1955 in France

See also: 1954 in France, other events of 1955, 1956 in France.

Events from the year 1955 in France.

Events

• 5 May – Bonn–Paris conventions come into force, putting an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.
• 11 June – 1955 Le Mans disaster. Driver Pierre Levegh and 82 spectators killed in a crash during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
• 28 July – The first Interlingua congress in Tours, France, leads to the founding of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua.
• 6 October - The Citroen DS, a large saloon car, is launched at the Paris Motor Show.^[1]

Arts and literature

• 15 September – Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is published in Paris by Olympia Press.

Sport

• 7 July – Tour de France begins.
• 30 July – Tour de France ends, won by Louison Bobet.

Births

• 28 January – Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.
• 28 January – Chantal Sébire, teacher and euthanasia campaigner (died 2008).
• 24 February – Alain Prost, former motor racing driver.
• 4 March – Dominique Pinon, actor.
• 9 March – Jean-Luc Arribart, soccer player.
• 17 March – Élie Baup, soccer player and manager.
• 27 June – Isabelle Adjani, actress.
• 7 August – Chantal Réga, athlete.
• 17 September – Olivier Chandon de Brailles, motor racing driver (died 1983).
• 7 October – Yo-Yo Ma, cellist.
• 14 December – Hervé Guibert, writer (died 1991).

Full date unknown

• Jean Hélène, journalist (died 2003).

Deaths

• 15 January – Yves Tanguy, surrealist painter (born 1900).
• 23 February – Paul Claudel, poet, dramatist and diplomat (born 1868).
• 22 March – Maurice Schutz, actor (born 1866).
• 19 June – Adrienne Monnier, poet and publisher (born 1892).
• 5 November – Maurice Utrillo, painter (born 1883).
• 27 November – Arthur Honegger, composer (born 1892).

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