From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of events
Events from the year
1972
in
France
.
Incumbents
[
edit
]
Events
[
edit
]
- January ? Launch of the
Renault 5
, one of the world's first small hatchbacks.
[2]
- 23 April ?
French European Economic Community enlargement referendum
, voters approved the accession of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, and Norway to the
EEC
.
- 16 June ? 108 die as two passenger trains hit debris of a collapsed railway tunnel near
Soissons
.
- 1 July ? Canadian ketch
Vega
, flying the Greenpeace III banner, collides with the French naval minesweeper
La Paimpolaise
while in
international waters
to protest French nuclear weapon
tests
in the
South Pacific
.
- 5 July ? President Pompidou dismisses prime minister Chaban-Delmas following rumours of financial misdoing.
[1]
- October ? The
Peugeot 104
, the smallest four-door car in the world, is launched.
[3]
- 28 October ? The first flight of the
Airbus A300
, the first airliner built by Airbus.
- 6 November ? Activist couple
Said and Faouzia Bouziri
in
Goutte d'Or
district begin a
hunger strike
to protest the
expulsion order
against them, which they received due to their
human rights
and
immigrant rights
activism
[4]
- 19 November ? Almost 2,000 people
demonstrate
in support of Said and Faouzia Bouziri at the square within
Quartier de La Chapelle
, forcing the expulsion order to be dropped
[4]
Sport
[
edit
]
Births
[
edit
]
January to March
[
edit
]
- 1 January ?
Lilian Thuram
, international soccer player.
- 4 January ?
Sylvain Deplace
, soccer player.
- 9 January ?
Frederic Bessy
, cyclist.
- 10 January ?
Gilles Trehin
, artist and author.
- 17 January ?
Olivier Sourgens
, rugby union player.
- 18 January ?
Bruno Alicarte
, soccer player.
- 22 January ?
Yves Demaria
,
motocross
racer.
- 23 January -
Lea Drucker
, French actress
- 8 February ?
Mathieu Verschuere
, soccer player.
- 17 February ?
Philippe Candeloro
, figure skater.
- 22 February ?
Laurence Leboucher
,
mountain bike
and
cyclo-cross
racer.
- 3 March ?
Jacques Remy
, soccer player.
- 8 March ?
Nicolas Fargues
, novelist.
- 12 March ?
Laurent Dufresne
, soccer player.
- 22 March
- 23 March ?
Judith Godreche
, actress and author.
- 24 March ?
Christophe Dugarry
, soccer player.
- 25 March ?
Sebastien Flute
, archer and Olympic gold medallist.
- 27 March ?
Agathe de La Fontaine
, actress.
- 29 March ?
Cedric Lecluse
, soccer player.
April to June
[
edit
]
- 2 April ?
Fabrice Bry
, volleyball player.
- 3 April ?
Sandrine Testud
, tennis player.
- 21 April ?
Gwendal Peizerat
,
ice dancer
.
- 29 April ?
Anne-Sophie Lapix
, journalist and television presenter.
- April ?
Olivier Doleuze
, jockey.
- 5 May ?
Laurent Capet
, volleyball player.
- 6 May ?
Sebastien Amiez
,
alpine skier
.
- 15 May ?
David Charvet
, actor.
- 20 May ?
Christophe Dominici
, international rugby union player (died 2020).
- 22 May ?
Nathalie Teppe
,
heptathlete
.
- 28 May ?
Jocelyn Blanchard
, soccer player.
- 8 June ?
Frederic Esther
, boxer.
- 17 June ?
Antoine Albeau
,
windsurfer
.
- 19 June ?
Jean Dujardin
, comedian.
- 23 June ?
Zinedine Zidane
, international soccer player.
- 28 June ?
Samir Amireche
, soccer player.
July to September
[
edit
]
- 5 July
- 6 July
- 10 July ?
Stephane Carnot
, soccer player.
- 14 July ?
Loic Le Meur
, entrepreneur and blogger.
- 28 July ?
