Events from the year 1962 in France
Incumbents
Events
15 January – Designer Yves Saint Laurent launches his own fashion house .[ 1]
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 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
Around 20,000 Harkis , indigenous Muslim Algerians who fought as auxiliary soldiers on the French side in the Algerian War , with their families flee Algeria for metropolitan France fearing unofficial reprisals in their home country.[ 2]
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 (staged in Luxemburg) for France.
Sport
Births
January to March
8 January – Nelly Viennot , soccer referee
21 January -
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
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
7 March – Pascale Sourisse , businesswoman
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
July to September
22 July -
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
2 November – Marcellin Nadeau , Member of Parliament
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
Deaths
January to March
April to June
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)
23 August – Élisée Maclet , painter (born 1881)
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)[ 3]
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)[ 4]
30 October – Yvette Andréyor , actress (born 1891)
31 October -
20 November -
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
See also
References
^ Gross, Nigel; et al. (1999). Collins Gem 1960s . London: HarperCollins. p. 47. ISBN 0-00-472310-4 ^ Horne, Alistair (1978). A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962 . New York Review of Books. p. 358. ISBN 9781590172186 ^ "Olympedia – Madeleine Fournier-Sarlovèze" . olympedia.org . Retrieved 20 July 2021 .^ Sharp, Jane A. (2000). "Natalia Goncharova". In Bowlt, John E.; Drutt, Matthew (eds.). Amazons of the Avant-Garde: Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova, and Nadezhda Udaltsova ISBN 978-0-89207-225-5
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