1958 in France

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1958
in
France

Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:Other events of 1958
History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1958 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President: Rene Coty
  • President of the Council of Ministers:
    • until 14 May: Félix Gaillard
    • 14 May-1 June: Pierre Pflimlin
    • starting 1 June: Charles de Gaulle

Events[]

  • 1 January - Carrefour group set up.
  • 13 May - Crisis caused by putsch attempt in Algiers involving French officers.
  • 1 June - Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
  • 4 June - Charles de Gaulle visits Algeria.
  • 28 September - A majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the French Fifth Republic.
  • 2 October - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
  • 3 November - New UNESCO building inaugurated in Paris.
  • 23 November - Legislative Election held.
  • 25 November - French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
  • 28 November - Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
  • 30 November - Legislative Election held, to elect the first National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.
  • 1 December - Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
  • 21 December - Presidential Election won by Charles de Gaulle.

Arts and literature[]

  • Yves Klein releases his work IKB74 (one of his monochrome blue panels in his signature blue).

Sport[]

  • 26 June - Tour de France begins.
  • 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg.

Births[]

  • 19 January - Thierry Tusseau, international soccer player
  • 26 July - Thierry Gilardi, football and rugby commentator (died 2008)
  • 31 August - Éric Zemmour, political journalist and author
  • 2 September - Olivier Grouillard, racing driver
  • 21 September - Bruno Fitoussi, poker player
  • 2 October - Didier Sénac, footballer
  • 26 October - Pascale Ogier, actress (died 1984)
  • 24 November - Alain Chabat, actor and director

Deaths[]

  • 13 February - Georges Rouault, painter and printmaker (born 1871)
  • 14 August - Frédéric Joliot-Curie, physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1900)[1]
  • 22 August - Roger Martin du Gard, author, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature (born 1881)
  • 11 October - Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author (born 1876)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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