1950 in France

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1950
in
France

Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:Other events of 1950
History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1950 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President: Vincent Auriol
  • President of the Council of Ministers:
    • until 2 July: Georges Bidault
    • 2 July-12 July: Henri Queuille
    • starting 12 July: René Pleven

Events[]

  • 11th of February – 2 Viet Cong battalions attack a French base in French Indochina.
  • 12th of February – Pro-communist riots in Paris.
  • 9th of April – Notre-Dame Affair, Lettrist movement anti-catholic intervention.
  • 3rd of June – Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
  • 15–18 of September – Battle of Đông Khê, French defeat in First Indochina War.
  • 30th of September – Battle of Route Coloniale 4 begins.
  • 18th of October – Battle of Route Coloniale 4 ends in decisive victory for the Việt Minh.
  • 20th of October – Henri Martin affair: a sailor is imprisoned for distributing propaganda hostile to the First Indochina War.

Sport[]

  • 13 July – Tour de France begins.
  • 7 August – Tour de France ends, won by Ferdinand Kübler of Switzerland.

Births[]

  • 22 February – Miou-Miou, actress.
  • 21 April – Michel Rougerie, motorcycle racer (died 1981)
  • 8 May – Aimé Venel, painter
  • 9 August
    • Anémone, French actress, filmmaker and political activist (died 2019)
    • Nicole Tourneur, French novelist (died 2011)
  • 25 September – Philippe Peythieu, actor.

Deaths[]

  • 6 February – Georges Imbert, chemical engineer (born 1884)
  • 2 March – Joseph d'Arbaud, poet (born 1874)
  • 6 March – Albert Lebrun, politician and President of France (born 1871)
  • 16 April – Arnaud Massy, golfer (born 1877)
  • 28 September – Joë Bousquet, poet (born 1897)
  • 10 November – Jean Biondi, politician (born 1900; car crash)
  • 11 November – Pierre-Jules Boulanger, engineer and businessman (born 1885; car crash)

See also[]

  • List of French films of 1950

References[]

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