2005 French reject a referendum on the E.U. constitution
2005 Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher
2005 Eddie Barclay, French Musician
2004 Julia Child, French Chef, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, dies at 91
2003 Marie Trintignant, French Actress
1999 Robert Bresson, French Director
1998 68th French Womens Tennis:
1998 Maurice Schumann, French foreign minister (1969-73), dies
1997 Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89
1997 Georges Marchais, Sec Gen of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies
1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages
1997 Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer
1997 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62)
1997 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62)
1997 Andre Boucourechliev, French Composer
1996 Alain Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies
1996 Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69
1996 Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81
1996 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76)
1996 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108)
1996 Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual
1996 Marcel Carne, French Director
1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83
1995 John Cruickshank, French scholar, dies at 70
1995 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64)
1995 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60)
1995 Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election
1995 Christian Pineau, French politician, dies
1995 Etienne Martin, French sculptor, dies at 82
1995 Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87
1995 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84
1995 Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Conde, French prince/Russian, dies at 47
1995 Andre Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80
1995 Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30
1994 Lloyd James Austin, french Scholar, dies at 79
1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
1994 Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87
1994 Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41
1994 Antoine Pinay, French PM (1952)/foreign minister, dies at 102
1994 Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58
1994 Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99
1994 Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French/US composer/son of Igor S, dies at 84
1994 Al Levitt, US/French jazz drummer, dies at 63
1994 Benoat Regent, French actor (Du Bottom du Coeur), dies at 41
1994 Jean Daste, French actor (Zero de Conduite, L'Atalante), dies at 90
1994 Madeleine Renaud, French actress (Longest Day)/director, dies at 94
1994 Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71
1994 Helena Manson, Venez/French actress (Nude in a White Car), dies at 94
1994 Last U.S., British and French troops leave West-Berlin
1994 Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (Jericho), dies
1994 Christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies
1994 French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche
1994 Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights
1994 Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies
1994 Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
1994 1st French "all news" TV, LCI, begins broadcasting
1994 Marcel Mouloudji, French actor/chansonnier (Le Deserteur), dies at 71
1994 Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
1994 64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61)
1994 64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64)
1994 Marcel Bich, Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies at 79
1994 Alain Cuny, [Rene X. Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85
1994 Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72
1994 Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87
1994 Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67
1994 Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
1994 Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena), dies at 32
1994 Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69
1994 Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76
1994 Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR), murdered at 44
1994 Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at 71
1994 Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81
1994 Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95
1994 Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at 83
1994 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72
1994 Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
1994 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
1993 Eliva "Elvire" Popesco, Romanian/French actress (Le roi), dies at 99
1993 Andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93
1993 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87
1993 Herve Bromberger, French director/screenwriter, dies at 75
1993 Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51
1993 Maurice Bessy, French film historian (Cinemonde), dies at 82
1993 Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46
1993 Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75
1993 Fernand Ledoux, Belgian/French actor (L'Homme de Londres), dies at 96
1993 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78
1993 Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70
1993 Leo Ferre, French singer/composer (Mon General), dies at 76
1993 French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88
1993 Rene Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84
1993 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63)
1993 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64)
1993 French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86
1993 Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83
1993 French government of Balladur forms
1993 Conservatives win French parliamentary election
1993 Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35
1993 Cyril Collard, French composer/dir/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35
1993 Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72
1993 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies
1992 Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies
1992 Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies
1992 Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies
1992 Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44
1992 Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94
1992 Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies
1992 Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinema, Traffic), dies
1992 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61)
1992 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8)
1992 Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64
1992 Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89
1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St. Francois d'Assise), dies at 83
1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83
1992 Noemie Perugia, French mezzo soprano, dies
1992 Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67
1992 Jean Poiret, French actor and writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 65
1992 Maria Dea, French actress (Pieges), dies at 73
1992 Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
1991 Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et Cesar), dies at 87
1991 Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at 82
1991 Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Phila
1991 Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies
1991 Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Silence of Mer), dies
1991 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)
1991 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64)
1991 Claude Gallimard, French publisher, dies
1991 Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
1990 British and French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel)
1990 Lebanon releases 2 french hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari)
1990 Valerie French, actress (Jubal), dies of leukemia
1990 William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer
1990 Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages
