1953 in France

"See also:"
1952 in France,
other events of 1953,
1954 in France.

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Events from the year 1953 in France.

Events

*4 January - Operation Bretagne ends, with French victory over the Viet Minh in Vietnam.
*24 March - Death of Paul Couturier, architect of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
*9 May – France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia with the king Norodom Sihanouk.
*5 July - First meeting of the assembly of the European Economic Community in Strasbourg.
*28 July - Operation Camargue, further French military action against the Viet Minh, begins.
*10 August - Operation Camargue ends.
*13 August - 4 million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.
*25 August - General strike ends in France.
*9 November - Cambodia becomes independent from France.
*20 November - Operation Castor, airborne operation to establish a fortified airhead in Dien Bien Province, starts.
*22 November - Operation Castor ends.

Arts and Literature

port

*3 July - Tour de France begins.
*27 July - Tour de France ends, won by Louison Bobet.

Births

*28 January - Anicée Alvina, singer and actress (d.2006).
*16 March - Isabelle Huppert, actress.
*19 August - Benoît Régent, actor (d.1994).
*22 September - Ségolène Royal, politician.
*12 October - Serge Lepeltier, politician.
*14 November - Dominique de Villepin, politician, former Prime Minister of France.
*23 November - Francis Cabrel, singer-songwriter.
*29 November - Christine Pascal, actress, writer and director (d.1996).

Deaths

*4 April - Rachilde, author (b.1860).
*4 July - Jean Becquerel, physicist (b.1878).
*9 August - Auguste Giroux, rugby union player (b.1874).
*30 November - Francis Picabia, painter and poet (b.1879).

Full date unknown

*Paul Couturier, priest and promoter of the concept of Christian unity (b.1881).

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