1980 in France

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See also: 1979 in France, other events of 1980, 1981 in France.

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Events from the year 1980 in France.

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and Literature 3 Sport 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and Literature

[edit] Sport

• 26 June - Tour de France begins.
• 21 July - Tour de France ends, won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands.

[edit] Births

• 20 February - Imanol Harinordoquy, rugby union player.
• 22 April - Nicolas Douchez, soccer player.
• 5 July - Eva Green, actress.
• 25 July - Diam's, rap artist.

[edit] Deaths

• 21 January - Georges Painvin, cryptanalyst (b.1886).
• 24 March - Pierre Etchebaster, real tennis player (b.1893).
• 25 March - Roland Barthes, literary critic and philosopher (b.1915).
• 15 April - Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic (b.1905).
• 6 October - Jean Robic, road racing cyclist, won 1947 Tour de France (b.1921).

[edit] References