1974 in France

"See also:"
1973 in France,
other events of 1974,
1975 in France.

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Events from the year 1974 in France.

Events

*1 March - Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France.
*3 March - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes just outside Senlis killing all 346 on board.
*8 March - Charles de Gaulle International 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.
*9 December - The Paris summit, reuniting the European communities' heads of state and government, commences.

port

*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.
*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 - Claire-Marie Le Guay, classical pianist.

July to September

*7 July - Doc Gynéco, hip hop artist.
*9 July - Foulques, duc d'Aumale, comte d'Eu, Prince de France.
*10 July - Nassim Akrour, soccer player.
*13 July - Ronan Le Crom, soccer player.
*21 July - Frédéric Biancalani, soccer player.
*4 August - Jean-Christophe Rouvière, soccer player.
*4 August - 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 (d.2002).
*26 August - Sébastien Bruno, rugby union player.
*3 September - Didier André, motor racing driver.
*4 September - Jean-Pierre Simb, soccer player.
*7 September - Stéphane Beyrac, soccer player.
*12 September - Caroline Aigle, first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force (d.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 (d.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.
*6 December - Delphine Combe, athlete.
*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

*Frédéric Bourdin, serial imposter.
*Amelie Chabannes, painter and sculptor.
*Fabrice Lachant, photographer.
*Emmanuel Thibault, dancer.
*Philippe Vasset, novelist and journalist.

Deaths

January to June

*21 January - Arnaud Denjoy, mathematician (b.1884).
*30 January - Fernand Arnout, weightlifter and Olympic medallist (b.1899).
*28 March - Françoise Rosay, actress (b.1891).
*2 April - Georges Pompidou, President of France (b.1911).
*9 April - Pierre Petiteau, rugby union player (b.1899).
*18 April - Marcel Pagnol, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker (b.1895).
*20 May - Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (b.1905).
*25 May - Robert Levasseur, rugby union player (b.1898).
*12 June - André Marie, politician and Prime Minister of France (b.1897).
*22 June - Darius Milhaud, composer (b.1892).
*22 June - Alain Saint-Ogan, comics author and artist (b.1895).
*22 June - Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1876).

July to December

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

Full date unknown

*Michel Alaux, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (b.1924).
*Félix Amiot, aircraft constructor (b.1894).
*Émilie Charmy, artist (b.1878).
*Roger Giroux, poet (b.1925).
*Henri Pequet, pilot, flew first official airmail flight in 1911 (b.1888).
*René de Possel, mathematician (b.1905).
*Jean Wahl, philosopher (b.1888).

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