1981 in France

"See also:"
1980 in France,
other events of 1981,
1982 in France.

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Events from the year 1981 in France.

Events

*24 April - French presidential election: A first-round runoff results between Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand.
*10 May - Presidential Election won by François Mitterrand.
*21 May - François Mitterrand becomes President.
*14 June - Legislative Election held.
*21 June - Legislative Election held.
*18 September - France abolishes capital punishment.
*27 September - TGV high speed rail service between Paris and Lyon begins.
*1 December - Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 crashes into mountains in Corsica, killing 173 passengers and 7 crew.

Arts and Literature

port

*25 June - Tour de France begins.
*19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Bernard Hinault.

Births

January to March

*4 January - Jean-Baptiste Paternotte, soccer player.
*5 January - Sébastien Duthier, soccer player.
*8 January - Mathieu Jost, ice dancer.
*14 January - Myriam Baverel, taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medallist.
*17 January - Thierry Ascione, tennis player.
*17 January - Christophe Riblon, cyclist.
*19 January - Mathieu Maton, soccer player.
*21 January - Florent Lacasse, athlete.
*26 January - Edwin Ouon, soccer player.
*1 February - David Martot, soccer player.
*8 February - Bertrand Grospellier, pro gamer and poker player.
*15 February - Nicolas Rostoucher, swimmer.
*20 February - Nicolas Penneteau, soccer player.
*26 February - Jean-Pascal Mignot, soccer player.
*28 February - Nicolas Puydebois, soccer player.
*8 March - Laurent Pichon, soccer player.
*16 March - Julien Mazet, cyclist.
*18 March - Maxime Grésèque, rugby league player.
*20 March - Sylvain Monsoreau, soccer player.
*21 March - Sébastien Chavanel, cyclist.

April to June

*6 April - Sébastien Grégori, soccer player.
*10 April - Lætitia Bléger, Miss France in 2004.
*13 April - Hassan Ahamada, soccer player.
*16 April - Olivier Sorin, soccer player.
*23 April - Vincent Bernardet, soccer player.
*26 April - Matthieu Delpierre, soccer player.
*2 May - Sébastien Maillard, athlete.
*3 May - Benoît Cheyrou, soccer player.
*7 May - Vincent Clerc, international rugby union player.
*9 May - Ludwig Briand, actor.
*9 May - Florine De Leymarie, Alpine skier.
*13 May - Jonathan Joseph-Augustin, soccer player.
*15 May - Patrice Evra, international soccer player.
*22 May - Laurent Mangel, cyclist.
*25 May - Thibault Giresse, soccer player.
*2 June - Nicolas Plestan, soccer player.
*7 June - David Attoub, rugby union player.
*13 June - Guy Demel, soccer player.
*16 June - Sébastien Roudet, soccer player.
*30 June - Geoffroy Lequatre, cyclist.

July to September

*15 July - Alou Diarra, soccer player.
*19 July - Grégory Vignal, soccer player.
*20 July - Jérôme Blanchard, pair skater.
*28 July - Mathieu Béda, soccer player.
*28 July - Vincent Restencourt, figure skater.
*30 July - Sébastien Vaugeois, soccer player.
*31 July - Sophie Duarte, athlete.
*4 August - Frédérick Bousquet, swimmer.
*6 August - Lucie Décosse, judoka.
*12 August - Djibril Cissé, soccer player.
*14 August - Adamo Coulibaly, soccer player.
*20 August - Bernard Mendy, soccer player.
*24 August - Hervé Bugnet, soccer player.
*30 August - Grégory Béranger, soccer player.
*3 September - Gautier Capuçon, cellist.
*4 September - Gilles Rondy, swimmer.
*16 September - Aurélien Boche, soccer player.
*28 September - Loïc Loval, soccer player.
*29 September - Julien Cardy, soccer player.

October to December

*2 October - Jean-Félix Dorothée, soccer player.
*4 October - Lionel Mathis, soccer player.
*9 October - Gaël Givet, soccer player.
*12 October - Guillaume Boussès, rugby union player.
*30 October - Yohan Hautcoeur, soccer player.
*30 October - Nicolas Laharrague, rugby union player.
*1 November - Laurent Fressinet, chess grandmaster.
*1 November - Léo Margarit, musician.
*17 November - Julien Brugnaut, rugby union player.
*4 December - Thomas Pinault, soccer player.
*19 December - Moussa Dabo, soccer player.
*20 December - Julien Benneteau, tennis player.
*30 December - Cédric Carrasso, soccer player.

Full date unknown

*La Fouine, rapper.

Deaths

January to June

*12 January - Marcel Gobillot, cyclist and Olympic medallist (b.1900).
*13 February - René Taupin, translator, critic and academic (b.1905).
*20 February - Nicolas de Gunzburg, magazine editor (b.1904).
*27 February - Pierre Deley, pioneering pilot (b.1893).
*15 March - René Clair, filmmaker (b.1898).
*16 April - Count Renaud de la Frégeolière, author and first president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (b.1886).
*25 April - Paul Bontemps, athlete and Olympic medallist (b.1902).
*30 April - François Bordes, scientist, geologist, and archaeologist (b.1919).
*31 May - Michel Rougerie, motorcycle racer (b.1950).
*13 June - Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, General (b.1887).

July to December

*11 July - Jean-Jérôme Adam, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Libreville (b.1904).
*9 September - Jacques Lacan, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and doctor (b.1901).
*13 October - Philippe Étancelin, motor racing driver (b.1896).
*16 October - Édouard Depreux, journalist, essayist and politician (b.1898).
*29 October - Georges Brassens, singer and songwriter (b.1921).
*3 November - Jean Eustache, filmmaker (b.1938).
*10 November - Abel Gance, film director, producer, writer, actor and editor (b.1889).
*25 November - Romain Bellenger, cyclist (b.1894).
*30 December - Job de Roincé, journalist and writer (b.1896).

Full date unknown

*Roger Blaizot, General (b.1895).
*Maurice d'Hartoy, soldier, politician and writer (b.1892).
*Colette de Jouvenel, daughter of writer Colette (b.1913).
*Olivier Rebbot, photographer (b.1949).

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