1990 Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies
1990 Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist/writer, dies
1990 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
1990 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78
1990 Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71
1990 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64)
1990 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)
1990 Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title
1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
1990 Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies
1989 Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83
1989 Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies
1989 French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die
1989 Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer and director (Maigret), dies at 86
1989 Hubert Beuve-Mery, French newspaper founder (Le Monde), dies at 87
1989 Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, commander (French resistance), dies
1989 Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54
1989 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62)
1989 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title
1989 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1989 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice
1989 Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83
1989 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test
1988 Francis Ponge, French Poet
1988 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61)
1988 58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60)
1988 Jordy, French singer
1987 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53
1987 Lino Ventura, Italian/French actor (Medusa touch), dies at 68
1987 Jean Anouilh, French playwright (Ball of the Voleurs), dies at 77
1987 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76)
1987 57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86)
1987 Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94
1987 Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79
1987 French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum
1986 French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released
1986 Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22
1986 Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered
1986 Lino Ventura, actor (French Detective, Slap, Jig-Saw), dies at 67
1986 Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French photographer, dies at 92
1986 Coluche, [Michel Colucci], French comic, dies at 41
1986 56th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mikael Pernfors (63 62 64)
1986 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63)
1986 Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
1986 Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94
1986 Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75
1986 Jean Gent, French, playwright (Lesson Negres), dies at 75
1986 Simone de Beauvoir, French author (Deuxieme Sexe), dies at 86
1986 Jacques Chirac forms French government
1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon
1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
1986 Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumiere du Soir), dies at 86
1985 French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
1985 Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83
1985 Fernand Braudel, French Historian
1985 French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature
1985 Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64
1985 French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior
1985 French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior
1985 French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near NZ
1985 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)
1985 55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75)
1985 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
1985 Jean Dubuffet, French Artist
1985 French government adopts equal electoral system
1985 Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
1985 French socialists lose election (National Front 9%)
1985 Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86
1984 French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
1984 French airship capsizes
1984 Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85
1984 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75)
1984 Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title
1984 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61)
1983 Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79
1983 Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78
1983 Tino Rossi, French singer, dies
1983 Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies
1983 Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84
1983 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76)
1983 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62)
1983 Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58
1982 Louis Aragon, French poet (Pour un Realisme Socialiste), dies at 85
1982 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71
1982 Jacques Tati[scheff], French actor and director (Parade), dies at 74
1982 Jacques Tati[scheff], French mime/director, dies at 74
1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
1982 Albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68
1982 Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58
1982 Jean Wiener, French composer (Olive chez les negres), dies at 86
1982 52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64)
1982 52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger, 76 61
1982 Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies
1982 Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45
1982 Felix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at 76
1982 Savitri Devi, French Writer
1982 Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
1982 Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans), dies at 83
1981 Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92
1981 Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies
1981 Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist
1981 French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists
1981 Socialists/communists win French parliamentary election
1981 51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61)
1981 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64)
1981 French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67
1981 Rene Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82?
1981 French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run
1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
1980 Eva Green, French Actress
1980 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63)
1980 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)
1980 Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
1980 French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)
1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
1979 Nadia Boulanger, French composer (Lasirene), dies at 92
1979 Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93
1979 James T Farrell, U.S. writer (French Girls are Vicious), dies
1979 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64)
1979 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)
1979 Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90
1979 Jean Renoir, French writer and director (Human Beast), dies at 84
1978 Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75
1978 French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%)
1978 Audrey Tautou, French Actress
1978 Bjorn Borg wins French Open Title
1978 Laetitia Casta, French Model
1978 Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast
1978 Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast
1977 Rene Goscinny, French writer (Asterix), dies at 51
1977 Thierry Henry, French Athlete
1977 Jacques Prevert, French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at 77
1977 Communists/socialists win French municipal elections
1977 Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
1976 Jean Gabin, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 72
1976 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French writer (Last Days), dies at 73
1976 Paul Morand, French Diplomat
1976 Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda
