- 1958 in France
"See also:"
1957 in France ,
other events of 1958,1959 in France .----
Events from the year
1958 inFrance .Events
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13 May - Crisis caused byputsch attempt inAlgiers involving French officers.
*1 June -Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement to leadFrance by decree for six months.
*4 June -Charles de Gaulle visitsAlgeria .
*28 September - A majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of theFrench Fifth Republic .
*2 October -Guinea declares itself independent from France.
*3 November - NewUNESCO building inaugurated inParis .
*23 November - Legislative Election held.
*25 November -French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of theFrench Community .
*28 November -Chad , theRepublic of the Congo , andGabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
*30 November - Legislative Election held, to elect the firstNational Assembly of theFifth Republic .
*1 December -Central African Republic becomes independent fromFrance .
*21 December - Presidential Election won byCharles de Gaulle .Arts and Literature
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26 June - Tour de France begins.
*19 July - Tour de France ends, won byCharly Gaul ofLuxembourg .Births
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19 January -Thierry Tusseau , international soccer player.
*26 July -Thierry Gilardi , football and rugby commentator (d.2008).
*31 August -Éric Zemmour , political journalist and author.
*21 September -Bruno Fitoussi , poker player.
*2 October -Didier Sénac , soccer player.
*26 October -Pascale Ogier , actress (d.1984).Deaths
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13 February -Georges Rouault , painter and printmaker (b.1871).
*14 August -Frédéric Joliot-Curie ,physicist andNobel laureate (b.1900).
*22 August -Roger Martin du Gard , author, winner of the 1937Nobel Prize for Literature (b.1881).
*11 October -Maurice de Vlaminck , painter, printmaker and author (b.1876).References
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