1959 in France
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Events from the year 1959 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Rene Coty (until 8 January), Charles de Gaulle (starting 8 January)
- Prime Minister: Charles de Gaulle (until 8 January), Michel Debré (starting 8 January)
Events
- 8 January – Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as the first president of French Fifth Republic.
- 2 December – The Malpasset Dam collapses and floods the town of Fréjus, killing 412.[1]
Arts and literature
- 11 March – Eurovision Song Contest held in Cannes.[2]
- 29 October – Astérix the Gaul makes a first appearance in the first regular issue of the comic magazine Pilote.[3]
Sport
- 25 June – 1959 Tour de France begins.
- 18 July – 1959 Tour de France ends, won by Federico Bahamontes of Spain, the first Spanish cyclist to win the Tour de France.
Births
- 1 January – Michel Onfray, philosopher and author
- 7 February – Christine Angot, novelist and playwright[4]
- 18 March – Luc Besson, film director, writer and producer
- 1 May – Yasmina Reza, playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter[5]
- 14 May – Patrick Bruel, singer and actor
- 28 May – Steve Jeltz, baseball player
- 19 June – Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris
- 6 July – Richard Dacoury, basketball player
- 15 July – Christian Dornier, murderer
- 7 September – Pierre Nanterme, business executive (died 2019)
- 19 October – Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, politician
Deaths
- 21 January – Yves Le Febvre, writer and politician (born 1874)
- 17 April – Paul Dujardin, water polo player and Olympic medallist (born 1894)
- 5 May – Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, cardinal (born 1872)
- 14 May – Sidney Bechet, African American jazz saxophonist (born 1897)
- 15 May – Jeanne de Flandreysy, writer (born 1874)
- 22 June – Félix Guignot, physician (born 1882)
- 23 June – Boris Vian, writer, poet and musician (born 1920)
- 25 November – Gérard Philipe, actor (born 1922)
See also
References
- ^ "60 ans après la catastrophe - A Fréjus, les 423 morts du Malpasset hantent toujours les survivants". www.lamontagne.fr. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Television Programmes – Wednesday Evening". Radio Times. 6 March 1959. p. 19. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Les BD oubliées D'Astérix". BDoubliées (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "Christine_Angot". Igrs.sas.ac.uk. 6 November 1999. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Notice de personne (in French). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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