse owner (b. c1928). - 17 August - Bernard RappBernard RappBernard Rapp was a French film director and television news presenter.Rapp was born in Paris. After graduating from university, he worked as a freelance journalist. In 1976, he joined Antenne 2 as their international correspondent, working later as their London correspondent from 1981 to 1983...
, film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and television news presenterNews presenterA news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
(b.19451945 in FranceSee also:1944 in France,other events of 1945,1946 in France.----Events from the year 1945 in France.-Events:*6 February - Writer Robert Brasillach executed for collaboration with the Germans....
). - 26 August - François LamoureuxFrançois LamoureuxFrançois Lamoureux was a prominent European civil servant whose influential career placed him at the centre of European integration.-A passionate advocate of European integration:...
, European civil servant (b.19461946 in FranceSee also:1945 in France,other events of 1946,1947 in France.----Events from the year 1946 in France.-Events:*16 January - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government....
). - 26 August - Marie-Dominique PhilippeMarie-Dominique PhilippeMarie-Dominique Philippe was a Dominican philosopher and theologian. He was ordained in 1936. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Fribourg from 1945 to 1982. Although he remained a Dominican he founded the "Community of St. John" in 1975.- External links :**...
, Dominican philosopher and theologian (b.19121912 in FranceSee also:1911 in France,other events of 1912,1913 in France.----Events from the year 1912 in France.-Events:*7 March - Aviator Henri Seimet makes the first non-stop flight from Paris to London in three hours....
).
September
- 3 September - Françoise ClaustreFrançoise ClaustreFrançoise Claustre , was a French archeologist who was taken hostage by a group of Chadian rebels, led by Hissène Habré, on 20 April 1974, at Bardaï, in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad. At the same time, the rebels also seized a German doctor, Christophe Staewen, and Marc Combe, who was an...
, archaeologistArchaeologyArchaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
, (b.19371937 in FranceSee also:1936 in France,other events of 1937,1938 in France.----Events from the year 1937 in France.-Events:*1 May - General strike in Paris.*21 June - Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns.-Sport:*30 June - Tour de France begins....
). - 9 September - Gérard BrachGérard BrachGérard Brach was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud...
, film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screen writer (b.19271927 in FranceSee also:1926 in France,other events of 1927,1928 in France.----Events from the year 1927 in France.-Events:*20 May-21 May - First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh....
). - 11 September - Solange FernexSolange FernexSolange Fernex was a French pacifist activist and politician, born on 15 April 1934 at Strasbourg, France, and died from cancer on 11 September 2006, at Biederthal, France.She led Europe-Ecologie list for the first European elections in 1979...
, pacifist activist and politician (b.19341934 in FranceSee also:1933 in France,other events of 1934,1935 in France.----Events from the year 1934 in France.-Events:*6 February - an anti-parliamentarist demonstration organised in Paris by far-right leagues, finished in a riot and led to a political crisis.*9 February - Gaston Doumergue forms a new...
). - 20 September - Henri JayerHenri JayerHenri Jayer was a French vintner who is credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking. He was particularly known for the quality of his Pinot Noir. Jayer was born in Vosne-Romanée. He attended the University of Dijon in the 1940s and earned a degree in oenology...
, vintnerVintnerA vintner is a wine merchant. You pronounce it like this In some modern use, in particular in American English, the term is alsoused as a synonym for winemaker....
(b.19221922 in FranceSee also:1921 in France,other events of 1922,1923 in France.----Events from the year 1922 in France.-Events:The year 1922 was signalized at its opening by the conference of Cannes, between France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, which met to consider the situation created by Germany's declaration...
). - 30 September - André Schwarz-BartAndre Schwarz-BartAndré Schwarz-Bart was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish origins....
, novelist (b.19281928 in FranceSee also:1927 in France,other events of 1928,1929 in France.----Events from the year 1928 in France.-Events:*22 April - Legislative Election held.*29 April - Legislative Election held....
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October
- 6 October - Claude LuterClaude LuterClaude Luter 23 July 1923, Paris – 6 October 2006, Paris) was a jazz clarinetist who also doubled on soprano saxophone.He began on trumpet, but switched to clarinet. He might be best known for being an accompanist to Sidney Bechet when he was in Paris, but he also worked with Barney Bigard...
, jazz clarinetist (b.19231923 in FranceSee also:1922 in France,other events of 1923,1924 in France.----Events from the year 1923 in France.-Events:*11 January - Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments....
). - 9 October - CoccinelleCoccinelle (entertainer)Coccinelle was a French transsexual actress and entertainer. Hers was the first widely publicized sexual reassignment case in Europe, where she was a national celebrity and a renowned club singer.- Early life and career :...
, transsexual actress and entertainer (b.19311931 in FranceSee also:1930 in France,other events of 1931,1932 in France.----Events from the year 1931 in France.-Events:*27 January - Pierre Laval forms a government in France....
). - 9 October - Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (b.19361936 in FranceSee also:1935 in France,other events of 1936,1937 in France.----Events from the year 1936 in France.-Events:*25 March - Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America....
). - 12 October - Eugène MartinEugène MartinEugène Martin was a racing driver from France. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950. He scored no championship points....
, motor racing driver (b.19151915 in FranceSee also:1914 in France,other events of 1915,1916 in France.----Events from the year 1915 in France.-Events:*19 January - Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.*9 May - Second Battle of Artois starts....
). - 17 October - Daniel EmilforkDaniel EmilforkDaniel Emilfork-Berenstein was a Chilean stage and film actor.Emilfork was born in Providencia, Chile after his Jewish socialist parents from Kiev fled a pogrom in Odessa...
