1962 in France

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Events from the year 1962 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President: Charles de Gaulle
  • Prime Minister: Michel Debré (until 14 April), Georges Pompidou (starting 14 April)

Events[]

  • 3 February – Liner SS France begins her maiden voyage with the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to New York.
  • 5 February – President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
  • 8 February – Charonne (Paris Métro) Massacre.
  • 18 March – Evian agreements are signed by France and the F.L.N. ending the Algerian War.
  • 19 March – Formal cease-fire comes into operation following Evian Accords, however, the OAS continues its terrorist attacks against Algerians.
  • 24 March – OAS leader Edmond Jouahud is arrested in Oran.
  • 26 March – France shortens the term for military service from 26 months to 18.
  • 8 April – Évian Accords referendum held and adopted with a majority of 90%.
  • 13 April – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is sentenced to death.
  • 20 April – OAS leader Raoul Salan is arrested in Algiers.
  • 2 May – An OAS bomb explodes in Algeria – this and other attacks kill 110 and injure 147.
  • 23 May – Raoul Salan, founder of the Organisation armée secrète, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • 29 May – Negotiations between the OAS and the FLA lead to a real armistice in Algeria.
  • 3 June – Air France charter flight Chateau de Sully, a Boeing 707, over-runs the runway at Orly Airport in Paris; 130 of 132 passengers are killed, two flight attendants survive.
  • 17 June – The OAS signs a truce with the FLN in Algeria, but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French Algerians.
  • 22 June – An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes into terrain during bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing all 113 on board.
  • 30 June – The last soldiers of the French Foreign Legion leave Algeria.
  • 1 July – Supporters of Algerian independence win 99% majority in a referendum.
  • 2 July – Charles de Gaulle accepts Algerian independence; France recognizes it the next day.
  • 5 July – Algeria becomes independent from France.
  • 5 July – Oran massacre takes place in Algeria.
  • 20 July – France and Tunisia reestablish diplomatic relations.
  • 31 July – Algeria proclaims independence.
  • 22 August – A failed assassination attempt is made against President Charles de Gaulle.
  • 5 October – The French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate; Prime Minister Georges Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office.
  • 28 October – Presidential Election Referendum held, favours the election of the president by universal suffrage.
  • 18 November – Legislative Election held.
  • 25 November – Legislative Election held.
  • 27 November – President Charles De Gaulle orders Georges Pompidou to form a government.
  • 29 November – An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the Concorde supersonic airliner.

Arts and literature[]

  • 18 March – "Un premier amour" by Isabelle Aubret (music by Claude-Henri Vic, text by Roland Stephane Valade) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 for France.

Sport[]

  • 24 June–15 July – Tour de France, won by Jacques Anquetil.

Births[]

January to March[]

  • 8 January – Nelly Viennot, soccer referee
  • 21 January -
    • Isabelle Nanty, actress
    • Marie Trintignant, actress (died 2003)
  • 25 January – Bruno Martini, soccer player (died 2020)
  • 28 January – Philippe Vercruysse, international soccer player
  • 1 February – Manuel Amoros, international soccer player
  • 2 February – Philippe Claudel, writer
  • 14 February
    • Philippe Sella, international rugby union player
    • Thierry Toutain, race walker
  • 17 February – Walter Ciofani, hammer thrower
  • 20 February – Pierre Quinon, pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist (died 2011)
  • 22 February – Olivier Latry, organist, improviser and Professor of Organ
  • 18 March – Vincent Barteau, cyclist
  • 21 March – Gilles Lalay, motorcycle enduro and rally raid competitor (died 1992)
  • 25 March – Pierre Morice, soccer player

April to June[]

July to September[]

  • 22 July -
  • 23 July – Alain Lefèvre, pianist and composer
  • 6 August – Marc Lavoine, singer and actor
  • 7 August – Alain Robert, rock and urban climber
  • 15 August – Paul Henderson, Australian politician and Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
  • 19 August – Valérie Kaprisky, actress
  • 27 August – Fabrice Poullain, soccer player
  • 30 August – François Delecour, rally driver
  • 11 September - Pierre Huyghe, artist
  • 20 September – Jean-Louis Garcia, soccer player
  • 25 September – Juliette Noureddine, singer, songwriter and composer
  • 27 September – Christelle Guignard, alpine skier

October to December[]

