1955 in France

"See also:"
1954 in France,
other events of 1955,
1956 in France.

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Events from the year 1955 in France.

Events

*5 May - Bonn-Paris conventions come into force, putting an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.
*11 June - 1955 Le Mans disaster. Driver and 82 spectators killed in a crash during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
*28 July - The first Interlingua congress in Tours, France, leads to the founding of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua.

Arts and Literature

*15 September - Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" is published in Paris by Olympia Press.

port

*7 July - Tour de France begins.
*30 July - Tour de France ends, won by Louison Bobet.

Births

*28 January - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.
*28 January - Chantal Sébire, teacher and euthanasia campaigner (d.2008).
*24 February - Alain Prost, former motor racing driver.
*4 March - Dominique Pinon, actor.
*9 March - Jean-Luc Arribart, soccer player.
*17 March - Élie Baup, soccer player and manager.
*27 June - Isabelle Adjani, actress.
*7 August - Chantal Réga, athlete.
*17 September - Olivier Chandon de Brailles, motor racing driver (d.1983).
*7 October - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist.
*14 December - Hervé Guibert, writer (d.1991).

Full date unknown

*Jean Hélène, journalist (d.2003).

Deaths

*15 January - Yves Tanguy, surrealist painter (b.1900).
*23 February - Paul Claudel, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b.1868).
*22 March - Maurice Schutz, actor (b.1866).
*19 June - Adrienne Monnier, poet and publisher (b.1892).
*5 November - Maurice Utrillo, painter (b.1883).
*27 November - Arthur Honegger, composer (b.1892).

References