1989 in France

"See also:"
1988 in France,
other events of 1989,
1990 in France.

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Events from the year 1989 in France.

Events

*12 March - Municipal Elections held.
*19 March - Municipal Elections held.
*15 June - European Parliament Election held.
*14 July - France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution.
*14 July - 15th G7 summit at the Grande Arche in Paris begins.
*16 July - 15th G7 summit ends.
*19 September - UTA Flight 772 broke up over the Sahara Desert following an explosion. 156 passengers and 14 crew were killed.

Arts and Literature

port

*1 July - Tour de France begins.
*9 July - French Grand Prix won by Alain Prost.
*23 July - Tour de France ends, won by Greg LeMond of the United States.

Births

*8 January - Dominique Malonga, soccer player.
*10 February - Kévin Aubeneau, soccer player.
*26 February - Gabriel Obertan, soccer player.
*6 April - Djamel Bakar, soccer player.
*3 July - Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, soccer player.
*16 August - Moussa Sissoko, soccer player.
*8 October - Armand Traoré, soccer player.
*10 November - Parfait Mandanda, soccer player.
*17 December - André Ayew, soccer player.

Deaths

January to March

*5 February - André Cheuva, soccer player (b.1908).
*6 February - André Cayatte, filmmaker (b.1909).
*7 February - Gilbert Simondon, philosopher (b.1924).
*17 February - Guy Laroche, fashion designer (b.1921).
*21 February - Alex Thépot, international soccer player (b.1906).
*8 March - Robert Lacoste, politician (b.1898).
*15 March - Valérie Quennessen, actress (b.1957).
*29 March - Bernard Blier, actor (b.1916).
*29 March - Fernand Gambiez, General and military historian (b.1903).

April to June

*6 April - Henri Cadiou, painter and lithographer (b.1906).
*15 April - Charles Vanel, film director and actor (b.1892).
*30 April - Pierre Lewden, athlete (b.1901).
*25 May - Jean Despeaux, boxer, Olympic gold-medallist (b.1915).
*22 June - Henri Sauguet, composer (b.1901).

July to September

*2 July - Jean Painlevé, film director (b.1902).
*5 July - Jean Leguay, civil servant, accomplice of the Deportation of Jews from France (b.1909).
*6 July - Jean Bouise, actor (b.1931).
*17 July - Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil, lover and later wife of Samuel Beckett (b.1900).
*20 July - Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, French Resistance leader (b.1909).
*4 September - Georges Simenon, writer (b.1903).
*8 September - Vincent Badie, lawyer and politician (b.1902).

October to December

*14 November - Rémi Laurent, actor (b.1957).
*23 November - Armand Salacrou, dramatist (b.1899).
*31 December - Lilly Daché, milliner and fashion designer (b.1898).

Full date unknown

*Bernard-Marie Koltès, playwright and director (b.1948).
*Jean-Etienne Marie, composer (b.1917).
*André Muffang, chess master (b.1897).
*Jean-Louis Verdier, mathematician (b.1935).

References