1974 In France

Events from the year 1974 in France.

Incumbents

* President:
** until 2 April: Georges Pompidou
** 2 April-27 May: Alain Poher
** starting 27 May: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
* Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer (until 27 May), Jacques Chirac (starting 27 May)

Events

*1 March – Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France.
*3 March – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes into the Ermenville Forest just outside Senlis killing all 346 on board.
*8 March – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris.
*2 April – President Georges Pompidou dies in office. Senate President Alain Poher becomes Acting President for the second time.
*7 August – French acrobat Philippe Petit walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
*28 August – The Citroen CX, top model in the Citroen range, is launched – succeeding the 19-year-old DS. It is voted European Car of the Year.
*12 September – The crew of the take over the ship off Le Havre in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent her withdrawal; she never sails under the French flag again.
*9 December – The Paris summit, reuniting the European communities' heads of state and government, commences.

Sport

*27 June – Tour de France begins.
*21 July – Tour de France ends, won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium.

Births

January to March

*6 January – Romain Sardou, novelist.
*13 January – Thierry Debès, soccer player.
*16 January – Frédéric Dindeleux, soccer player.
*20 January – Florian Maurice, soccer player.
*21 January – Ulrich Le Pen, soccer player.
*23 January – Bernard Diomède, soccer player.
*3 February – Florian Rousseau, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.
*6 February – Sébastien Delagrange, golfer.
*8 February – Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, musician.
*10 February – Lionel Potillon, soccer player.
*11 February – Sébastien Hinault, cyclist.
*17 February – Frédéric Bolley, twice motocross world champion.
*20 February – Ophélie Winter, singer and actress.
*23 February – Stéphane Bernadis, figure skater.
*26 February – Sébastien Loeb, rally driver and three time World Champion.
*17 March – Franck Bouyer, cyclist.
*21 March – Sébastien Gimenez, soccer player.
*31 March – Patrick Regnault, soccer player.

April to June

*1 April – Cyril Raffaelli, traceur, martial artist and stuntman.
*7 April – Julien Boutter, tennis player.
*11 April – Franck Rénier, cyclist.
*18 April – Olivier Besancenot, politician.
*29 April – Pascal Cygan, soccer player.
*8 May – Raphaël Jacquelin, golfer.
*9 May – Benoît Salmon, cyclist.
*10 May – Sylvain Wiltord, international soccer player.
*11 May – Benoît Magimel, actor.
*14 May – Pierre-Yves André, soccer player.
*24 May – Florence Baverel-Robert, biathlete.
*28 May – Romain Duris, actor.
*1 June – Jérôme Vareille, soccer player.
*10 June – Christophe Bassons, cyclist.
*13 June
**Frédéric Bourdin, serial imposter.
**Claire-Marie Le Guay, classical pianist.

July to September

*7 July – Doc Gynéco, hip hop artist.
*10 July – Nassim Akrour, soccer player.
*13 July – Ronan Le Crom, soccer player.
*21 July – Frédéric Biancalani, soccer player.
*22 July - Pierrick Boyer, pastry chef.
*4 August
**Jean-Christophe Rouvière, soccer player.
**Thierry Thulliez, jockey.
*5 August – Antoine Sibierski, soccer player.
*7 August – Yohann Bernard, swimmer.
*9 August – Raphaël Poirée, biathlete.
*11 August – Audrey Mestre, free-diver (died 2002).
*26 August – Sébastien Bruno, rugby union player.
*3 September – Didier André, motor racing driver.
*4 September – Jean-Pierre Simb, soccer player.
*12 September – Caroline Aigle, first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force (died 2007).
*16 September – Frédéric Da Rocha, soccer player.
*25 September – Olivier Dacourt, soccer player.
*28 September – Frédéric Danjou, soccer player.
*September – Justine Lévy, author.

October to December

*7 October – Hervé Alicarte, soccer player.
*19 October – Laurent Brancowitz, guitarist.
*21 October – Olivier Azam, rugby union player.
*1 November – Renan Lavigne, squash player.
*4 November – Jérôme Leroy, soccer player.
*11 November – Bettina Goislard, United Nations worker (died 2003).
*20 November – Alain Andji, pole vaulter.
*27 November – Yann Le Pennec, slalom canoer.
*28 November – Pascal Bedrossian, soccer player.
*29 November – Cyril Dessel, cyclist.
*30 November – Arnaud Vincent, motorcycle road racer.
*6 December
** Stéphane Augé, cyclist.
**Delphine Combe, athlete.
*9 December – Emmanuel Thibault, dancer.
*11 December – Julien Robert, biathlete.
*13 December – Richard Dourthe, rugby union player.
*17 December – Yannick Fischer, soccer player.
*22 December – Éric Despezelle, judoka.

Full date unknown

* Thierry Bernard-Gotteland, French artist.
* Amelie Chabannes, painter and sculptor.
*Stéphane Michon, nordic combined skier.

Deaths

January to June

*21 January – Arnaud Denjoy, mathematician (born 1884).
*30 January – Fernand Arnout, weightlifter and Olympic medallist (born 1899).
*13 March – Henri Pequet, pilot, flew first official airmail flight in 1911 (born 1888).
*28 March – Françoise Rosay, actress (born 1891).
*2 April – Georges Pompidou, President of France (born 1911).
*9 April – Pierre Petiteau, rugby union player (born 1899).
*18 April – Marcel Pagnol, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker (born 1895).
*20 May – Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (born 1905).
*25 May – Robert Levasseur, rugby union player (born 1898).
*7 June – Émilie Charmy, artist (born 1878).
*12 June – André Marie, politician and Prime Minister of France (born 1897).
*19 June – Jean Wahl, philosopher (born 1888).
*22 June
**Darius Milhaud, composer (born 1892).
**Alain Saint-Ogan, comics author and artist (born 1895).
**Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876).

July to December

*9 July – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, writer and artist (born 1884).
*August – André Edouard Marty, artist (born 1882).
*4 September – Marcel Achard, playwright, screenwriter and author (born 1899).
*17 September – André Dunoyer de Segonzac, painter and graphic artist (born 1884).
*17 October – Jean Vaysse, rugby union player (born 1900).
*22 November – Gilbert Degrémont, water treatment expert (born 1908).
*20 December – André Jolivet, composer (born 1905).
*21 December – Félix Amiot, aircraft constructor (born 1894).
*26 December – Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (born 1905).

Full date unknown

* Michel Alaux, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (born 1924).
*Roger Giroux, poet (born 1925).
*René de Possel, mathematician (born 1905).

See also

* List of French films of 1974

References

{{Year in Europe, 1974

1970s in France