  • 4 October – Jean-Luc Sassus, soccer player (died 2015)
  • 13 October – Valérie Létard, politician
  • 15 October – Guy Georges, serial killer
  • 17 October – Yvon Pouliquen, soccer manager, former player
  • 22 October – Laurent Paganelli, journalist, former soccer player
  • 24 October – Yves Bertucci, soccer manager
  • 30 October – Arnaud Montebourg, politician
  • 2 November – Mireille Delunsch, opera soprano
  • 11 November – Thierry Goudet, soccer manager, former player
  • 13 November - Lydia Gouardo, rape victim
  • 23 November – Philippe Renaud, canoer and Olympic medallist
  • 6 December – Claude Chirac, younger daughter of French president Jacques Chirac
  • 7 December – Alain Blondel, decathlete
  • 17 December – Christophe Hondelatte, television and radio host
  • 26 December – Jean-Marc Ferreri, international soccer player
  • 28 December — Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist (died 1999)

Full date unknown[]

  • Luc Delahaye, photographer
  • Philippe Goitschel, skier and Olympic medallist
  • Dominique Moulon, historian of art and technology
  • Pascale Sourisse, businesswoman

Deaths[]

January to March[]

  • 8 January - Roger Ducret, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1888)
  • 21 January – Georges Gimel, painter (born 1898)
  • 24 January – André Lhote, sculptor and painter (born 1885)
  • 4 February -
    • Charles Basle, motor racing driver (born 1885)
    • Daniel Halévy, historian (born 1872)
  • 5 February – Jacques Ibert, composer (born 1890)
  • 19 February - Émile Armand, individualist anarchist (born 1872)
  • 3 March – Pierre Benoit, novelist (born 1886)
  • 6 March - René Laforgue, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (born 1894)

April to June[]

  • 1 April - Jules Boucherit, violinist and teacher (born 1877)
  • 10 April - Lucienne Delyle, singer (born 1917; leukemia)
  • 17 April – Pierre Larquey, actor (born 1884)
  • 4 May – Cécile Vogt-Mugnier, neurologist (born 1875)
  • 23 May – Louis Coatalen, automobile engineer (born 1879)
  • 1 June – Joseph Darnand, Bishop (born 1879)
  • 5 June – Jacques Gréber, architect (born 1882)
  • 6 June – Yves Klein, artist (born 1928)
  • 8 June – Eugène Freyssinet, structural and civil engineer (born 1879)

July to September[]

  • 1 July – Edgard de Larminat, General (born 1895)
  • 8 July – Georges Bataille, writer (born 1897)
  • 18 July – Eugene Houdry, mechanical engineer (born 1892)
  • 25 July – Paul Aymé, tennis player (born 1869)
  • 18 August – Lucien Berland, entomologist and arachnologist (born 1888)
  • 19 August – Jean Lucienbonnet, motor racing driver (born 1923)
  • 22 August – Charles Rigoulot, weightlifter, professional wrestler, race car driver and actor (born 1903)
  • August – Léon Binoche, rugby union player (born 1878)
  • 21 September – Princess Marie Bonaparte, psychoanalyst (born 1882)
  • 24 September – Félix Goethals, cyclist (born 1891)
  • 28 September - Roger Nimier, novelist (born 1925)

October to December[]

  • 2 October – Madeleine Fournier-Sarlovèze, golfer (born 1873)[1]
  • 7 October – Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (born 1925)
  • 14 October – Jacques Majorelle, painter (born 1886)
  • 16 October – Gaston Bachelard, philosopher (born 1884)
  • 17 October – Natalia Goncharova, Russian-born avant-garde artist (born 1881)[2]
  • 30 October – Yvette Andréyor, actress (born 1891)
  • 31 October -
    • Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, astronomer (born 1877)
    • Louis Massignon, scholar of Islam and its history (born 1883)
  • 20 November -
    • Henri Déricourt, pilot and accused double agent (born 1909)
    • Philippe Kieffer, Naval officer (born 1899)
  • 22 November – René Coty, politician, President of France (born 1882)
  • 26 November – Albert Sarraut, politician, twice Prime Minister of France (born 1872)
  • 19 December – Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Admiral and Minister (born 1879)

Full date unknown[]

  • Louis Gernet, philologist and sociologist (born 1882)
  • Élisée Maclet, painter (born 1881)
  • Jacques Maroger, painter (born 1884)

See also[]

  • 1962 in French television
  • List of French films of 1962

References[]

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Madeleine Fournier-Sarlovèze". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ Sharp, Jane A. (2000). "Natalia Goncharova". In Bowlt, John E.; Drutt, Matthew (eds.). Amazons of the Avant-Garde: Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova, and Nadezhda Udaltsova. New York: Guggenheim Museum. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-89207-225-5.
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