1964 in France

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Events from the year 1964 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President: Charles de Gaulle
  • Prime Minister: Georges Pompidou

Events[]

  • 27 January - France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations.
  • 11 February - The Republic of China (Taiwan) drops diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China.
  • 8 March - Cantonal elections held.
  • 15 March - Cantonal elections held.
  • 23 May - Mrs. Madeleine Dassault, 63, wife of French plane manufacturer and politician Marcel Dassault, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles from Paris.

Sport[]

  • 22 June - Tour de France begins.
  • 14 July - Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil.

Births[]

January to March[]

  • 6 January - Loïc Courteau, tennis player
  • 7 January - Hervé Balland, cross-country skier
  • 10 January - Claude Morinière, long jumper
  • 11 January - Albert Dupontel, actor and film director
  • 24 January - Gérald Passi, soccer player
  • 1 February - Philippe Casado, cyclist (died 1995)
  • 12 February - Stéphane Franke, athlete (died 2011)
  • 14 February - Frédéric Delcourt, swimmer and Olympic medallist
  • 17 February - Thierry Laurey, soccer player
  • 27 February - Christian Penigaud, beach volleyball player
  • 28 February - Pierre Hantaï, conductor and harpsichordist
  • 1 March - Paul Le Guen, soccer manager
  • 5 March - Bertrand Cantat, singer and songwriter
  • 9 March - Juliette Binoche, actress
  • 16 March - Franck Fréon, motor racing driver
  • 24 March - Chantal Mauduit, alpinist (died 1998)
  • 30 March - Christophe Robert, soccer player

April to June[]

  • 2 April - Didier Tholot, soccer manager
  • 14 April - Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
  • 5 May - Jean-François Copé, politician
  • 10 May - Emmanuelle Devos, actress
  • 12 May - Pierre Morel, film director and cinematographer
  • 23 May - Laurent Naouri, bass-baritone
  • 27 May - Yves Caumon, film director
  • 31 May - Stéphane Caristan, athlete
  • 3 June - Jérôme Pradon, actor and singer
  • 5 June - Jean-François Remésy, golfer
  • 11 June - Jean Alesi, motor racing driver
  • 12 June - Philippe Bouvatier, cyclist.
  • 21 June - Patrice Bailly-Salins, biathlete and Olympic medallist
  • 24 June - Philippe Fargeon, soccer player
  • 27 June - Serge Le Dizet, soccer player, coach

July to September[]

  • 1 July - Bernard Laporte, rugby union player and coach, Secretary of State for Sport
  • 3 July - Yeardley Smith, voice actress
  • 13 July - Pascal Hervé, cyclist
  • 21 July - Fabrice Colas, cyclist
  • 4 August - Sebastian Roché, actor
  • 24 August - Éric Bernard, motor racing driver
  • September - Olivier Zahm, art critic, curator, fashion editor, and art director
  • 2 September - Jean-Christophe Spinosi, conductor and violinist
  • 14 September - Laurent Fournier, soccer player, manager
  • 16 September - Nicolas Hénard, sailor and Olympic gold medallist

October to December[]

  • 16 October - Jean-Christophe Thomas, soccer player
  • 19 October - Agnès Jaoui, screenwriter, film director, actress and singer
  • 8 December - Éric Aubijoux, motorcycle racer (died 2007)
  • 8 December - Laurent Croci, soccer player
  • 19 December - Béatrice Dalle, actress
  • 24 December - Jean-Paul Civeyrac, film director
  • 30 December - Pascal Baills, soccer player

Full date unknown[]

Deaths[]

January to June[]

  • 11 January - André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, Cardinal (born 1882)
  • 13 January - Pierre Yvert, philatelic editor (born 1900)
  • 10 February - Paul Baudouin, banker and politician (born 1894)
  • 15 February - Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Catholic theologian (born 1877)
  • 17 February - Philippe Cattiau, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1892)
  • 25 February - Maurice Farman, motor racing driver, aviator, aircraft manufacturer and designer (born 1877)
  • 17 May - Honoré Barthélemy, cyclist (born 1890)
  • 30 May - René-Yves Creston, artist, designer and ethnographer (born 1898)
  • 17 June - René Crabos, rugby union player (born 1899)

July to December[]

  • 1 July - Pierre Monteux, conductor (born 1875)
  • 7 July - Charles Bozon, alpine skier and world champion (born 1932)
  • 11 July - Maurice Thorez, communist politician (born 1900)
  • 21 July - Jean Fautrier, painter and sculptor (born 1898)
  • 4 September - Clément-Emile Roques, Cardinal (born 1880)
  • 7 September - Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral (born 1889)
  • 9 September - Maurice Le Boucher, organist, composer, and pedagogue (born 1882)
  • 20 September - Lazare Lévy, pianist, composer and teacher (born 1882)
  • 27 October - Gabriel Benoist, writer (born 1891)
  • 8 November - Fernand Baldet, astronomer (born 1885)
  • 22 December - Paul Tournon, architect (born 1881)

Full date unknown[]

  • Georges Andrique, painter (born 1874).
  • Pierre Brissaud, illustrator, painter and engraver (born 1885)
  • Jean Dupas, painter, designer, poster artist and decorator (born 1882)

See also[]

  • List of French films of 1964

References[]

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