1957 in France

none August 2022 1957 Events from the year 1957 in France. Incumbents President: Rene Coty President of the Council of Ministers: until 13 June: Guy Mollet 13 June-6 November: Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury starting 6 November: Félix Gaillard Events 4 February – France prohibits United Nation involvement in Algeria. 1 March – Sud Aviation forms from a merger between SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest). 20 March – Newspaper L'Express reveals that the French army tortures Algerian prisoners. 25 March – Treaty of Rome, signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), establishes the European Economic Community (EEC). 26 May – Algerian politician killed by Algerian nationalists during soccer game First American writers of the Beat Generation (poets Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky) stay at the "Beat Hotel" (Hotel Rachou) in Paris. Sport 27 June – Tour de France begins. 20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil. Births 4 January – Joël Bats, international soccer player and coach 11 January – Alain Lemercier, racewalker 13 January – Bruno Baronchelli, soccer player 10 March – Mino Cinélu, musician 12 March – Patrick Battiston, international soccer player 3 April – Yves Chaland, cartoonist (died 1990) 25 May – Véronique Augereau, actress 12 June – Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, oncologist and politician (died 2023) 18 August – Carole Bouquet, actress 25 September – Jean-Pierre Demailly, mathematician (died 2022) 10 October Didier Roustan, sports journalist (died 2024) Jacques Verdier, sports journalist (died 2018) 12 October Clémentine Célarié, actress Rémi Laurent, actor (died 1989) 3 December – Valérie Quennessen, actress (died 1989) Deaths 14 May – Marie Vassilieff, Russian-born painter (born 1884)John E. Bowlt Nicoletta Misler Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza Twentieth-Century Russian and East European Painting: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Stuttgart Klett-Cotta 1994 320 978-3-60876-258-7 23 October – Christian Dior, fashion designer (born 1905) 4 November – Joseph Canteloube, composer (born 1879) 6 December – Robert Esnault-Pelterie, pioneering aircraft designer (born 1881) See also 1957 in French television List of French films of 1957 References 1957 France France Category:1950s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France