1975 in France

See also: 1974 in France, other events of 1975, 1976 in France.

Events from the year 1975 in France.

Events

• 1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel.
• 6 March - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the Springer Press. The 6 March Group (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group.
• 6 July - The Comoros declare their independence from France.
• September - Chrysler Europe launches the Simca 1307, a large five-door hatchback which will go on sale in Britain in the new year as the Chrysler Alpine. It is similar in size and design to the Renault 16, and is one of the first cars of its size to feature a hatchback.^[1]
• 15 September - The department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
• 15 November - 1st G6 summit begins at Rambouillet.
• 17 November - 1st G6 summit ends.
• December - The Simca 1307 is voted European Car of the Year.

Arts and literature

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Sport

• 26 June - Tour de France begins.
• 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Bernard Thévenet.

Births

January to March

• 9 January - Xavier Méride, soccer player.
• 10 January - Olivier Chapuis, ice dancer.
• 26 January - Alexandre Péclier, rugby union player.
• 5 February - Frédéric Baud, nordic combined skier.
• 7 February - Emily Loizeau, author, composer and singer.
• 17 February - Marie-Pierre Leray, figure skater.
• 8 March - François Grenet, soccer player.
• 12 March - Valérie Nicolas, team handball player.
• 21 March - Souleymane M'baye, boxer.
• 22 March - Ludovic Turpin, cyclist.
• 25 March - Gaspard Manesse, actor and musician.

April to June

• 4 April - Delphine Arnault, businesswoman.
• 12 April - Laurent Wauquiez, politician and Minister.
• 18 April - Frédéric Née, soccer player.
• 27 April - Xavier Gens, film director.
• 30 April - David Moncoutié, cyclist.
• 16 May - Jean-Christophe Devaux, soccer player.
• 31 May - Emmanuel Jonnier, cross country skier.
• 2 June - Sébastien Schemmel, soccer player.
• 24 June - Laurent Tobel, figure skater.
• 26 June - Philippe Delaye, soccer player.

July to September

• 4 July - Thierry Zig, basketball player.
• 17 July - Vincent Vittoz, cross country skier.
• 18 July - Emmanuel Hostache, bobsledder (d.2007).
• 25 July - Isabelle Blanc, snowboarder and Olympic gold medallist.
• 27 July - Grégoire Colin, actor.
• 16 August - Didier Agathe, soccer player.
• 30 August - Younous Oumouri, soccer player.
• 3 September - Cristobal Huet, ice hockey player.
• 3 September - Stéphane Samson, soccer player.
• 6 September - Sylvie Becaert, biathlete.
• 19 September - Caroline Fourest, feminist writer, journalist and editor.
• 23 September - Laurent Batlles, soccer player.
• 30 September - Marion Cotillard, actress.
• 30 September - Laure Pequegnot, Alpine skier.

October to December

• 5 October - Bobo Baldé, soccer player.
• 12 October - Cédric Duchesne, soccer player.
• 16 October - Christophe Maé, singer.
• 2 November - Stéphane Sarrazin, motor racing driver.
• 4 November - Yoann Le Boulanger, cyclist.
• 6 November - Matthieu Lièvremont, rugby union player.
• 7 November - Raphaël Haroche, singer.
• 9 November - Djézon Boutoille, soccer player.
• 13 November - Alain Digbeu, basketball player.
• 20 November - Sébastien Hamel, soccer player.
• 20 November - Nicolas Savinaud, soccer player.
• 26 November - Marinette Pichon, soccer player.
• 9 December - Olivier Milloud, rugby union player.

Full date unknown

• Alexis Loret, actor.
• Paul Renaud, illustrator and comic book artist.

Deaths

January to March

• 9 January - Pierre Fresnay, actor (b.1897).
• 14 January - Pierre David-Weill, investment banker (b.1900).
• 22 January - Paul Antoine Aristide Montel, mathematician (b.1876).
• 9 February - Pierre Dac, humorist and French Resistance activist (b.1893).
• 13 February - André Beaufre, military officer (b.1902).
• 24 February - Marcel Grandjany, harpist and composer (b.1891).
• 2 March - Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer (b.1876).
• 3 March - Yves Godard, military officer (b.1911).
• 9 March - Joseph Guillemot, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (b.1899).
• 13 March - Jean Del Val, actor (b.1891).
• 18 March - Adrienne Bolland, test pilot and first woman to fly over the Andes (b.1896).
• 25 March - Michèle Girardon, actress (b.1938).

April to June

• 4 April - Pierre Galopin, military officer, executed.
• 11 April - André Obey, playwright (b.1892).
• 25 April – Mike Brant, Israeli singer, committed suicide in Paris (b. 1947).
• 25 April - Jacques Duclos, politician (b.1896).
• 30 April - Gen Paul, painter and engraver (b.1895).
• 13 May - Charles Vaurie, ornithologist (b.1906).
• 21 May - Jean Fontenay, cyclist (b.1911).
• 23 May - Paul Legentilhomme, military officer (b.1884).

July to December

• 20 September - Saint-John Perse, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (b.1887).
• 23 September - René Thomas, motor racing driver (b.1886).
• 27 September - Maurice Feltin, Cardinal (b.1883).
• 3 October - Guy Mollet, politician (b.1905).
• 15 October - Jacques Charon, actor and film director (b.1920).
• 16 October - Jean Odin, politician (b.1889).
• 28 October - Georges Carpentier, boxer (b.1894).
• 22 November - François de Roubaix, film score composer (b.1939).
• 22 December - René Floriot, lawyer (b.1902).

Full date unknown

• Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (b.1905).
• René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (b.1905).
• Jacques Natanson, writer (b.1901).

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