1949 in France

"See also:"
1948 in France,
other events of 1949,
1950 in France.

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Events from the year 1949 in France.

Events

*27 October - An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes in the Azores island of São Miguel. Among the victims are violinist Ginette Neveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan.

port

*30 June - Tour de France begins.
*21 July - Tour de France ends, won by Fausto Coppi of Italy.

Births

*18 January - Philippe Starck, designer.
*6 February - Olivier Chevallier, motor cycle racer (d.1980).
*10 February - Maxime Le Forestier, singer.
*22 March - Fanny Ardant, actress.
*1 April - Gérard Mestrallet, businessman.
*16 April - Claude Papi, soccer player (d.1983).
*24 April - Véronique Sanson, singer-songwriter.
*27 April - Didier Daeninckx, author and politician.
*13 June - Thierry Sabine, motor cycle racer (d.1986).
*17 June - Serge Vinçon, politician (d.2007).
*22 October - Arsène Wenger, soccer manager.
*25 October - Alain Escoffier, anti-communist activist, self-immolated (d.1977).

Full date unknown

*Jean-Claude Irvoas, murder victim (d.2005).
*Olivier Rebbot, photographer (d.1981).

Deaths

*28 January - Jean-Pierre Wimille, motor racing driver and resistance member (b.1908).
*4 June - Maurice Blondel, philosopher (b.1861).
*24 September - Pierre de Bréville, composer (b.1861).
*27 October - Marcel Cerdan, boxer (b.1916).
*27 October - Ginette Neveu, violinist (b.1919).

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