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1998_in_France
1998_in_France
1998 in France
See also:
1997 in France
,
other events of 1998
,
1999 in France
.
Events from the year
1998
in
France
.
Events
6 February
- The
French
prefect
Claude Erignac
is assassinated in the streets of
Ajaccio
,
Corsica
.
15 March
-
Cantonales Elections
held.
15 March
-
Regional Elections
held.
22 March
-
Cantonales Elections
held.
11 May
- The first
euro
coins are minted in
Pessac
, France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999.
Arts and Literature
Sport
10 June
-
1998 FIFA World Cup
begins in France.
28 June
-
French Grand Prix
takes place, won by
Michael Schumacher
of
Germany
.
11 July
-
Tour de France
begins in
Dublin
,
Ireland
.
12 July
- World Cup ends, won by
France
.
2 August
- Tour de France ends, won by
Marco Pantani
of
Italy
.
Births
Deaths
January to March
18 January
-
Georges Coudray
, politician (b.
1902
).
28 January
-
Louise Laroche
, one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the
RMS Titanic
(b.
1910
).
6 February
-
Marcela Delpastre
, author (b.
1925
).
1 March
-
Jean Marie Balland
,
Roman Catholic
Cardinal
(b.
1934
).
30 March
-
Michèle Arnaud
, singer,
producer
, and
director
(b.
1919
).
April to June
4 April
-
Pierre Lantier
, composer and pianist (b.
1910
).
13 April
-
Patrick de Gayardon
,
skydiver
,
skysurfer
and a
BASE jumper
(b.
1960
).
19 April
-
Armand Jammot
,
television producer
(b.
1922
).
21 April
-
Jean-François Lyotard
,
philosopher
and
literary theorist
(b.
1924
).
21 April
-
Louis Maratier
, painter (b.
1922
).
22 April
-
Régine Pernoud
, historian and medievalist (b.
1909
).
27 April
-
Anne Desclos
, journalist and novelist (b.
1907
).
13 May
-
Chantal Mauduit
,
alpinist
(b.
1964
).
14 June
-
Ginette Mathiot
, food writer (b.
1907
).
14 June
-
Éric Tabarly
, sailor (b.
1931
).
29 June
-
Louis Hostin
,
weightlifter
and Olympic champion (b.
1908
).
30 June
-
Léon Arthur Elchinger
,
Bishop of Strasbourg
(b.
1908
).
June
-
Jean Emile Charon
, nuclear
physicist
(b.
1920
).
July to December
4 July
-
Roger Calmel
, composer (b.
1920
).
6 August
-
André Weil
, mathematician (b.
1906
).
6 October
-
Jean-François Jenny-Clark
, double bass player (b.
1944
).
October
-
René Pleimelding
, soccer player (b.
1925
).
8 November
-
Jean Marais
, actor (b.
1913
).
10 November
-
Jean Leray
, mathematician (b.
1906
).
11 November
-
Gérard Grisey
, composer (b.
1946
).
13 November
-
Edwige Feuillère
, actress (b.
1907
).
13 November
-
Claude Serre
, cartoonist (b.
1938
).
November
-
Gustave Malécot
, mathematician (b.
1911
).
Full date unknown
Maurice Bardèche
, essayist, literary and art critic, journalist and
Neo-Fascist
(b.
1907
).
Lucien Bodard
,
reporter
and
writer
on events in
Asia
(b.
1914
).
Jean-Pierre Brucato
, soccer player (b.
1944
).
Philippe Charbonneaux
, product designer (b.
1917
).
Louis Dumont
,
anthropologist
(b.
1911
).
Jacques Médecin
, politician (b.
1928
).
Jean-Jacques Millant
, bow maker (b.
1928
).
Jackie Sardou
, actress (b.
1919
).
Marc Sautet
, philosopher and writer (b.
1947
).
Pierre Villette
, composer (b.
1926
).
References
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