1947 in France
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Events from the year 1947 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 16 January - Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as President of France.
- 10 February - Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
- 28 February - United States gives France a military base in Casablanca.
- 29 March - Nationalist "tribesmen" began a revolt (Malagasy Uprising) in the eastern part of Madagascar, against French rule.
- 6 May - In Moramanga, the military machine-gun Mouvement Democratique de la Renovation Malagache (MDRM) officials detained in wagons, killing 124 to 160 people.
- 11 July - Exodus (ship) departs France to Palestine with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees.
- July - Five North-African regiments arrive in Madagascar.
- 27 August - When the French government lowers the bread ration to 200 grams, it causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
- 30 August - Fire at a cinema in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, kills 87.
- 7 October - Operation Lea begins in Vietnam, an attempt by the French to crush the Viet Minh.
- 10 November - The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist riot that spreads to Paris.
- 20 November - Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France - he is succeeded by Robert Schuman. Schuman calls 80,000 reservists to quell rioting miners.
- 27 November - In Paris, police occupy the editorial offices of communist newspapers.
- 3 December - French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing Express train because of false rumours that it was transporting soldiers - 21 dead.
- 4 December - Interior minister Jules Moch secures emergency measures against riots after six days of violent arguments in the national assembly.
- 9 December - Labour unions call off the general strike and begin negotiations with the French government.
- 22 December - Operation Lea ends with a tactical success for the French forces.
[edit] Sport
- 25 June - Tour de France begins.
- 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Jean Robic.
[edit] Births
- 17 January - Alain Payet, adult film director (d.2007).
- 1 April - Alain Connes, mathematician.
- 24 July - Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach (d.2005).
- 9 October - France Gall, singer.
- 2 December - Isaac Bitton, drummer.
[edit] Deaths
- 23 January - Pierre Bonnard, painter and printmaker (b.1867).
- 24 November - Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist (b.1876).
- 7 December - Tristan Bernard, playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer (b.1866).
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- Mary Bonaparte, eldest daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino (b.1870).
