Events from the year 1973 in France.
Incumbents President: Georges Pompidou Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer
Events 4 March – Legislative Election held. 11 March – Legislative Election held. 3 June – A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft crashes at the Paris air show; 14 are killed. 11 July – Varig Flight 820 Boeing 707 crashes near Orly Airport, Paris, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors. 20 July – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand. 23 September – Cantonales Elections held. 30 September – Cantonales Elections held.
Births
January to March 11 January – Christophe Medaillon, soccer player 12 January – Olivier Peslier, jockey 15 January – Aurelie Dupont, ballet dancer 17 January – Johnny Hajjar, politician 19 January – Karen Lancaume, adult film star (died 2005) 26 January – Melvil Poupaud, actor 29 January – Fabien Foret, motorcycle racer 30 January – Olivier Marceau, triathlete 6 February – Élisabeth Grousselle, athlete 12 February – Thomas Dufour, curler 18 February – Claude Makélélé, international soccer player 22 February – Philippe Gaumont, cyclist 24 February – Antony Dupuis, tennis player 25 February Hélène de Fougerolles, actress Gérald Merceron, international rugby union player 28 February – Philippe Brunel, soccer player 3 March – Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou 13 March – Olivier Asmaker, cyclist 26 March – Sébastien Charpentier, motorcycle road racer
April to June 4 April – Samassi Abou, soccer player 5 April Élodie Bouchez, actress Vanessa Demouy, actress and model Yacine Douma, judoka 6 April – Franck Marchis, astronomer and planetary scientist 7 April – Carole Montillet, alpine skier 10 April – Guillaume Canet, actor and film director 11 April – Olivier Magne, international rugby union player 12 April Joël Lautier, chess grandmaster Lionel Roux, tennis player 13 April – Nicolas Jalabert, cyclist 16 April – Jérôme Bonnissel, soccer player 19 April David Chaussinand, hammer thrower Patrice Estanguet, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist 26 April – Jules Naudet, filmmaker 1 May – Rebecca Hampton, actress and television presenter 8 May – Laurent Charvet, soccer player 13 May – Franck Dumoulin, pistol shooter and Olympic gold medallist 15 May – Pascal Gentil, taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medallist 17 May – Frédéric Havas, volleyball player 20 May – Christophe Laussucq, rugby union player 22 May – Yannick Bru, rugby union player 24 May – Eric Carrière, soccer player 12 June – Olivier Baudry, soccer player 14 June – Stéphanie Arricau, golfer 17 June – Louis Leterrier, film director 18 June – Julie Depardieu, actress 22 June – Cyril Saugrain, cyclist 27 June – Frédéric Roux, soccer player
July to September 19 July – Saïd Taghmaoui, actor and screenwriter 31 July – Alexandre Bonnot, soccer player 4 August – Xavier Marchand, swimmer 5 August – Laurent Redon, motor racing driver 7 August – Florent Laville, soccer player 18 August – Jerome Lagarrigue, painter and illustrator 25 August – Bernard Inom, boxer 26 August – Laurent Huard, soccer coach 29 August – Olivier Jacque, motorcycle road racer 30 August – Sophie Dodemont, archer and Olympic medallist 9 September – Jérôme Golmard, tennis player 18 September – Laurent Foirest, basketball player 19 September Frédéric Kakon, guitarist Stéphane Porato, soccer player 25 September – Jean-Yves de Blasiis, soccer player 27 September – Arnaud Lebrun, soccer player 30 September – Sébastien Dallet, soccer player
October to December 5 October – Cédric Villani, mathematician and politician 6 October – Cyrille Diabate, mixed martial artist 10 October – Joël Chenal, alpine skier 13 October – Guillaume Florent, sailor, Olympic medallist 15 October – Jean-Louis Valois, soccer player 24 October Vincent Candela, international soccer player Yannick Quesnel, soccer player 29 October – Robert Pires, international soccer player 3 November – Patrick Moreau, soccer player 8 November – Frédéric Brando, soccer player 12 November – Stéphane Glas, rugby union player 13 November – David Auradou, rugby union player 16 November – Mathieu Bozzetto, snowboarder 23 November Marie Collonvillé, heptathlete Grégory Malicki, soccer player 24 November – Sébastien Pérez, soccer player 7 December – Fabien Pelous, international rugby union player 14 December – Jean-Paul Mendy, boxer 15 December – Surya Bonaly, figure skater 24 December – Frédéric Demontfaucon, judoka 29 December – Christophe Rinero, cyclist
Full date unknown Chloé Delaume, novelist, performer and musician Gaël Duval, software designer David Grimal, violinist
Deaths
January to June 15 February – Achille Liénart, cardinal (born 1884) 1 March – Henri Meslot, athlete (born 1884) 2 March – Jules Ladoumègue, athlete and Olympic medallist (born 1906) 4 March – Marie-Anne Desmarest, novelist (born 1904) 18 March – Roland Dorgelès, novelist (born 1885) 30 March – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, motor racing driver (born 1904) 2 April – Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, cardinal (born 1892) 10 April – Robert Collard, animator, and cartoonist (born 1884) 25 April – Armand Annet, colonial governor (born 1888) 28 April – Jacques Maritain, Catholic philosopher (born 1882) 18 May – Dieudonne Costes, aviator (born 1892) 3 June – Jean Batmale, soccer player (born 1895) 4 June – Maurice René Fréchet, mathematician (born 1878) 18 June – Georges Bonnet, politician (born 1889)
July to December 29 July – Henri Charrière, convicted felon and author (born 1906) 2 August – Jean-Pierre Melville, filmmaker (born 1917) 17 August – Jean Barraqué, composer (born 1928) 18 August – François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (born 1937) 30 August – Robert Défossé, soccer player (born 1909) 14 September – Roger Bourdin, baritone (born 1900) 6 October – François Cevert, motor racing driver (born 1944) 8 October – Gabriel Marcel, philosopher (born 1889) 23 October – Maurice Princet, mathematician and actuary (born 1875) 6 November – Noël Roquevert, actor (born 1892) 1 December – Albert Dupouy, rugby union player (born 1901) 25 December – Gabriel Voisin, aviation pioneer (born 1880) 30 December Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, admiral (born 1880) Henri Büsser, composer and conductor (born 1872)
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