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1939 in France
See also:
1938 in France
,
other events of 1939
,
1940 in France
.
Events from the year
1939 in
France
.
Contents
1
Events
2
Sport
3
Births
4
Deaths
4.1
Full date unknown
5
References
Events
27 February -
United Kingdom
and France recognize
Franco
's government in
Spain
.
17 June - Last
public
guillotining in France - murderer
Eugen Weidmann
.
3 September -
United Kingdom
, France,
New Zealand
and
Australia
declare war on
Germany
.
Sport
10 July -
Tour de France
begins.
30 July - Tour de France ends, won by
Sylvère Maes
of
Belgium
.
Births
1 February -
Claude François
, singer and songwriter (d.
1978
).
29 March -
Roland Arnall
, businessman and diplomat in the
United States
(d.
2008
).
3 April -
François de Roubaix
,
film score
composer (d.
1975
).
9 May -
Pierre Desproges
,
humorist
(d.
1988
).
30 September -
Jean-Marie Lehn
, chemist, shared
Nobel Prize
in
Chemistry
in 1987.
10 November -
Maia Simon
, actress (d.
2007
).
Deaths
14 October -
Polaire (Emilie Marie Bouchaud)
, singer and actress (b.
1874
).
5 November -
Charles Barrois
, geologist and palaeontologist (b.
1851
).
Full date unknown
Henri Bénard
, physicist (b.
1874
).
Jules-Felix Coutan
, sculptor (b.
1848
).
References