1995 in France

none August 2022 1995 Events from the year 1995 in France. Incumbents President: François Mitterrand (until 17 May), Jacques Chirac (starting 17 May) Prime Minister: Édouard Balladur (until 18 May), Alain Juppé (starting 18 May) Events January – SIVU des Inforoutes de l'Ardèche is founded.http://www.larousse.fr/archives/journaux_annee/1995/173/informatique_et_telecommunications Informatique et télécommunications 6 July 2012 fr 21 February – Ibrahim Ali, a 17-year-old Comorian living in France, is murdered by 3 far right National Front activists. 13 April – Presidential Election held. 7 May – Presidential Election held with Jacques Chirac elected as fifth president of the Fifth Republic. 11 June – Municipal Elections held. 13 June – President Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia. 18 June – Municipal Elections held. 25 July – a gas bottle explodes in the Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame station, killing 8 and wounding 80 people. (see: 1995 Paris Metro bombing) 17 August – a bomb at the Arc de Triomphe wounds 17 people. 26 August – a huge bomb is found on the railroad tracks of a high-speed rail line near Lyon. 3 September – a bomb malfunctions in a square in Paris, wounding 4. 7 September – a car bomb at a Jewish school in Lyon wounds 14. 18 September – Renault launches the Renault Mégane, a range of hatchbacks, saloons, estates, coupes and cabriolets to replace the R19.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/72743531.html?dids=72743531:72743531&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+18%2C+1995&author=Micheline+Maynard&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=At+auto+show%2C+round+is+all+around+%2F%2F+Has+Italy+been+talking+to+France%3F&pqatl=google At auto show, round is all around // Has Italy been talking to France? 5 July 2017 6 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121106113454/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/72743531.html?dids=72743531:72743531&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+18,+1995&author=Micheline+Maynard&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=At+auto+show,+round+is+all+around+%2F%2F+Has+Italy+been+talking+to+France%3F&pqatl=google dead 24 September – Student, Eric Borel, killed 14 people (including his parents) and injured five others, in a rampage in Toulon, before committing suicide. 27 – 28 September – Bob Denard's mercenaries capture President Said Mohammed Djohor of the Comoros; the local army does not resist. 29 September – Khaled Kelkal, a leader of the Armed Group (GIA) which carried out the attacks, is killed by EPIGN gendarmerie members resisting arrest. October – Peugeot launches the 406 range of saloons, estates and coupés that replaces the 405. It also enters the people carrier market with the 806, which will also be sold as the Citroen Synergie, Fiat Ulysse and Lancia Z as part of a venture between PSA Peugeot Citroen and Fiat. 4 October – France launches a counter-coup in the Comoros with 600 soldiers. They arrest Bob Denard and his mercenaries and take Denard to France; Caabi el-Yachroutu becomes the interim president. 6 October – a gas bottle explodes in station Maison Blanche of the Paris Métro, wounding 13. 17 October – a gas bottle explodes between the Musée d'Orsay and Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame stations, wounding 29. 17 October- French-woman Jeanne Calment reaches the confirmed age of 120 years and 238 days making her the oldest person ever recorded. 15–16 December – 16 members of the Order of the Solar Temple die in a mass murder-suicide in the Vercors Massif. These bodies are discovered on 23 December, the day after the first publication of the report of the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France. Arts and literature La Haine is released. Sport 9 April – Paris–Roubaix cycle race won by Franco Ballerini of Italy. 1 July – Tour de France begins. 2 July – French Grand Prix won by Michael Schumacher of Germany. 