1931 in France
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See also: 1930 in France, other events of 1931, 1932 in France.
Events from the year 1931 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 27 January - Pierre Laval forms a government in France.
- 27 March - British writer Arnold Bennett dies in Paris when he drinks local water to prove it is safe to drink - but is poisoned.
- 6 May - Paris Colonial Exposition opens.
- 13 May - Paul Doumer elected president of France.
- 14 June - Overloaded pleasure craft Saint-Philibert, carrying trippers home to Nantes from Île de Noirmoutier, sinks at the mouth of the river Loire and over 450 drown.
- 8 November- French police launch a large scale raid against Corsican bandits.
[edit] Arts and Literature
- The Persistence of Memory is put on display for the first time in Paris at the Galerie Pierre Colle.
[edit] Sport
- 30 June - Tour de France begins.
- 26 July - Tour de France ends, won by Antonin Magne.
[edit] Births
- 1 July - Leslie Caron, actress.
- 23 August - Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer (d.2006).
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- Christian Metz, film theorist (d.1993).
[edit] Deaths
- 1 February - Emmanuel d'Orléans, noble from the House of Orléans (b.1872).
- 22 June - Armand Fallières, politician and President of France (b.1841).
- 7 November - Étienne Bazeries, military cryptanalyst (b.1846).
- 2 December - Vincent d'Indy, composer (b.1851).
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- Alexandre Darracq, automobile manufacturer (b.1855).
