1934 in France
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Events from the year 1934 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 6 February - an anti-parliamentarist demonstration organised in Paris by far-right leagues, finished in a riot and led to a political crisis.
- 9 February - Gaston Doumergue forms a new government.
- 9 October - King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister, Louis Barthou, are assassinated during the king's state visit in Marseilles.
[edit] Sport
- 3 July - Tour de France begins.
- 29 July - Tour de France ends, won by Antonin Magne.
[edit] Births
- 27 February - Vincent Fourcade, interior designer (d.1992).
- 15 April - Solange Fernex, pacifist activist and politician (d.2006).
- 28 September - Brigitte Bardot, actress and animal rights activist.
[edit] Deaths
- 28 May - Eugenie Besserer, actress (b.1868).
- 15 June - Alfred Bruneau, composer (b.1857).
- 8 July - Benjamin Baillaud, astronomer (b.1848).
- 25 July - François Coty, perfume manufacturer (b.1874).
- 27 July - Hubert Lyautey, Marshal of France (b.1854).
- 15 October - Raymond Poincaré, statesman, five times Prime Minister of France, President of France (b.1860).
- 2 November - Edmond James de Rothschild, philanthropist (b.1845).
- 17 November - Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault, psychiatrist (b.1872).
- 4 December - Paul-Albert Besnard, painter (b.1849).
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- Fernand Lataste, zoologist (b.1847).
