1975 in France

"See also:"
1974 in France,
other events of 1975,
1976 in France.

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Events from the year 1975 in France.

Events

*1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel.
*6 March - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the Springer Press. The 6 March Group (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group.
*6 July - The Comoros declare their independence from France.
*15 September - The department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
*15 November - 1st G6 summit begins at Rambouillet.
*17 November - 1st G6 summit ends.

Arts and Literature

port

*26 June - Tour de France begins.
*20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Bernard Thévenet.

Births

January to March

*9 January - Xavier Méride, soccer player.
*10 January - Olivier Chapuis, ice dancer.
*26 January - Alexandre Péclier, rugby union player.
*5 February - Frédéric Baud, nordic combined skier.
*7 February - Emily Loizeau, author, composer and singer.
*17 February - Marie-Pierre Leray, figure skater.
*8 March - François Grenet, soccer player.
*12 March - Valérie Nicolas, team handball player.
*21 March - Souleymane M'baye, boxer.
*22 March - Ludovic Turpin, cyclist.
*25 March - Gaspard Manesse, actor and musician.

April to June

*4 April - Delphine Arnault, businesswoman.
*12 April - Laurent Wauquiez, politician and Minister.
*18 April - Frédéric Née, soccer player.
*27 April - Xavier Gens, film director.
*30 April - David Moncoutié, cyclist.
*16 May - Jean-Christophe Devaux, soccer player.
*31 May - Emmanuel Jonnier, cross country skier.
*2 June - Sébastien Schemmel, soccer player.
*24 June - Laurent Tobel, figure skater.
*26 June - Philippe Delaye, soccer player.

July to September

*4 July - Thierry Zig, basketball player.
*17 July - Vincent Vittoz, cross country skier.
*18 July - Emmanuel Hostache, bobsledder (d.2007).
*25 July - Isabelle Blanc, snowboarder and Olympic gold medallist.
*27 July - Grégoire Colin, actor.
*16 August - Didier Agathe, soccer player.
*30 August - Younous Oumouri, soccer player.
*3 September - Cristobal Huet, ice hockey player.
*3 September - Stéphane Samson, soccer player.
*6 September - Sylvie Becaert, biathlete.
*19 September - Caroline Fourest, feminist writer, journalist and editor.
*23 September - Laurent Batlles, soccer player.
*30 September - Marion Cotillard, actress.
*30 September - Laure Pequegnot, Alpine skier.

October to December

*5 October - Bobo Baldé, soccer player.
*12 October - Cédric Duchesne, soccer player.
*16 October - Christophe Maé, singer.
*2 November - Stéphane Sarrazin, motor racing driver.
*4 November - Yoann Le Boulanger, cyclist.
*6 November - Matthieu Lièvremont, rugby union player.
*7 November - Raphaël Haroche, singer.
*9 November - Djézon Boutoille, soccer player.
*13 November - Alain Digbeu, basketball player.
*20 November - Sébastien Hamel, soccer player.
*20 November - Nicolas Savinaud, soccer player.
*26 November - Marinette Pichon, soccer player.
*9 December - Olivier Milloud, rugby union player.

Full date unknown

*Alexis Loret, actor.
*Paul Renaud, illustrator and comic book artist.

Deaths

January to March

*9 January - Pierre Fresnay, actor (b.1897).
*14 January - Pierre David-Weill, investment banker (b.1900).
*22 January - Paul Antoine Aristide Montel, mathematician (b.1876).
*9 February - Pierre Dac, humorist and French Resistance activist (b.1893).
*13 February - André Beaufre, military officer (b.1902).
*24 February - Marcel Grandjany, harpist and composer (b.1891).
*2 March - Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer (b.1876).
*3 March - Yves Godard, military officer (b.1911).
*9 March - Joseph Guillemot, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (b.1899).
*13 March - Jean Del Val, actor (b.1891).
*18 March - Adrienne Bolland, test pilot and first woman to fly over the Andes (b.1896).
*25 March - Michèle Girardon, actress (b.1938).

April to June

*4 April - Pierre Galopin, military officer, executed.
*11 April - André Obey, playwright (b.1892).
*25 April - Jacques Duclos, politician (b.1896).
*30 April - Gen Paul, painter and engraver (b.1895).
*13 May - Charles Vaurie, ornithologist (b.1906).
*21 May - Jean Fontenay, cyclist (b.1911).
*23 May - Paul Legentilhomme, military officer (b.1884).

July to December

*20 September - Saint-John Perse, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (b.1887).
*23 September - René Thomas, motor racing driver (b.1886).
*27 September - Maurice Feltin, Cardinal (b.1883).
*3 October - Guy Mollet, politician (b.1905).
*15 October - Jacques Charon, actor and film director (b.1920).
*16 October - Jean Odin, politician (b.1889).
*28 October - Georges Carpentier, boxer (b.1894).
*22 November - François de Roubaix, film score composer (b.1939).
*22 December - René Floriot, lawyer (b.1902).

Full date unknown

*Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (b.1905).
*René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (b.1905).
*Jacques Natanson, writer (b.1901).

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