Walter Beneteau
, cyclist.
- 29 July ?
Amaria Pauline
, dancer
- 5 August ?
Yann Lachuer
, soccer player.
- 7 August ?
Ghislain Lemaire
, judoka.
- 13 August ?
Michael Sinterniklaas
, French-born American voice actor
- 19 August ?
Fabien Cool
, soccer player.
- 20 August ?
Olivier Guegan
, soccer player.
- 20 August ?
Jerome Legavre
, politician.
- 1 September ?
Vincent Riou
, sailor.
- 13 September ?
Olivier Echouafni
, soccer player.
- 19 September ?
Sebastien Mate
, soccer player.
- 21 September ?
Olivia Bonamy
, actress.
October to December
[
edit
]
- 5 October ?
Jean-Sebastien Bax
, soccer player.
- 15 October ?
Mathieu Demy
, actor.
- 19 October ?
Fabien Leclercq
, soccer player.
- 24 October ?
Frederic Dehu
, soccer player.
- 25 October ?
Esther Duflo
, economist.
- 11 November ?
Stephane Cassard
, soccer player.
- 14 November ?
Delphine Lingemann
, politician.
- 16 November ?
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
, golfer.
- 20 November
- 22 November ?
Olivier Brouzet
, rugby union player.
- 27 November ?
Stephane Pocrain
, television journalist.
- 3 December ?
Laurent Roux
, cyclist.
- 4 December ?
Franck Tournaire
, international rugby union player.
- 5 December
- 6 December ?
Cyrille Pouget
, soccer player.
- 13 December ?
Claude-Arnaud Rivenet
, soccer player.
- 19 December ?
Cedric Soulette
, rugby union player.
- 22 December ?
Vanessa Paradis
, singer and actress.
- 24 December ?
Richard Dutruel
, soccer player.
- 26 December ?
Jerome Le Banner
,
kickboxer
and
K-1
practitioner.
- 31 December ?
Gregory Coupet
, international soccer player.
Full date unknown
[
edit
]
Deaths
[
edit
]
January to March
[
edit
]
April to June
[
edit
]
- 10 April ?
Henri de la Falaise
,
translator
,
film director
and
film producer
(born 1898).
- 11 April ?
Maurice Cottenet
, soccer player (born 1895).
- 26 April ?
Jacques de Bernonville
,
collaborationist
and senior police officer in the
Vichy regime
(born 1897).
- 27 April ?
Lucien Sarti
, drug trafficker and killer-for-hire (b. c1931).
- 5 May ?
Roger Courtois
, international soccer player (born 1912).
- 7 May
- 28 May ?
Violette Leduc
, author (born 1907).
- 5 June ?
Jean Moreau
, politician (born 1888).
- 17 June ?
Marcel Deviq
, engineer, businessman, and politician (born
1907
).
- 29 June ?
Boby Lapointe
, singer (born 1922).
- 30 June ?
Herve Budes de Guebriant
, engineer (born 1880).
July to September
[
edit
]
- 7 July ?
Marcel-Frederic Lubin-Lebrere
, rugby union player (born 1891).
- 22 July ?
Max Aub
, author, playwright and literary critic (born 1903).
- 14 August ?
Jules Romains
, poet and writer (born 1885).
- 16 August ?
Pierre Brasseur
, actor (born 1905).
- 21 August
- 24 August ?
Lucien Rebatet
, author, journalist and intellectual (born 1903).
- 14 September ?
Jean-Jacques Bernard
, playwright (born 1888)
- 19 September ?
Robert Casadesus
, pianist and composer (born 1899).
- 21 September ?
Henry de Montherlant
, essayist, novelist and playwright (born 1896).
- 28 September ?
Maurice Thiriet
, composer (born 1906).
October to December
[
edit
]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
|
---|
13th century
| |
---|
14th century
| |
---|
15th century
| |
---|
16th century
| |
---|
17th century
| |
---|
18th century
| |
---|
19th century
| |
---|
20th century
| |
---|
21st century
| |
---|