1962 in France

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Events from the year 1962 in France.

Incumbents

• President: Charles de Gaulle
• Prime Minister: Michel Debré (until 14 April), Georges Pompidou (starting 14 April)

Events

• 3 February – Liner SS France begins her maiden voyage with the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to New York.
• 5 February – President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
• 8 February – Charonne (Paris Métro) Massacre.
• 18 March – Evian agreements are signed by France and the F.L.N. ending the Algerian War.
• 19 March – Formal cease-fire comes into operation following Evian Accords, however, the OAS continues its terrorist attacks against Algerians.
• 24 March – OAS leader Edmond Jouahud is arrested in Oran.
• 26 March – France shortens the term for military service from 26 months to 18.
• 8 April – Évian Accords referendum held and adopted with a majority of 90%.
• 13 April – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is sentenced to death.
• 20 April – OAS leader Raoul Salan is arrested in Algiers.
• 2 May – An OAS bomb explodes in Algeria – this and other attacks kill 110 and injure 147.
• 23 May – Raoul Salan, founder of the Organisation armée secrète, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
• 29 May – Negotiations between the OAS and the FLA lead to a real armistice in Algeria.
• 3 June – Air France charter flight Chateau de Sully, a Boeing 707, over-runs the runway at Orly Airport in Paris; 130 of 132 passengers are killed, two flight attendants survive.
• 17 June – The OAS signs a truce with the FLN in Algeria, but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French Algerians.
• 22 June – An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes into terrain during bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing all 113 on board.
• 30 June – The last soldiers of the French Foreign Legion leave Algeria.
• 1 July – Supporters of Algerian independence win 99% majority in a referendum.
• 2 July – Charles de Gaulle accepts Algerian independence; France recognizes it the next day.
• 5 July – Algeria becomes independent from France.
• 5 July – Oran massacre takes place in Algeria.
• 20 July – France and Tunisia reestablish diplomatic relations.
• 31 July – Algeria proclaims independence.
• 22 August – A failed assassination attempt is made against President Charles de Gaulle.
• 5 October – The French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate; Prime Minister Georges Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office.
• 28 October – Presidential Election Referendum held, favours the election of the president by universal suffrage.
• 18 November – Legislative Election held.
• 25 November – Legislative Election held.
• 27 November – President Charles De Gaulle orders Georges Pompidou to form a government.
• 29 November – An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the Concorde supersonic airliner.

Arts and literature

• 18 March – "Un premier amour" by Isabelle Aubret (music by Claude-Henri Vic, text by Roland Stephane Valade) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 for France.

Sport

• 24 June–15 July – Tour de France, won by Jacques Anquetil.

Births

January to March

• 8 January – Nelly Viennot, soccer referee
• 21 January -
  • Isabelle Nanty, actress
  • Marie Trintignant, actress (died 2003)
• 25 January – Bruno Martini, soccer player (died 2020)
• 28 January – Philippe Vercruysse, international soccer player
• 1 February – Manuel Amoros, international soccer player
• 2 February – Philippe Claudel, writer
• 14 February
  • Philippe Sella, international rugby union player
  • Thierry Toutain, race walker
• 17 February – Walter Ciofani, hammer thrower
• 20 February – Pierre Quinon, pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist (died 2011)
• 22 February – Olivier Latry, organist, improviser and Professor of Organ
• 8 March – Isabelle Pasquet, politician
• 18 March – Vincent Barteau, cyclist
• 21 March – Gilles Lalay, motorcycle enduro and rally raid competitor (died 1992)
• 25 March – Pierre Morice, soccer player

April to June

• 2 April – Pierre Carles, documentarist
• 2 May -
  • Jean-François Bernard, cyclist
  • Alexandra Boulat, photographer (died 2007)
• 28 May – François-Henri Pinault, businessman
• 31 May – Philippe Gache, motor racing driver
• 7 June – Thierry Hazard, singer
• 12 June – Philippe Tibeuf, soccer player
• June – Pascal Riché, journalist

July to September

• 22 July -
  • Jacques Glassmann, soccer player
  • Jean-Claude Leclercq, cyclist
• 23 July – Alain Lefèvre, pianist and composer
• 28 July – Emmanuelle Jouannet, international law professor
• 6 August – Marc Lavoine, singer and actor
• 7 August – Alain Robert, rock and urban climber
• 15 August – Paul Henderson, Australian politician and Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
• 19 August – Valérie Kaprisky, actress
• 27 August – Fabrice Poullain, soccer player
• 30 August – François Delecour, rally driver
• 11 September – Pierre Huyghe, artist
• 20 September – Jean-Louis Garcia, soccer player
• 25 September – Juliette Noureddine, singer, songwriter and composer
• 27 September – Christelle Guignard, alpine skier

