1953 in France
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Events from the year 1953 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 4 January - Operation Bretagne ends, with French victory over the Viet Minh in Vietnam.
- 24 March - Death of Paul Couturier, architect of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
- 9 May – France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia with the king Norodom Sihanouk.
- 5 July - First meeting of the assembly of the European Economic Community in Strasbourg.
- 28 July - Operation Camargue, further French military action against the Viet Minh, begins.
- 10 August - Operation Camargue ends.
- 13 August - 4 million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.
- 25 August - General strike ends in France.
- 9 November - Cambodia becomes independent from France.
- 20 November - Operation Castor, airborne operation to establish a fortified airhead in Dien Bien Province, starts.
- 22 November - Operation Castor ends.
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[edit] Sport
- 3 July - Tour de France begins.
- 27 July - Tour de France ends, won by Louison Bobet.
[edit] Births
- 28 January - Anicée Alvina, singer and actress (d.2006).
- 16 March - Isabelle Huppert, actress.
- 19 August - Benoît Régent, actor (d.1994).
- 22 September - Ségolène Royal, politician.
- 12 October - Serge Lepeltier, politician.
- 14 November - Dominique de Villepin, politician, former Prime Minister of France.
- 23 November - Francis Cabrel, singer-songwriter.
- 29 November - Christine Pascal, actress, writer and director (d.1996).
[edit] Deaths
- 4 April - Rachilde, author (b.1860).
- 4 July - Jean Becquerel, physicist (b.1878).
- 9 August - Auguste Giroux, rugby union player (b.1874).
- 30 November - Francis Picabia, painter and poet (b.1879).
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- Paul Couturier, priest and promoter of the concept of Christian unity (b.1881).
