1975 in France
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See also: 1974 in France, other events of 1975, 1976 in France.
Events from the year 1975 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel.
- 6 March - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the Springer Press. The 6 March Group (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group.
- 6 July - The Comoros declare their independence from France.
- 15 September - The department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
- 15 November - 1st G6 summit begins at Rambouillet.
- 17 November - 1st G6 summit ends.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Sport
- 26 June - Tour de France begins.
- 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Bernard Thévenet.
[edit] Births
- 4 April - Delphine Arnault, businesswoman.
- 30 September - Marion Cotillard, actress.
[edit] Deaths
- 13 February - André Beaufre, colonel (b.1902).
- 30 April - Gen Paul, painter and engraver (b.1895).
- 20 September - Saint-John Perse, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (b.1887).
