1924 in France

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Events from the year 1924 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President: Alexandre Millerand (until 13 June), Gaston Doumergue (starting 13 June)
  • President of the Council of Ministers:

Events[]

  • 28 March - Total S.A. established as Compagnie française des pétroles.
  • 29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts.
  • 27 April - Group of Alawites kill some Christian nuns in Syria; French troops march against them.
  • 11 May - Legislative Election held.
  • 25 May - Legislative Election held.
  • 18 August - France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany.

Sport[]

  • 25 January - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
  • 4 May - The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies held in Paris.
  • 22 June - Tour de France begins.
  • 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy.

Births[]

January to June[]

  • 10 January - Pierre Plateau, Roman Catholic prelate (died 2018)
  • 11 January - Roger Guillemin, neuroendocrinologist, awarded Nobel prize for medicine in 1977
  • 13 January - Raymond Hermantier, actor (died 2005)
  • 16 January - Henri-Jean Martin, historian of the book and printing (died 2007)
  • 19 January - Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (died 2006).
  • 23 January - Pierre Lacoste, admiral (died 2020)
  • 13 February - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician (died 2006)
  • 20 February - Laurent Dauthuille, boxer (died 1971)
  • 23 February - Claude Sautet, author and film director (died 2000)
  • 5 March - Roger Marche, international soccer player (died 1997)
  • 13 March - Pierre Arpaillange, French author, senior judge and Government Minister (died 2017)
  • 7 April
  • 12 April - Raymond Barre, politician and economist, Prime Minister (died 2007)
  • 29 April
    • Annette Chalut, Resistance worker and doctor[1]
    • Zizi Jeanmaire, ballerina, actress and singer (died 2020)
  • 7 May - Marcel Moussy, screenwriter and television director (died 1995)
  • 17 May – Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre, historian and professor of philosophy (died 2020)
  • 22 May
    • Charles Aznavour, singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
    • Claude Ballif, composer (died 2004)
  • 12 June - Jacques Pras, cyclist (died 1982)
  • 15 June - Paul Amargier, historian and Catholic priest (died 2021)

July to September[]

  • 1 July - Georges Rivière, French actor
  • 9 July - Pierre Cochereau, organist and composer (died 1984)
  • 17 July - Françoise Adnet, painter (died 2014)
  • 7 August - Georges Lévis, comic artist (died 1988)
  • 8 August - Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic (died 2006)
  • 10 August - Jean-François Lyotard, philosopher and literary theorist (died 1998)
  • 13 August - Josette Arène, swimmer (died 2019)
  • 14 August - Georges Prêtre, conductor (died 2017)
  • 17 August - Jean-Paul Alata, political prisoner in Camp Boiro, Guinea (January 1971-July 1975) (died 1978)
  • 29 August - Guy Deplus, clarinetist (died 2020)
  • 11 September - Louis Hon, soccer player (died 2008)
  • 18 September - Antonin Rolland, road cycling racer
  • 19 September - Jacques Lusseyran, author (died 1971)

October to December[]

  • 2 October - Gilbert Simondon, philosopher (died 1989)
  • 27 October - Alain Bombard, biologist, physician, politician and sailor (died 2005)
  • 30 October - Hubert Curien, physicist (died 2005)
  • 5 November - Alice Colonieu, artist (died 2000)
  • 20 November - Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist (died 2006).
  • 26 November - Fernand Cazenave, international rugby union player and coach (died 2005)
  • 13 December - Pierre Flamion, soccer player and manager (died 2004)

Full date unknown[]

  • Michel Alaux, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)

Deaths[]

Full date unknown[]

See also[]

  • List of French films of 1924

References[]

  1. ^ "Transport parti de Paris le 13 mai 1944 (I.212.)". bddm.org (in French). Fondation pour la mémoire de la déportation. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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