- 1931 in France
"See also:"
1930 in France ,
other events of 1931,1932 in France .----
Events from the year
1931 inFrance .Events
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27 January -Pierre Laval forms a government in France.
*27 March - British writerArnold Bennett dies inParis when he drinks local water to prove it is safe to drink - but is poisoned.
*6 May -Paris Colonial Exposition opens.
*13 May -Paul Doumer elected president of France.
*14 June - Overloaded pleasure craft "Saint-Philibert", carrying trippers home to Nantes from Île de Noirmoutier, sinks at the mouth of the riverLoire and over 450 drown.
*8 November - French police launch a large scale raid againstCorsica n bandits.Arts and Literature
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The Persistence of Memory is put on display for the first time inParis at the Galerie Pierre Colle.port
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30 June - Tour de France begins.
*26 July - Tour de France ends, won byAntonin Magne .Births
January to June
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26 February -Jacques Rouxel ,animator (d.2004).
*6 March -Nicolas Barone , cyclist (d.2003).
*3 June -Jean Bouise , actor (d.1989).
*5 June -Jacques Demy , film director (d.1990).July to December
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1 July -Leslie Caron , actress.
*4 July -Sébastien Japrisot , author, screenwriter and film director (d.2003).
*24 July -Éric Tabarly , sailor (d.1998).
*23 August - Coccinelle,transsexual actress and entertainer (d.2006).
*6 November -André Trochut , cyclist (d.1996).
*28 December -Guy Debord ,Marxist theorist, writer andfilmmaker (d.1994).Full date unknown
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Serge Danot , animator (d.1990).
*Christian Metz, film theorist (d.1993).Deaths
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1 February -Emmanuel d'Orléans , noble from theHouse of Orléans (b.1872).
*22 June -Armand Fallières , politician andPresident of France (b.1841).
*7 November -Étienne Bazeries , militarycryptanalyst (b.1846).
*2 December -Vincent d'Indy , composer (b.1851).Full date unknown
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Alexandre Darracq , automobile manufacturer (b.1855).References
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