1970 in France
Events from the year 1970 in France.
Events
- 10 February - An avalanche at Val d'Isère kills 39 tourists.
- 8 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 15 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 25 March - Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 mph/1127 km/h).
- 11 April - 74 people, mostly young boys, die as an avalanche buries a tuberculosis sanatorium in the French Alps.
- 6 October - President Georges Pompidou visits the Soviet Union.
- 11 October - Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in Chad.
- 1 November - Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, Isère, kills 146.
- Undated - Citroen launches two new models: the GS family saloon and estate, and the SM sporting coupe. The Citroen GS is voted European Car of the Year.[1]
Sport
- 27 June - Tour de France begins.
- 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium.
Births
January to March
- 10 January - Christine Malèvre, serial killer.
- 28 January - Laurent Levesque, film score composer.
- 29 January - Olivier Edmond, golfer.
- 3 February - Franck Gava, soccer player.
- 6 February - Patrice Loko, soccer player.
- 14 February - Guillaume Raoux, tennis player.
- 17 February - Philippe Bernat-Salles, international rugby union player.
- 4 March - Amélie Sarn, author, comic book writer and translator.
- 7 March - Nathalie Lancien, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.
- 12 March - Marine Delterme, actress, painter, sculptor and former model.
- 13 March - Stéphane Goubert, cyclist.
- 21 March - Franck David, sailor and Olympic gold medallist.
- 27 March - Gedeon Naudet, filmmmaker.
April to June
- 10 April - Christophe Honoré, writer and film director.
- 14 April - Richard Sainct, Rally Raid Motorcycle rider (d.2004).
- 15 April - Luc Marquet, volleyball player.
- 24 April - Jean-Philippe Belloc, motor racing driver.
- 3 May - Alexia Dechaume-Balleret, tennis player.
- 5 May - Laurent Crost, judoka.
- 13 May - Wilfrid Boulineau, decathlete.
- 21 May - Pierre Billaud, radio reporter and journalist, killed in Afghanistan (d.2001).
- 22 May - Guillaume Warmuz, soccer player.
- 15 June - Gaëlle Méchaly, soprano.
- 18 June - Ludovic Pollet, soccer player.
- 27 June - Régine Cavagnoud, alpine skier (d.2001).
- 27 June - Christophe Deguerville, soccer player.
July to September
- 9 July - Benoit Pierre Emery, fashion designer.
- 18 August - Cédric Vasseur, cyclist.
- 20 August - Loïc De Kergret, volleyball player.
- 28 August - Loïc Leferme, free diver (d.2007).
- 3 September - Franck Chambilly, judoka.
- 6 September - Stéphane Guivarc'h, international soccer player.
- 9 September - Pierre Laigle, soccer player.
- 10 September - Julie Halard-Decugis, tennis player.
- 18 September - Didier Rous, cyclist.
- 22 September - Emmanuel Petit, soccer player.
October to December
- 23 October - Stéphane Nomis, judoka.
- 27 October - Alain Boghossian, soccer player.
- 5 November - Laurent D'Jaffo, soccer player.
- 11 November - Gilles Grimandi, soccer player.
- 15 November - Franck Rabarivony, soccer player.
- 25 November - Bruno Girard, boxer.
- 13 December - Pierre Laurent, soccer player.
- 15 December - Corinne Favre, ski mountaineer and mountain runner.
- 30 December - Frédéric Tatarian, soccer player.
Full date unknown
- Julien Lourau, jazz saxophonist.
- Vincent Paronnaud, comics artist and filmmaker.
Deaths
January to March
- 4 January - Jean-Étienne Valluy, general (b. 1899).
- 20 January - François Tanguy-Prigent, politician and resistance fighter (b. 1909).
- 25 January - Jane Bathori, opera singer (b. 1877).
- 29 January - Marie-Laure de Noailles, patron of the arts (b. 1902).
- 1 February - Eugène Christophe, cyclist (b. 1885).
- 20 February - Gaston Modot, actor (b. 1887).
- 17 March - Jérôme Carcopino, historian and author (b. 1881).
- 22 March - Georges Malkine, painter (b. 1898).
April to June
- 10 April - Henri Marchal, archaeologist (b. 1876).
- 22 May - Georges Limbour, writer (b. 1900).
- 23 May - René Capitant, lawyer and politician (b. 1901).
- 2 June - Albert Lamorisse, filmmaker, producer and writer (b. 1922).
- 6 June - Camille Bombois, naïve painter (b. 1883).
- 15 June - Henri Queuille, Radical-Socialist politician and Prime Minister of France (b. 1884).
- 16 June - Elsa Triolet, writer (b. 1896).
- 27 June - Pierre Mac Orlan, novelist and songwriter (b. 1882).
July to September
- 10 July - Félix Gaillard, Radical politician and Prime Minister of France (b. 1919).
- 11 July - André Lurçat, architect (b. 1894).
- 19 July - Henri Lauvaux, athlete and Olympic medallist (b. 1900).
- 30 July - Jean d'Eaubonne, art director (b. 1903).
- 5 August - Lucien Lamoureux, politician and Minister (b. 1888).
- 25 August - Marcel Allain, writer (b. 1885).
- 1 September - François Mauriac, author, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1885).
- 2 September - Marie Pierre Kœnig, general and politician (b. 1898).
- 5 September - André Simon, wine merchant, gourmet and writer (b. 1877).
- 23 September - Bourvil, actor and singer (b. 1917).
October to December
- 8 October - Jean Giono, author (b. 1895).
- 9 October - Edmond Michelet, politician (b. 1899).
- 10 October - Édouard Daladier, Radical-Socialist politician and Prime Minister of France (b. 1884).
- 18 October - Jean De Briac, actor (b. 1891).
- 2 November - Pierre Veyron, motor racing driver (b. 1903).
- 6 November - Henri Jeanson, writer and journalist (b. 1900).
- 9 November - Charles de Gaulle, general, statesman, President (b. 1890).
- 1 December - Hermine David, painter (b. 1886).
- 7 December - Émile Girardeau, engineer (b. 1882).
- 16 December - Laurent Eynac, politician and Minister (b. 1886).
- 18 December - Marc Boegner, theologist, pastor, French Resistance member and essayist (d.1881).
Full date unknown
- Lucienne Abraham, Trotskyist politician (b. 1916).
- Maurice Lafforgue, alpine skier (b. 1913).