Events from the year 1992 in France.
Incumbents President: François Mitterrand Prime Minister: Édith Cresson (until 2 April) Pierre Bérégovoy (starting 2 April)
Events 20 January – Air Inter Flight 148 crashes into the Vosges Mountains while on approach to Strasbourg, killing 87 of the 96 people on board. 22 March – Regional Elections held. 22 March – Cantonales Elections held. 29 March – Cantonales Elections held. 12 April – Euro Disney resort and theme park opens to the east of Paris. 17 June – The France's pursuit of the Euro 92 are ended by a 2–1 defeat to Denmark in the final group game in Sweden. 20 September – Maastricht Treaty referendum held, with a small majority in favour of ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. 8 October – Launch of the Renault Twingo, an entry-level car which takes on a ground-breaking one-box design and will compete with the likes of the new Fiat Cinquecento. 17 November – Start of the "couscous connection" trial in which Habib Ben Ali, the younger brother of the President of Tunisia is accused of laundering drug money.
Arts and literature 9 April – Jean-François Deniau, essayist and novelist, elected to the Académie française. 12 April – Disneyland Paris officially opens under the name "EuroDisney". 20 December – The Folies Bergère music hall in Paris closes.
Sport 8 February – The opening ceremony for the 1992 Winter Olympics is held in Albertville. 23 February – The closing ceremony of the 1992 Winter Olympics is held. 5 May – Armand Césari Stadium disaster in Bastia, Corsica, when one of the terraces collapsed, killing 18 people. 4 July – Tour de France begins. 5 July – French Grand Prix won by Nigel Mansell of the United Kingdom. 26 July – Tour de France ends, won by Miguel Indurain of Spain.
Births 17 January Dounia Abdourahim, handball player Laura Augé, swimmer 22 January – Benjamin Jeannot, footballer 7 February – Jain, singer-songwriter and musician 10 February – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, cyclist 15 February – Annaïg Butel, footballer 19 February – Marie Annequin, swimmer 21 February – Gauthier Mahoto, footballer 3 March – Sega Keita, footballer 10 March – Neeskens Kebano, footballer 28 March – Alexandre Ndoye, basketball player 30 March – Abdoulaye Diallo, footballer 31 March – William Gros, footballer 10 April – Najib Ammari, footballer 13 April – Melodie Monrose, model 24 April – Sigrid Agren, model 29 April – Gaël N'Lundulu, footballer 30 April – Mike Cestor, footballer 11 May – Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, middle-distance athlete 14 May – Anthony Derouard, footballer 18 May – Kevin Mendy, basketball player 22 May – Camille Lou, singer 28 May – Stéphane Bahoken, footballer 9 June Yannick Agnel, swimmer Dennis Appiah, footballer 16 June – Alexandre Jallier, French basketball player 17 June – Hugo Valente, French auto racing driver 18 June Rachid Alioui, footballer Adama Soumaoro, footballer 22 June – Terence Makengo, footballer 29 June – Sabri Lontadila, basketball player 6 August – Mehdi Abeid, footballer 19 August – Estelle Mossely, Boxer 4 September – Layvin Kurzawa, footballer 12 September – Gilbert Imbula, footballer 15 September – Camélia Jordana, pop singer 11 October – Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, footballer 25 October – Clarisse Agbegnenou, judoka 7 November – Agnès Raharolahy, sprinter 1 December – Quentin Bigot, hammer thrower 2 December – Massadio Haïdara, footballer 12 December – Félix Maritaud, actor 24 December – Serge Aurier, footballer
Deaths
January to June 21 January – Bernard Cornut-Gentille, administrator and politician (born 1909). 1 February – Jean Hamburger, physician, surgeon and essayist (born 1909). 20 February – Pierre Dervaux, operatic conductor and composer (born 1917). 14 March – Jean Poiret, actor, director and screenwriter (born 1926). 16 March – Yves Rocard, physicist (born 1903). 20 March – Georges Delerue, film composer (born 1925). 30 March – Amédée Fournier, cyclist (born 1912). 27 April – Olivier Messiaen, composer, organist and ornithologist (born 1908). 5 May – Jean-Claude Pascal, costume designer and singer (born 1927). 30 June – André Hébuterne, painter (born 1894).
July to December 24 July – Arletty, singer and actress (born 1898). 2 August – Michel Berger, singer and songwriter (born 1947). 19 August – Jean-Albert Grégoire, car pioneer (born 1899). 29 August – Félix Guattari, militant, institutional psychotherapist and philosopher (born 1930). 16 September – Henri Legay, operatic tenor (born 1920). 15 October – Paul Paillole, soldier (born 1905). 29 November Jean Dieudonné, mathematician (born 1906). Raoul Ploquin, film producer, production manager and screenwriter. 10 December – Jacques Perret, writer (born 1901). 23 December – Vincent Fourcade, interior designer (born 1934).
Full date unknown Jules Gros, Breton linguist (born 1890). Bernard Lefebvre, photographer (born 1906).
See also List of French films of 1992
References