1960 in France
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Events from the year 1960 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 6 January - Manifesto of the 121 is published.
- 22 January - President Charles de Gaulle fires Jacques Massun, commander-in-chief of the French troops in Algeria.
- 24 January - A major insurrection occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy.
- 13 February - France tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara.
- 23 March - Nikita Khrushchev meets Charles De Gaulle in Paris.
- 12 April - Eric Peugeot, youngest son of the founder of Peugeot, is kidnapped in Paris. Kidnappers release him April 15 in exchange for $300,000 ransom.
- 27 April - Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
- 20 June - The Mali Federation between Senegal and Sudanese Republic (now Mali) gains independence from France.
- 5 August - Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) declares independence from France.
- 17 August - Gabon gains independence from France.
- 28 November - Mauritania becomes independent of France.
- 5 December - Pierre Lagaillarde, who led 1958 and 1960 insurrections in Algeria, fails to appear in a Paris court. He has reportedly fled with 4 fellow defendants to Spain en route to Algeria.
- 9 December - President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people.
- 14 December - The OECD is formed in Paris.
- 27 December - France sets off its third nuclear test blast at its atomic proving grounds at Reggane, Algeria.
[edit] Arts and Literature
- 25 March - Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer (music by André Popp, text by Pierre Cour) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 for France.
[edit] Sport
- 26 June - Tour de France begins.
- 17 July - Tour de France ends, won by Gastone Nencini of Italy.
[edit] Births
- 23 January - Patrick de Gayardon, skydiver, skysurfer and a BASE jumper (d.1998).
- 18 May - Yannick Noah, former tennis player, musician.
- 12 July - Corynne Charby, actress, singer and model.
[edit] Deaths
- 4 January - Albert Camus, author, philosopher, and journalist who won the Nobel prize in 1957 (b.1913).
- 23 May - Georges Claude, engineer, chemist and inventor (b.1870).
- 14 July - Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, physicist (b.1875).
