- 1978 in France
"See also:"
1977 in France ,
other events of 1978,1979 in France .----
Events from the year
1978 inFrance .Events
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1 February -Hollywood film directorRoman Polanski skipsbail and flees to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
*12 March - Legislative Election held.
*19 March - Legislative Election held.
*4 May -Communist activistHenri Curiel is murdered inParis .
*16 May -Amoco Cadiz ran aground off the coast ofBrittany , split in two and spilled 68.7 million gallons of oil.
*18 May -19 May - Belgian and French paratroopers fly toZaire to aid the fight against the rebels.
*26 June - Bombing by Breton nationalists causes destruction inVersailles .Arts and Literature
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22 April - Eurovision Song Contest held inParis and won byIsrael .port
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29 June - Tour de France begins.
*23 July - Tour de France ends, won byBernard Hinault .Births
January to March
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5 January -Franck Montagny , motor racing driver.
*6 January -Renaud Dion , cyclist.
*11 January -Stéphane Morisot , soccer player.
*14 January -Éric Sitruk , soccer player.
*17 January -Stéphane Pasquier , jockey.
*21 January -David Coulibaly , soccer player.
*30 January -Sébastien Sansoni , soccer player.
*7 February -Nicolas Ardouin , soccer player.
*8 February -Loïc Jean-Albert ,parachute r.
*11 February -Aurélien Cologni , rugby league player.
*16 February -Nicolas Florentin , soccer player.
*26 February -Stéphane Bonnes , soccer player.
*5 March -Stéphane Martine , soccer player.
*13 March -Faustine Merret , windsurfer and Olympic gold medallist.
*22 March -Arnaud Le Lan , soccer player.
*26 March -Cédric Mouret , soccer player.
*27 March -Amélie Cocheteux , tennis player.
*28 March -Fabien Audard , soccer player.
*30 March -Édouard Cissé , soccer player.
*31 March -Jérôme Rothen , international soccer player.April to June
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4 April -Mathieu Assou-Ekotto , soccer player.
*5 April -Boussad Houche , soccer player.
*5 April -Arnaud Tournant , cyclist.
*8 April -Didier Domi , soccer player.
*11 April -David Ducourtioux , soccer player.
*5 May -Bruno Cheyrou , soccer player.
*11 May -Laetitia Casta , supermodel and actress.
*15 May -Sébastien Chabbert , soccer player.
*15 May -Yohan Demont , soccer player.
*27 May -Jacques Abardonado , soccer player.
*29 May -Sébastien Grosjean , tennis player.
*2 June -Nicolas Bal ,Nordic combined skier and Olympic medallist.
*6 June -Faudel , singer.
*11 June -Julien Rodriguez , soccer player.
*15 June -Jérôme Moïso ,basketball player.
*17 June -Isabelle Delobel ,ice dancer .
*17 June -Véronique Delobel , ice dancer.
*23 June -Frédéric Leclercq , bassist.July to September
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3 July -François Uzan ,film director andscreenwriter .
*17 July -Émilie Simon , singer and composer.
*18 July -Mélissa Theuriau ,journalist andnews anchor .
*20 July -Cédric Heymans , rugby union player.
*26 July -Matthieu Bataille ,judo ka.
*28 July -Yannick Jauzion , rugby union player.
*29 July -Julien Laharrague , rugby union player.
*4 August -Emmanuelle Boidron , actress.
*7 August -Alexandre Aja , film director.
*9 August -Audrey Tautou , actress.
*14 August -Pascal Delhommeau , soccer player.
*19 August -François Modesto , soccer player.
*19 August -Sebastien Tortelli , twice World Championmotocross racer.
*27 August -Franck Queudrue , soccer player.
*29 August -Yves Deroff , soccer player.
*31 August -Philippe Christanval , soccer player.
*9 September -Alioune Touré , soccer player.
*11 September -Laurent Courtois , soccer player.
*13 September -Sonia Huguet , cyclist.
*20 September -Julien Bonnaire , rugby union player.
*23 September -Frédéric Daquin , soccer player.
*23 September -Ingrid Jacquemod ,alpine skier .
*27 September -Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé , soccer player.October to December
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5 October -Fabien Boudarène , soccer player.
*29 October -Jérôme Guisset , rugby league player.
*28 November -Denis Flahaut , cyclist.
*November -Mélanie Doutey , actress.
*7 December -Jean Bouilhou , rugby union player.
*10 December -Grégory Proment , soccer player.
*16 December -Sylvain Distin , soccer player.Full date unknown
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Valérie Crunchant , actress.
*Audrey Dana , actress.
*Damien Luce ,pianist .Deaths
January to June
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8 January -André François-Poncet , politician and diplomat (b.1887).
*16 January -Jean Gounot , gymnast and Olympic medallist (b.1894).
*22 January -Léon Damas ,poet andpolitician (b.1912).
*24 January -Georges Perros , writer (b.1923).
*31 January -Marie-Louise Damien , singer and actress (b.1889).
*2 March -Alix Combelle , swingjazz tenor saxophonist ,clarinetist andbandleader (b.1912).
*11 March -Hélène Bouvier , operaticmezzo-soprano (b.1905).
*11 March -Claude François , singer and songwriter (b.1939).
*15 March -Jacques Forestier , rheumatologist (b.1890).
*18 March -François Duprat , negationistwriter (b.1941).
*19 March -Gaston Julia , mathematician (b.1893).
*20 March -Jacques Brugnon , tennis player (b.1895).
*23 April -Jacques Rueff ,economist and adviser to theFrench Government (b.1896).
*4 May -Henri Curiel , political activist, assassinated (b.1914).
*24 June -Robert Charroux , writer (b.1909).July to December
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14 July -Gaston Ragueneau , athlete and Olympic medallist (b.1881).
*22 July -André Chapelon ,mechanical engineer and designer ofsteam locomotive s (b.1892).
*23 July -Danielle Collobert ,author ,poet andjournalist (b.1940).
*26 August -Charles Boyer , actor (b.1899).
*6 September -Max Décugis , tennis player (b.1882).
*8 September -Jean Nicolas , international soccer player (b.1913).
*19 September -Étienne Gilson , Thomisticphilosopher andhistorian of philosophy (b.1884).
*16 November - Claude Dauphin, actor (b.1903).
*5 December -Bernard Faÿ , historian (b.1893).
*21 December -Roger Caillois , writer and intellectual (b.1913).Full date unknown
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Georges Bénézé ,philosopher (b.1888).
*Henri Chapron , automobile coachbuilder (b.1886).
*Robert Debré ,pediatrician (b.1882).
*Camille Le Mercier d'Erm , poet, historian andBreton nationalist (b.1888).References
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