1959 in France

none August 2022 1959 Events from the year 1959 in France. Incumbents President: Rene Coty (until 8 January), Charles de Gaulle (starting 8 January) Prime Minister: Charles de Gaulle (until 8 January), Michel Debré (starting 8 January) Events 8 January – Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as the first president of French Fifth Republic. 8 and 15 March – first French municipal elections under the French Fifth Republic 2 December – The Malpasset Dam collapses and floods the town of Fréjus, killing 412.22 November 2019 60 ans après la catastrophe - A Fréjus, les 423 morts du Malpasset hantent toujours les survivants https://www.lamontagne.fr/paris-75000/actualites/a-frejus-les-423-morts-du-malpasset-hantent-toujours-les-survivants_13690660/ 22 November 2019 www.lamontagne.fr Arts and literature 11 March – Eurovision Song Contest held in Cannes.6 March 1959 Television Programmes – Wednesday Evening 19 Radio Times https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/c8aefef6129d465cbeae688ba652025b?page=19 https://web.archive.org/web/20220611073448/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/c8aefef6129d465cbeae688ba652025b?page=19 dead 11 June 2022 11 June 2022 29 October – Astérix the Gaul makes a first appearance in the first regular issue of the comic magazine Pilote.BDoubliées Les BD oubliées D'Astérix http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/series1/asterix.htm fr 2013-10-03 Sport 25 June – 1959 Tour de France begins. 18 July – 1959 Tour de France ends, won by Federico Bahamontes of Spain, the first Spanish cyclist to win the Tour de France. Births 1 January – Michel Onfray, philosopher and author 7 February – Christine Angot, novelist and playwright6 November 1999 Christine_Angot http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/research/CWWF/Christine_Angot.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134450/http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/research/CWWF/Christine_Angot.htm 17 July 2011 24 April 2011 Igrs.sas.ac.uk 18 March – Luc Besson, film director, writer and producer 1 May – Yasmina Reza, playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriterhttps://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120662778 Notice de personne fr BNF 2023-02-26 11 May – Didier Guillaume, politician (died 2025) 14 May – Patrick Bruel, singer and actor 28 May – Steve Jeltz, baseball player 19 June – Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris 6 July – Richard Dacoury, basketball player 15 July – Vincent Lindon, actor and filmmaker 7 September – Pierre Nanterme, business executive (died 2019) 10 September – Philippe Pugnat, alpine skier 19 October – Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, politician Deaths 21 January – Yves Le Febvre, writer and politician (born 1874) 17 April – Paul Dujardin, water polo player and Olympic medallist (born 1894) 5 May – Georges Grente, cardinal (born 1872) 14 May – Sidney Bechet, African American jazz saxophonist (born 1897) 15 May – Jeanne de Flandreysy, writer (born 1874) 2 June – Max Rousié, rugby league and rugby union footballer (born 1912) 22 June – Félix Guignot, physician (born 1882) 23 June – Boris Vian, writer, poet and musician (born 1920) 25 November Jean Grémillon, film director (born 1901) Gérard Philipe, actor (born 1922) See also 1959 in French television List of French films of 1959 References 1959 France France Category:1950s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France