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"Events from the year 1974 in France. Incumbents * President: until 2 April: Georges Pompidou 2 April-27 May: Alain Poher starting 27 May: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing * Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer (until 27 May), Jacques Chirac (starting 27 May) Events *1 March - Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France. *3 March - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes into the Ermenville Forest just outside Senlis killing all 346 on board. *8 March - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris. *2 April - President Georges Pompidou dies in office. Senate President Alain Poher becomes Acting President for the second time. *7 August - French acrobat Philippe Petit walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. *28 August - The Citroen CX, top model in the Citroen range, is launched - succeeding the 19-year-old DS. It is voted European Car of the Year. *12 September - The crew of the take over the ship off Le Havre in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent her withdrawal; she never sails under the French flag again. *9 December - The Paris summit, reuniting the European communities' heads of state and government, commences. Sport *27 June - Tour de France begins. *21 July - Tour de France ends, won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium. Births =January to March= *6 January - Romain Sardou, novelist. *13 January - Thierry Debès, soccer player. *16 January - Frédéric Dindeleux, soccer player. *20 January - Florian Maurice, soccer player. *21 January - Ulrich Le Pen, soccer player. *23 January - Bernard Diomède, soccer player. *3 February - Florian Rousseau, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist. *6 February - Sébastien Delagrange, golfer. *8 February - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, musician. *10 February - Lionel Potillon, soccer player. *11 February - Sébastien Hinault, cyclist. *17 February - Frédéric Bolley, twice motocross world champion. *20 February - Ophélie Winter, singer and actress. *23 February - Stéphane Bernadis, figure skater. *26 February - Sébastien Loeb, rally driver and three time World Champion. *17 March - Franck Bouyer, cyclist. *21 March - Sébastien Gimenez, soccer player. *31 March - Patrick Regnault, soccer player. =April to June= *1 April - Cyril Raffaelli, traceur, martial artist and stuntman. *7 April - Julien Boutter, tennis player. *11 April - Franck Rénier, cyclist. *18 April - Olivier Besancenot, politician. *29 April - Pascal Cygan, soccer player. *8 May - Raphaël Jacquelin, golfer. *9 May - Benoît Salmon, cyclist. *10 May - Sylvain Wiltord, international soccer player. *14 May - Pierre-Yves André, soccer player. *24 May - Florence Baverel-Robert, biathlete. *28 May - Romain Duris, actor. *1 June - Jérôme Vareille, soccer player. *10 June - Christophe Bassons, cyclist. *13 June Frédéric Bourdin, serial imposter. Claire-Marie Le Guay, classical pianist. =July to September= *7 July - Doc Gynéco, hip hop artist. *10 July - Nassim Akrour, soccer player. *13 July - Ronan Le Crom, soccer player. *21 July - Frédéric Biancalani, soccer player. *4 August Jean-Christophe Rouvière, soccer player. Thierry Thulliez, jockey. *5 August - Antoine Sibierski, soccer player. *7 August - Yohann Bernard, swimmer. *9 August - Raphaël Poirée, biathlete. *11 August - Audrey Mestre, free-diver (died 2002). *26 August - Sébastien Bruno, rugby union player. *3 September - Didier André, motor racing driver. *4 September - Jean- Pierre Simb, soccer player. *12 September - Caroline Aigle, first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force (died 2007). *16 September - Frédéric Da Rocha, soccer player. *25 September - Olivier Dacourt, soccer player. *28 September - Frédéric Danjou, soccer player. *September - Justine Lévy, author. =October to December= *7 October - Hervé Alicarte, soccer player. *19 October - Laurent Brancowitz, guitarist. *21 October - Olivier Azam, rugby union player. *1 November - Renan Lavigne, squash player. *4 November - Jérôme Leroy, soccer player. *11 November - Bettina Goislard, United Nations worker (died 2003). *20 November - Alain Andji, pole vaulter. *27 November - Yann Le Pennec, slalom canoer. *28 November - Pascal Bedrossian, soccer player. *29 November - Cyril Dessel, cyclist. *30 November - Arnaud Vincent, motorcycle road racer. *6 December Stéphane Augé, cyclist. Delphine Combe, athlete. *9 December - Emmanuel Thibault, dancer. *11 December - Julien Robert, biathlete. *13 December - Richard Dourthe, rugby union player. *17 December - Yannick Fischer, soccer player. *22 December - Éric Despezelle, judoka. =Full date unknown= *Amelie Chabannes, painter and sculptor. *Stéphane Michon, nordic combined skier. Deaths =January to June= *21 January - Arnaud Denjoy, mathematician (born 1884). *30 January - Fernand Arnout, weightlifter and Olympic medallist (born 1899). *13 March - Henri Pequet, pilot, flew first official airmail flight in 1911 (born 1888). *28 March - Françoise Rosay, actress (born 1891). *2 April - Georges Pompidou, President of France (born 1911). *9 April - Pierre Petiteau, rugby union player (born 1899). *18 April - Marcel Pagnol, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker (born 1895). *20 May - Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (born 1905). *25 May - Robert Levasseur, rugby union player (born 1898). *7 June - Émilie Charmy, artist (born 1878). *12 June - André Marie, politician and Prime Minister of France (born 1897). *19 June - Jean Wahl, philosopher (born 1888). *22 June Darius Milhaud, composer (born 1892). Alain Saint-Ogan, comics author and artist (born 1895). Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876). =July to December= *9 July - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, writer and artist (born 1884). *August - André Edouard Marty, artist (born 1882). *4 September - Marcel Achard, playwright, screenwriter and author (born 1899). *17 September - André Dunoyer de Segonzac, painter and graphic artist (born 1884). *17 October - Jean Vaysse, rugby union player (born 1900). *22 November - Gilbert Degrémont, water treatment expert (born 1908). *20 December - André Jolivet, composer (born 1905). *21 December - Félix Amiot, aircraft constructor (born 1894). *26 December - Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (born 1905). =Full date unknown= *Michel Alaux, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (born 1924). *Roger Giroux, poet (born 1925). *René de Possel, mathematician (born 1905). See also * List of French films of 1974 References Category:1970s in France "