1976 Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies
1976 Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist
1976 Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
1976 Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66
1976 Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71
1976 Virginie LeDoyen, French Actress
1976 Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
1975 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94
1975 Guy Mollet, French premier (1956-57), dies at 69
1975 Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78
1975 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24
1975 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway
1975 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64)
1975 45th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61)
1975 French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia
1975 Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68
1975 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77
1974 Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French
1974 Andre Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69
1974 Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62
1974 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague
1974 Marcel Achard, French dramatist (La forges the Paris), dies at 75
1974 Andrei Medvedev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1991 French Open junior
1974 Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77
1974 Darius Milhaud, French composer (Le boeuf sur le toat), dies at 81
1974 Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
1974 Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79
1974 Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76
1974 Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris at 62
1973 Steven Geray, actor (French Line), dies at 69
1973 French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed
1973 Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer, dies at 77
1973 Marc Allegret, French director (Lady Chatterley), dies at 72
1973 Jean Barraque, French composer, dies at 45
1973 Andrea Gaudenzi, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star, 1990 French Open junior
1973 43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60)
1973 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64)
1973 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81
1973 Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91
1973 Estefania Knuth, born in Barcelona, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1992 French Intl
1972 Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76
1972 Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diemer), dies at 73
1972 Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86
1972 Pierre Brasseur, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 66
1972 Pierre Messmer appointed French premier
1972 Zinedine Zidane, French Athlete
1972 44th Academy Awards - "French Connection," G Hackman and Jane Fonda win
1972 Michael Chang, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, tennis star, 1989 French Open
1972 Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83
1972 Maurice Chevalier, French Actor
1971 Sandra Kim, [Caldarone], French singer, J'aime la Vie
1971 Marcel Dupre, French composer, dies at 85
1971 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83
1971 Fernandel, [Contandin], French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67
1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil companies
1971 Henri Tomasi, French composer (Don Juan de Manara), dies at 69
1971 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87
1970 French author Regis Debray freed in Bolivia
1970 Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79
1970 Marc Rosset, Geneva Switz, tennis star, 1992 French Doubles
1970 Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
1970 Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies
1970 Jim Courier, born in Sanford, Florida, tennis champ, 1990, 91 French
1970 Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87
1970 Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
1970 French submarine "Eurydice" explodes
1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France)
1969 Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67
1969 Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies
1969 French government of Couve de Murville resigns
1969 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73
1968 Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53
1968 Charles Munch, French/US conductor (Boston Symphony Orch), dies at 77
1968 Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies
1968 Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies
1968 French government-Couve de Murville forms
1968 Gaullists win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 chairs
1968 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)
1968 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)
1968 President De Gaulle disbands French parliament
1968 Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at 91
1968 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou
1968 Marie-Jose Perec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner, Oly-2 gold-96
1968 Michael Vartan, French Actor
1968 Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81
1968 Louis-Franeois-Marie Aubert, French composer (La Momie), dies at 90
1968 Louis-Franeois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90
1967 French author Regis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
1967 Marcel Ayme, French writer (Lesson contes du chat perche), dies at 65
1967 Andre Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), dies
1967 Thomas Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria, tennis star, 1995 French Open
1967 French president De Gaulle visits Poland
1967 Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63
1967 Albertine Sarrazin, French author (La Traversiere), dies at 29
1967 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77
1967 French author Regis Debray caught in Bolivia
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1967 Max Ophuls, [Oppenheimer], German/French actor (Caught, Exile), dies
1967 Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46
1967 Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78
1966 Patricia Kaas, French pop singer, Mademoiselle Chant
1966 Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies
1966 Luke Jensen, born in Grayling, Michigan, tennis star, 1993 French Open doubles
1966 French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
1966 Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter, poet and sculptor, dies at 78
1966 6 French fighters crash above Spain
1966 Eric Cantona, French Athlete
1966 Georges Duhamel, French Novelist
1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
1966 Olivier Martinez, French Actor
1966 Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64
1966 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier
1965 French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)
1965 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space
1965 French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21
1965 Francois Mitterrand nominated for French presidency
1965 Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90
1965 Le Corbusier, [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss/French architect, dies at 77
1965 Kathleen Horvath, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis player, French Open, Jr. 1980
1965 Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1965 Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner, world record 200 m indoor
1965 Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57
1965 Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57
1965 Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, dies at 84
1964 Roger Bissiere, French painter, dies at 76
1964 Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player, 1989 French quarters
1964 French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
1964 Mats Wilander, Vaxjo Sweden, tennis star, 1988-US, Aust, French
1964 Maurice Thorez, sec-general French Communist Party, dies at 64
1964 Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1964 Last French troops leave Algeria
1964 Jean Alesi, French Celebrity
