1982 in France

none August 2022 1982 Events from the year 1982 in France. Incumbents President: François Mitterrand Prime Minister: Pierre Mauroy Events 18 January – Swiss activist Chaïm Nissim fires five rockets, obtained from the Red Army Faction through Carlos the Jackal, on the Superphénix nuclear plant, then under construction. Rockets are launched at the incomplete containment building and cause damage, missing the reactor's empty core. 2 March – Decentralisation in France: Law of Decentralisation creates the administrative regions of France (régions). 14 March – Cantonales Elections held. 21 March – Cantonales Elections held. 22 April - April 1982 Paris car bombing. 4 June – 8th G7 summit begins in Versailles. 6 June – 8th G7 summit closes. 31 July – Beaune coach crash: 53 persons, 46 of them children, die in a road accident in Beaune in France's worst road accident. 9 August – Six people are killed and 22 injured when the Jo Goldenberg restaurant on the Rue des Rosiers in Paris' Jewish quarter is attacked by terrorists. 28 August – The "Irish of Vincennes" are arrested by a secret presidential anti-terrorist police unit on suspicion of the Jo Goldenberg attack. They are later exonerated when the evidence against them is found to have been planted. 2 October – Launch of the Citroën BX, successor to the Citroën GS.http://www.histomobile.com/dvd_histomobile/usa/10/1982_Citroen_Bx.htm Citroen Bx () 16 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120320031749/http://www.histomobile.com/dvd_histomobile/usa/10/1982_Citroen_Bx.htm 20 March 2012 dead Births January to March 1 January – Yves Donguy, rugby union player 4 January – Benoît Haaby, soccer player 5 January – Benoît Vaugrenard, cyclist 10 January – Julien Brellier, soccer player 11 January – Loïc Guillon, soccer player 11 January – Grégory Lacombe, soccer player 12 January – Grégory Lamboley, rugby union player 12 January – Paul-Henri Mathieu, tennis player 13 January – Philippe Billy, soccer player 21 January – Nicolas Mahut, tennis player 21 January – Sarah Ourahmoune, boxerSarah OURAHMOUNE – Olympic France https://www.olympic.org/sarah-ourahmoune International Olympic Committee 24 April 2019 en 26 June 2017 28 January – Sébastien Puygrenier, soccer player 2 February – Amelie Delagrange, murder victim (died 2004) 28 February – Aurélien Capoue, soccer player 8 March – Stéphane Biakolo, soccer player 17 March – Matthieu Dafreville, judoka 17 March – Julien Gorius, soccer player 23 March – Christophe Coue, soccer player 30 March – Philippe Mexès, soccer player 31 March – David Poisson, alpine skier (d. 2017)https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=48438 David POISSON FIS-ski.com International Ski and Snowboard Federation April to June 4 April – Rémi Pauriol, cyclist 5 April – Alexandre Prémat, motor racing driver 25 April – Grégory Bourdy, golfer 8 May – Habib Bamogo, soccer player 17 May – Tony Parker, basketball player 18 May – Yannick Bonheur, pair skater 20 May – Lionel Djebi-Zadi, soccer player 20 May – Clément Poitrenaud, rugby union player 20 May – Donald Reignoux, actor 26 May – Mathieu Martinez, Nordic combined skier 4 June – Sébastien Portal, cyclist 12 June – Sébastien Minard, cyclist 17 June – Alexandre Alphonse, soccer player 18 June – Fabien Lefèvre, whitewater kayaker 24 June – Sylvain Guintoli, motorcycle racer July to September 2 July – Julien Tournut, soccer player 5 July – Julien Féret, soccer player 5 July – Lionel Gautherie, rugby union player 7 July – Julien Doré, singer 7 July – Samuel Nadeau, basketball player 16 July – Claire Febvay, diver 17 July – Wilfried Dalmat, soccer player 21 July – Cédric Joqueviel, soccer player 22 July – Xavier de Rosnay, musician 27 July – Jean-François Kornetzky, soccer player 28 July – Grégory Cerdan, soccer player 28 July – Benoît Leroy, soccer player 4 August – Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, rugby union player 16 August – Valentin Courrent, rugby union player 1 September – Lou Doillon, model and actress 6 September – Stéphane Dumont, soccer player 8 September – Sébastien Carole, soccer player 26 September – Xavier Barrau, soccer player 27 September – Adrianna Lamalle, athlete 28 September – Nolwenn Leroy, singer and songwriter October to December 4 October – Grégory Christ, soccer player 4 October – Nicolas Durand, rugby union player 11 October – Emmanuel Leconte, actor 18 October – Thierry Amiel, singer and songwriter 22 November – Mathieu Bodmer, soccer player 27 November – David Bellion, soccer player 30 November – Clémence Poésy, actress 23 December – Grégory Gaultier, squash player 25 December – Yoann Langlet, soccer player Deaths January to June 2 January – Victor Fontan, cyclist (born 1892). 6 January – Louis Poterat, lyricist (born 1901). 13 January – Marcel Camus, film director (born 1912). 9 February – Marthe Richard, prostitute, spy and politician (born 1889). 20 February – René Dubos, microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist and humanist (born 1901). 3 March – Georges Perec, novelist, filmmaker and essayist (born 1936). 26 March – Lisette de Brinon, socialite and collaborator (born 1896). 15 April – Louis de Guiringaud, politician and Minister (born 1911). 16 April – Gabriel Auphan, Admiral (born 1894). 29 April – Raymond Bussières, actor (born 1907). 8 June – Jean Wiener, pianist and composer (born 1896). 29 June – Pierre Balmain, fashion designer (born 1914). July to December 12 July – Raymond Borderie, film producer (born 1897). 18 July – Jacques Pras, cyclist (born 1924). 7 August – Jean Beaufret, philosopher and Germanist (born 1907). 15 August – Maurice Gallay, footballer (born 1902) 19 August – Claude Piel, aircraft designer (born 1921). 11 September – Albert Soboul, historian (born 1914). 13 September – Marius Canard, orientalist (born 1888). 10 October – Jean Effel, painter, illustrator and journalist (born 1908). 17 October – Antoine Béthouart, general (born 1889). 18 October – Pierre Mendès France, politician and Prime Minister of France (born 1907). 22 October – Savitri Devi, writer and philosopher (born 1905). 3 November – André Chilo, rugby union player (born 1898). 5 November – Jacques Tati, comedic filmmaker (born 1907). 5 November – Yves Ciampi, film director (born 1921). 11 November – Marcel Paul, trade unionist and communist politician (born 1900). 21 November – Pierre Gaxotte, historian (born 1895). 30 November – Martha Desrumeaux, militant communist and member of the French Resistance (born 1897). 17 December – Philipp Jarnach, composer (born 1892). 19 December – Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, organist, composer and architect (born 1911). 24 December – Louis Aragon, poet and novelist (born 1897). Full date unknown Armand Barbault, chemist and alchemist (born 1906). Andrée Clair, writer (born 1916). Édouard Joly, aircraft designer (born 1898) Georges Neveux, dramatist and poet (born 1900). References 1982 France France Category:1980s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France