1995 in France

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See also: 1994 in France, other events of 1995, 1996 in France.

Events from the year 1995 in France.

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

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21 February - Ibrahim Ali, a 17-year-old Comorian living in France, is murdered by 3 far right National Front activists.
23 April - Presidential Election held.
7 May - Presidential Election held with Jacques Chirac elected as fifth president of the Fifth Republic.
11 June - Municipal Elections held.
13 June - President Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
18 June - Municipal Elections held.
25 July - a gas bottle explodes in the Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame station, killing 8 and wounding 80 people. (see: 1995 Paris Metro bombing)
17 August - a bomb at the Arc de Triomphe wounds 17 people.
26 August - a huge bomb is found on the railroad tracks of a high-speed rail line near Lyon.
3 September - a bomb malfunctions in a square in Paris, wounding 4.
7 September - a car bomb at a Jewish school in Lyon wounds 14.
29 September - Khaled Kelkal, a leader of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) which carried out the attacks, is killed by EPIGN gendarmerie members resisting arrest.
4 October - France launches a counter-coup in the Comoros with 600 soldiers. They arrest Bob Denard and his mercenaries and take Denard to France; Caabi el-Yachroutu becomes the interim president.
6 October - a gas bottle explodes in station Maison Blanche of the Paris Métro, wounding 13.
17 October - a gas bottle explodes between the Musée d'Orsay and Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame stations, wounding 29.
17 October- French-woman Jeanne Calment reaches the confirmed age of 120 years and 238 days making her the oldest person ever recorded.