1964 Juliette Binoche, born in Paris, France, actress, Unbearable Lightness
1964 Linda French, born in Oak Park, Illinois, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1964 French Stewart, New Mexico, actor, Harry Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun
1963 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97
1963 Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies
1963 Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47
1963 Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73
1963 French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons
1963 Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player, French Juniors 1981
1963 Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77
1963 Henri Leconte, born in France, tennis player, French finalist 1988
1963 200,000 French mine workers strike
1962 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water and Dreams), dies at 78
1962 French president De Gaulle visits German FR
1962 French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel
1962 Georges Bataille, French Writer
1962 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1962 Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)
1962 French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria
1962 French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed
1962 Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84
1962 Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter, dies at 34
1962 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)
1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria
1962 Alain Robert, French Athlete
1962 French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested
1962 French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
1962 Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71
1962 Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76
1962 Marie Trintignant, French Actress
1961 Annie Pujol, Perpignan, French TV hostess, Roue de la Fortune
1961 Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher, Arena
1961 Bernard Werber, French Writer
1961 Mylene Farmer, born in Montreal, Canada, french singer, Cendres de Lune
1961 Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory
1961 Louis-Ferdinand Celine, French Writer
1961 French of Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
1961 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53
1961 French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
1961 Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria
1961 French army revolts in Algeria
1961 Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tue), dies at 73
1960 French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
1960 French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons
1960 Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
1960 Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet (North-South), dies at 70
1960 Yannick Noah, France, tennis player, French 1983
1960 French liner "France" launched
1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French adm
1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes in the Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria
1960 French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
1960 Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
1960 French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu
1960 Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46
1960 Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
1959 Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40
1959 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus
1959 Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36
1959 Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60
1959 Bruce French, cricketer, England wicketkeeper in 16 Tests 1986-88
1959 Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies
1959 Boris Vian, French Writer
1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French government
1959 Patrick Bruel, Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist, Coup of Sirocco
1959 France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
1959 French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary
1959 Luc Besson, French Director
1959 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community
1958 French franc devalued
1958 Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)
1958 Chad becomes an autonomous republic within French community
1958 Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
1958 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
1958 Alain Chabat, actor, French Twist, Six Days Six Night
1958 Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
1958 5th French republic forms
1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day)
1958 French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea
1958 Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87
1958 Frederic Joliot-Curie, French nuclear physicist (Nobel 1936), dies
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA French Lick Golf Open
1958 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84
1958 Pierre-tienne Flandin, French PM (1934-35), dies at 69
1958 Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French
1958 French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
1958 French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle
1958 Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traque), dies at 71
1958 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
1958 Pierre Pflimlin forms French government
1958 Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85
1958 French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
1958 Fernand Baldensperger [Fernand Baldenne], French poet, dies at 86
1958 Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86
1958 Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88
1958 French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die
1958 Kelly Leadbetter, born in Phoenix, Arizona, LPGA golfer, 1986 Hennessy French Open
1958 Andre Bazin, French Critic
1957 Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 in Italy
1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
1957 Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26
1957 French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria
1957 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78
1957 French offensive in Algeria
1957 French government of Mollet resigns
1957 Max Ophuls, [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director, dies
1957 Mark Aldanov, [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at 70
1957 Valery Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75
1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt
1956 Blanche Baker, born in New York City, actress/Carroll Baker's Daughter, French Postcard
1956 Vincent (Moro-)Giafferi, French criminal (Caillaux/Landru), dies
1956 Sue Barker, tennis pro, French Open 1976
1956 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78
1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
1956 [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (Fouche), dies at 85
1956 Dominic Erban, French rugby international player
1956 Mima Jausovec, born in Yugoslavia, tennis player, French Open-1977
1956 Marie Laurencin, French Artist
1956 French raid in Algiers
1956 French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88
1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 French commandos land in Algeria
1956 Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95
1956 French premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers
1956 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
1956 French government of Mollet forms
1956 Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84
1956 Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections
1955 Maurice Utrillo, French painter (Cathedrale St-Denis), dies at 71
1955 Fernand Leger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies
1955 David Marshall Grant, born in Westport CT, actor, Legs, French Postcards
1955 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered
1955 Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73
1955 Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75
1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher
1955 Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher
1955 Edgar Faure forms French government
1955 Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86
