1956 in France
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Events from the year1956inFrance.
Incumbents
[edit]- President:René Coty
- President of the Council of Ministers:Edgar Faure(until 1 February),Guy Mollet(starting 1 February)
Events
[edit]- 2 January –Legislative Electionheld.
- 1 February – Socialist leaderGuy Molletbecomes prime minister
- 2 March –Moroccodeclares its independence from France.
- 20 March –Tunisiagainsindependencefrom France.
- 23 May – MinisterPierre Mendès-Franceresigns due to his government's policy onAlgeria.
- 23 June –Loi Cadrepassed by the French National Assembly, first step in the creation of theFrench Union.
- 10 September –Guy MolletvisitsLondonand proposes a merger of France and the United Kingdom. However the idea is rejected by BritishPrime MinisterAnthony Eden.[1]
- 28 September – Eden considers allowing France to join theCommonwealth of Nations,but this idea is also rejected.[1]
- 31 October –Suez Crisis:The United Kingdom and France begin bombingEgyptto force the reopening of theSuez Canal.
- 6 November – British and French forces seize control of two Egyptian ports before declaring a ceasefire.[2]
- 7 November – Suez Crisis: TheUnited NationsGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France andIsraelto withdraw their troops from Arab lands immediately.
- 23 December – British and French troops leave Suez Canal. region.[3]
- TheTefalcookware firm is established.
Arts and literatures
[edit]- Two attacks are made onLeonardo da Vinci'sMona Lisain theLouvre.[4][5]
- 28 November –Roger Vadim's filmAnd God Created Woman(Et Dieu… créa la femme), starringBrigitte Bardot,is released.
- 3 December – Writing under the pseudonym ofEmile Ajar,authorRomain Garybecomes the only person ever to win thePrix Goncourttwice, this time forLes Racines du ciel.
Sport
[edit]- 5 July –Tour de Francebegins.
- 28 July – Tour de France ends, won byRoger Walkowiak.
Births
[edit]- 1 January –Christine Lagarde,politician
- 11 February –Didier Lockwood,jazz violinist (died 2018)
- 26 February –Michel Houellebecq,novelist
- 28 May –Francis Joyon,yachtsman
- 4 July –Éric Neuhoff,novelist and journalist
- 28 October –Jean-Luc Montama,karateka[6]
- 9 December –Jean-Pierre Thiolletjournalist
Deaths
[edit]- 5 January –Mistinguett,singer (born 1875)
- 3 February –Émile Borel,mathematician and politician (born 1871)
- 18 February –Gustave Charpentier,composer (born 1860)
- 17 March –Irène Joliot-Curie,scientist, sharedNobel Prize in Chemistryin 1935 (born 1897)
- 20 May –Pierre Allemane,international soccer player (born 1882)
- 11 September –Lucien Febvre,social historian (born 1878)
- 26 October –Walter Gieseking,pianist and composer (born 1895)[7]
- 23 November –André Marty,leading figure in theFrench Communist Party(born 1886)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abFrance and UK considered 1950s 'merger',The Guardian
- ^Allied forces take control of Suez
- ^Jubilation as allied troops leave Suez
- ^"Faces of the week".BBC.29 September 2006.Archivedfrom the original on 3 August 2014.Retrieved27 April2008.
- ^"Mona FAQ".Mona Lisa Mania. Archived fromthe originalon 1 June 2009.Retrieved7 January2010.
- ^profilArchived2012-05-23 at theWayback Machinewww.multimania.fr sports reference retrieved 15 December 2011
- ^"Walter Gieseking | German pianist".Encyclopædia Britannica.Retrieved27 March2019.