, actor (b.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - 28 October - Tina AumontTina AumontMaria Christina Aumont , best known as Tina Aumont, was an American actress.She was of French Jewish and Dominican descent....
, actress (b.19461946 in FranceSee also:1945 in France,other events of 1946,1947 in France.----Events from the year 1946 in France.-Events:*16 January - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government....
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November
- 2 November - Adrien DouadyAdrien DouadyAdrien Douady was a French mathematician.He was a student of Henri Cartan at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, and initially worked in homological algebra. His thesis concerned deformations of complex analytic spaces...
, mathematician (b.19351935 in France1934 in France,other events of 1935,1936 in France.----Events from the year 1935 in France.-Events:*4 January - Foreign Minister Pierre Laval went to Rome to meet Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini....
). - 3 November - Paul MauriatPaul MauriatPaul Mauriat was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his million selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968...
, musical director (b.19251925 in FranceSee also:1924 in France,other events of 1925,1926 in France.----Events from the year 1925 in France.-Events:*21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble....
). - 7 November - Jean-Jacques Servan-SchreiberJean-Jacques Servan-SchreiberJean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, often referred to as JJSS was a French journalist and politician. He co-founded L'Express in 1953 with Françoise Giroud, and then went on to become president of the Radical Party in 1971...
, journalist and politician (b.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - 10 November - Maurice FloquetMaurice FloquetMaurice Noël Floquet was, at age 111, France's oldest man on record and was one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I. He was, at the age of 111 years and 320 days, France's longest-lived soldier ever. Moreover, Maurice was France's oldest living man for more than four years...
, France's oldest man on record (b.18941894 in FranceSee also:1893 in France,other events of 1894,1895 in France.----Events from the year 1894 in France.-Events:* 15 February - 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England with a bomb.* 14 May - Meteor shower in Southern France.* 22...
). - 11 November - Anicée AlvinaAnicée AlvinaAnicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche (b. Anicée Shahmanesh or Anicee Schahmane on 28 January 1953, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine – d...
, singer and actress (b.19531953 in FranceSee also:1952 in France,other events of 1953,1954 in France.----Events from the year 1953 in France.-Events:*4 January - Operation Bretagne ends, with French victory over the Viet Minh in Vietnam....
). - 12 November - Alphonse HalimiAlphonse HalimiAlphonse Halimi was a French boxer. He was nicknamed "la Petite Terreur."Time wrote of him: "Alphonse went to work with a street fighter's will. A grown-up guttersnipe from the back alleys of Algeria...
, boxer (b.19321932 in FranceSee also:1931 in France,other events of 1932,1933 in France.----Events from the year 1932 in France.-Events:*1 May - Legislative Election held.*6 May - Paul Gorguloff assassinates President Paul Doumer in Paris...
). - 14 November - Gustave ChoquetGustave ChoquetGustave Choquet was a French mathematician.Choquet was born in Solesmes, Nord. His contributions include work in functional analysis, potential theory, topology and measure theory...
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(b.19151915 in FranceSee also:1914 in France,other events of 1915,1916 in France.----Events from the year 1915 in France.-Events:*19 January - Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.*9 May - Second Battle of Artois starts....
). - 14 November - Bertrand Poirot-DelpechBertrand Poirot-DelpechBertrand Poirot-Delpech was a French journalist, essayist and novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 10 April 1986.-Early life:...
, journalist, essayist and novelist (b.19291929 in FranceSee also:1928 in France,other events of 1929,1930 in France.----Events from the year 1929 in France.-Events:*24 July - Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré resigns for medical reasons - he is succeeded by Aristide Briand....
). - 23 November - Philippe NoiretPhilippe NoiretPhilippe Noiret was a French film actor.-Biography:Noiret's father was in the clothes trade. Philippe was an indifferent scholar and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study...
, actor (b.19301930 in FranceSee also:1929 in France,other events of 1930,1931 in France.----Events from the year 1930 in France.-Events:*10 February - Yen Bai mutiny takes place, an uprising by Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army's garrison in Yen Bai....
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December
- 1 December - Claude JadeClaude JadeClaude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade , was a French actress, known for starring as Christine in François Truffaut's three films Stolen Kisses , Bed and Board and Love on the Run . Jade acted in theatre, film and television...
, actress (b.19481948 in FranceSee also:1947 in France,other events of 1948,1949 in France.----Events from the year 1948 in France.-Events:*17 March - Treaty of Brussels, is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, aimed mainly at defending against possible German rearmament.*5 September -...
). - 27 December - Pierre DelanoëPierre DelanoëPierre Delanoë , born Pierre Leroyer, was a French songwriter/lyricist who wrote for dozens of singers such as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Petula Clark, and Johnny Hallyday....
, songwriter/lyricistLyricistA lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
(b.19181918 in FranceSee also:1917 in France,other events of 1918,1919 in France.----Events from the year 1918 in France.-Events:*21 March - Second Battle of the Somme begins....
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- Janine Chasseguet-SmirgelJanine Chasseguet-SmirgelJanine Chasseguet-Smirgel was a leading French psychoanalyst, a training analyst, and past President of the Société psychanalytique de Paris in France. From 1983 to 1989, she was Vice President of the International Psychoanalytical Association...
, psychoanalyst (b.19281928 in FranceSee also:1927 in France,other events of 1928,1929 in France.----Events from the year 1928 in France.-Events:*22 April - Legislative Election held.*29 April - Legislative Election held....
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