1955 Yves Tanguy, French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies
1954 Miles Chapin, New York City, actor, French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse
1954 F Henri Berr, French occurence philosopher (L'hymne la vie), dies
1954 Bernard Hinault, French bicylist, Tour de France
1954 Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84
1954 Henri Matisse, French Artist
1954 Algeria begins rebellion against French rule
1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements
1954 Algerian Revolution against French begins
1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out
1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal
1954 Gilbert "Gibus" Duclos-Lassalle, French cyclist
1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh
1954 Jay Jay French, born in New York City, guitarist, Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It
1954 Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83
1954 Pierre Mendes-France forms French government
1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union
1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1954 Auguste Lumiere, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81
1953 Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1953 French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
1953 Francis Picabia, French Artist
1953 Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union
1953 French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy
1953 Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies
1953 French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
1953 Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
1953 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier
1953 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62)
1953 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)
1953 French government of Mayer resigns
1953 Moise Kisling, Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse), dies at 62
1953 Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author, dies at 93
1953 Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
1953 Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74
1953 Dominique de Villepin, French Diplomat
1953 Rene Mayer forms French government
1952 French government of Pinay, resigns
1952 French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die
1952 Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56
1952 French president inaugurates Donzere-Mondragonstuw Dam
1952 Antoine Pinay forms French government
1952 French offensive at Hanoi
1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia
1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base
1952 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52
1952 French Plevin government falls
1951 De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered
1951 John French Sloan, American Artist
1951 Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies
1951 De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
1951 Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher, dies at 83
1951 French government of Pleven dissolves
1951 "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 100 performances
1950 Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83
1950 French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
1950 "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 100 performances
1950 French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
1950 Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star, French 1976, Italian 1976
1950 French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
1950 Rene Pleven forms French government
1950 French government-Bidault resigns
1950 French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
1950 Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70
1950 Christian Lacroix, French couturier, Chic Frills
1950 French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
1950 Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77
1950 M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76
1950 Georges Bidault forms French government
1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
1949 Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L'ete), dies at 75
1949 Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies
1949 Laos becomes associated state within French Union
1949 Meryl Streep, born in New Jersey, actress, French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice
1949 Henri-Honore Giraud, French genl/MP, dies at 70
1949 Bernard Arnault, French Businessman
1949 Arsene Wenger, French Coach
1948 Jeremy Irons, England, actor, French Lieutenant's Woman
1948 Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies
1948 Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French Politician
1948 Jean Reno, French Actor
1948 French government of Schuman, resigns
1948 Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51
1948 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38
1947 French government of Schumann, forms
1947 De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections
1947 Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies
1947 Catherine Collard, French pianist, Schumann/Brahms
1947 David French, British director, Deep Sleep, Bingo
1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1947 Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp
1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
1947 Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79
1946 French troops leave Lebanon
1946 4th French republic established
1946 War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi
1946 Leon Blum elected French premier
1946 French government of Bidault, resigns
1946 French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000
1946 Amanda Lear, French singer
1946 Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election
1946 Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity
1946 French W. Weisglas, Dutch MP, VVD
1946 Mireille Mathieu, French Musician
1946 Syria declares independence from French administration
1946 F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government
1946 Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union
1945 Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner 1968 Olympics bronze
1945 Jean Nouvel, French Architect
1945 Paul Valery, French poet (Le cimetiere Marin, Mon Faust), dies at 73
1945 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
1945 Ernest B Allo, French theologist, dies at 71
1944 Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78
1944 Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies
1944 Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies
1944 French troops liberate Lyon
1944 French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris
1944 French troops liberate Bordeaux
1944 Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast
1944 Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer and choreographer (Ftes d'Hebe), dies at 66
1944 French 5th Armour division recaptures Sees
1944 U.S./French offensive at Aleneon
1944 Transport nr 77 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 Pierre Vienot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies
1944 Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French foreign min (-1940), dies
1944 French General De Gaulle arrives in Washington, D.C.
1944 French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands
1944 French troops free Elba
1944 French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
1944 Marc Bloch, French Historian
1944 French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed
1944 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day
1944 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day
1944 French general De Gaulle arrives in London
1944 Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 Paul Hazard, French literature historian, dies at 65
1944 Benjamin Cremieux, French author (In Buchenwald), dies at 55
1944 ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed
1944 Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67
1944 Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist
1943 Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1943 Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 Lebanon declares independence from French administration
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