October to December

• 4 October – Jean-Luc Sassus, soccer player (died 2015)
• 13 October – Valérie Létard, politician
• 15 October – Guy Georges, serial killer
• 17 October – Yvon Pouliquen, soccer manager, former player
• 22 October – Laurent Paganelli, journalist, former soccer player
• 24 October – Yves Bertucci, soccer manager
• 30 October – Arnaud Montebourg, politician
• 2 November – Mireille Delunsch, opera soprano
• 11 November – Thierry Goudet, soccer manager, former player
• 13 November – Lydia Gouardo, rape victim
• 23 November – Philippe Renaud, canoer and Olympic medallist
• 6 December – Claude Chirac, younger daughter of French president Jacques Chirac
• 7 December – Alain Blondel, decathlete
• 17 December – Christophe Hondelatte, television and radio host
• 26 December – Jean-Marc Ferreri, international soccer player
• 28 December – Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist (died 1999)

Full date unknown

• Luc Delahaye, photographer
• Philippe Goitschel, skier and Olympic medallist
• Martin Matje, French illustrator
• Dominique Moulon, historian of art and technology
• Pascale Sourisse, businesswoman

Deaths

January to March

• 8 January – Roger Ducret, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (born 1888)
• 21 January – Georges Gimel, painter (born 1898)
• 24 January – André Lhote, sculptor and painter (born 1885)
• 4 February -
  • Charles Basle, American auto racer (born 1885)
  • Daniel Halévy, historian (born 1872)
• 5 February – Jacques Ibert, composer (born 1890)
• 19 February – Émile Armand, individualist anarchist (born 1872)
• 3 March – Pierre Benoit, novelist (born 1886)
• 6 March – René Laforgue, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (born 1894)

April to June

• 1 April – Jules Boucherit, violinist and teacher (born 1877)
• 10 April – Lucienne Delyle, singer (born 1917; leukemia)
• 17 April – Pierre Larquey, actor (born 1884)
• 4 May – Cécile Vogt-Mugnier, neurologist (born 1875)
• 23 May – Louis Coatalen, automobile engineer (born 1879)
• 1 June – Joseph Darnand, Bishop (born 1879)
• 5 June – Jacques Gréber, architect (born 1882)
• 6 June – Yves Klein, artist (born 1928)
• 8 June – Eugène Freyssinet, structural and civil engineer (born 1879)

July to September

• 1 July – Edgard de Larminat, General (born 1895)
• 8 July – Georges Bataille, writer (born 1897)
• 18 July – Eugene Houdry, mechanical engineer (born 1892)
• 25 July – Paul Aymé, tennis player (born 1869)
• 18 August – Lucien Berland, entomologist and arachnologist (born 1888)
• 19 August – Jean Lucienbonnet, motor racing driver (born 1923)
• 22 August – Charles Rigoulot, weightlifter, professional wrestler, race car driver and actor (born 1903)
• August – Léon Binoche, rugby union player (born 1878)
• 21 September – Princess Marie Bonaparte, psychoanalyst (born 1882)
• 24 September – Félix Goethals, cyclist (born 1891)
• 28 September – Roger Nimier, novelist (born 1925)

October to December

• 2 October – Madeleine Fournier-Sarlovèze, golfer (born 1873)^[1]
• 7 October – Henri Oreiller, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (born 1925)
• 14 October – Jacques Majorelle, painter (born 1886)
• 16 October – Gaston Bachelard, philosopher (born 1884)
• 17 October – Natalia Goncharova, Russian-born avant-garde artist (born 1881)^[2]
• 30 October – Yvette Andréyor, actress (born 1891)
• 31 October -
  • Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, astronomer (born 1877)
  • Louis Massignon, scholar of Islam and its history (born 1883)
• 20 November -
  • Henri Déricourt, pilot and accused double agent (born 1909)
  • Philippe Kieffer, Naval officer (born 1899)
• 22 November – René Coty, politician, President of France (born 1882)
• 26 November – Albert Sarraut, politician, twice Prime Minister of France (born 1872)
• 13 December – Daisy Fellowes, society figure, writer and heiress (born 1890)
• 19 December – Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, admiral and minister (born 1879)

Full date unknown

• Louis Gernet, philologist and sociologist (born 1882)
• Élisée Maclet, painter (born 1881)
• Jacques Maroger, painter (born 1884)

See also

• 1962 in French television
• List of French films of 1962

References