23 July – Tour de France ends, won by Miguel Indurain of Spain. Births January to March 13 January – Léna Marrocco, figure skater 28 January Wylan Cyprien, footballer Anne-Gaëlle Servel alias AG la jument de Michao, chanteuse folklorique bretonne Calvin Hemery, tennis player 5 February – Rouguy Diallo, triple jumper 6 February – Enzo Crivelli, footballer 9 February – Yann Bodiger, footballer 13 February – Georges-Kévin Nkoudou, footballer 16 February – Nicolas Gavory, footballer 17 February – Stéphane Sparagna, footballer 27 February – Charlotte Bonnet, swimmer 2 March – Ange-Freddy Plumain, footballer 9 March – Baptiste Santamaria, footballer 15 March – Morgan Demiro-O-Domiro, trampoline gymnast 24 March – Enzo Fernández, footballer April to October 1 April – Maxence Perrin, actor 8 April – Farès Bahlouli, footballer 23 April – Lénaëlle Gilleron-Gorry, figure skater 24 April – Axel Chapelle, pole vaulter 10 May – Gabriella Papadakis, ice dancer 23 May – Younès Kaabouni, footballer 31 May – Romain Le Gac, ice dancer 5 June – Ferland Mendy, footballer 6 June – Mira Boumejmajen, artistic gymnast 17 June – Clément Lenglet, footballer 22 June – Wilhem Belocian, sprinter 24 June – Hervin Ongenda, footballer 25 June – Jean-Philippe Gbamin, footballer 3 July – Mike Maignan, footballer 15 July – Corentin Jean, footballer 26 July – Marco Ilaimaharitra, footballer 13 August – Presnel Kimpembe, footballer 22 August – Aristote Madiani, footballer 27 August – Joelly Belleka, basketball player 13 September – Jordan Bardella, politician. November to December 3 November – Coline Mattel, ski jumper 12 November – Thomas Lemar, footballer 28 November – Thomas Didillon, footballer 1 December – Sophia Serseri, gymnast 5 December – Anthony Martial, footballer Deaths January to March 4 January – Nina Tikhonova, Russian-born ballet dancer and teacher (b. 1910).Gregory John Obituary:Nina Tikhonova https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-nina-tikhonova-1572352.html The Independent 10 February 1995 21 January – Philippe Casado, cyclist (b. 1964) 26 January – Marcel Bidot, cyclist (b. 1902) 27 January – Jean Tardieu, artist, musician, poet and author (b. 1903) 1 February – François Boutin, Thoroughbred horse trainer (b. 1937)Francois Boutin : OBITUARIES https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/francois-boutin-obituaries-1571125.html The Independent 15 April 2022 en 2 February 1995 2 February – André Frossard, journalist and essayist (b. 1915) 13 March – Odette Sansom, World War II heroine (b. 1912) April to June 5 April – Christian Pineau, French Resistance leader and politician (b. 1904) 18 May – Henri Laborit, physician, writer and philosopher (b. 1914) 25 May – Élie Bayol, motor racing driver (b. 1914) 2 June – Alexandre de Marenches, military officer (b. 1921) 3 June – Jean-Patrick Manchette, novelist (b. 1942) 22 June – Yves Congar, priest and theologian (b. 1904) 23 June – Henri de Laulanie, Jesuit priest and agriculturalist (b. 1920) 27 June – Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar and sociologist (b. 1910) July to September 8 July – Paul Bonneau, composer (b. 1918) 15 July – Robert-Joseph Coffy, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1920) 19 July – René Privat, cyclist (b. 1930) 23 July – Fabien Galateau, cyclist (b. 1913) 29 July – Philippe De Lacy, actor (b. 1917) 6 August – André Fleury, composer, pianist and organist (b. 1903) 11 August – Marcel Moussy, screenwriter and television director (b. 1924) 19 August – Pierre Schaeffer, composer, inventor of musique concrète (b. 1910) 22 August – Gilles Andruet, chess player (b. 1958) 29 August – Pierre Max Dubois, composer (b. 1930) September – René Zazzo, psychologist (b. 1910) 4 September – Edmond Jouhaud, one of four generals who staged the Algiers putsch of 1961 (b. 1905) 24 September – Eric Borel, spree killer (b. 1978) October to December 1 October – Marcel Noual, swimmer (b. 1912) 7 October – Gérard de Vaucouleurs, astronomer (b. 1918) 19 October – André Lalande, military officer (b. 1913) 29 October – Pierre Hornus, footballer (b. 1908) 4 November – Gilles Deleuze, philosopher (b. 1925) 23 November – Louis Malle, film director (b. 1932) Full date unknown Adrien Goybet, Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor (b. 1922) Jean-Yves Couliou, painter (b. 1916) Gilbert Martineau, author and curator of the French properties on St Helena (b. 1918) See also 1995 in French television List of French films of 1995 References 1995 France France Category:1990s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France