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1950 in France

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Events from the year 1950 in France.

Incumbents

  • President: Vincent Auriol
  • President of the Council of Ministers:
    • until 2 July: Georges Bidault
    • 2 July-12 July: Henri Queuille
    • starting 12 July: René Pleven

Events

  • 11 February – Two Viet Cong battalions attack a French base in French Indochina.
  • 12 February – Pro-communist riots in Paris.
  • 9 April – Notre-Dame Affair, Lettrist movement anti-Catholic intervention.
  • 3 June – Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
  • 15–18 September – Battle of Đông Khê, French defeat in First Indochina War.
  • 30 September – Battle of Route Coloniale 4 begins.
  • 18 October – Battle of Route Coloniale 4 ends in decisive victory for the Việt Minh.
  • 20 October – Henri Martin affair: a sailor is imprisoned for distributing propaganda hostile to the First Indochina War.

Sport

  • 13 July – Tour de France begins.
  • 7 August – Tour de France ends, won by Ferdinand Kübler of Switzerland.

Births

  • 24 January – Daniel Auteuil, actor and director
  • 15 February – Guy Touvron, trumpeter (died 2024)
  • 22 February – Miou-Miou, actress.
  • 5 March – Bernard Vera, politician
  • 21 April – Michel Rougerie, motorcycle racer (died 1981)
  • 8 May – Aimé Venel, painter
  • 9 August
    • Anémone, French actress, filmmaker and political activist (died 2019)
    • Nicole Tourneur, French novelist (died 2011)
  • 25 September – Philippe Peythieu, actor.

Deaths

  • 6 February – Georges Imbert, chemical engineer (born 1884)
  • 2 March – Joseph d'Arbaud, poet (born 1874)
  • 6 March – Albert Lebrun, politician and President of France (born 1871)
  • 16 April – Arnaud Massy, golfer (born 1877)
  • 28 September – Joë Bousquet, poet (born 1897)
  • 10 November – Jean Biondi, politician (born 1900; car crash)
  • 11 November – Pierre-Jules Boulanger, engineer and businessman (born 1885; car crash)

References

References

  1. [https://www.pizzicato.lu/trumpeter-guy-touvron-passes-away-at-the-age-of-74/ Trumpeter Guy Touvron passes away at the age of 74]
  2. "Cast: Anémone (1968)".
  3. Biographie, Deutsche. "Imbert, Georg - Deutsche Biographie".
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