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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

1943