Events from the year 1958 in France.
Incumbents President: Rene Coty President of the Council of Ministers: until 14 May: Félix Gaillard 14 May-1 June: Pierre Pflimlin starting 1 June: Charles de Gaulle
Events 1 January The European Economic Community comes into being. Carrefour group set up. 13 May – Crisis caused by putsch attempt in Algiers involving French officers. 1 June – Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises to lead France by decree for six months. 4 June – Charles de Gaulle visits Algeria. 28 September – A majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the French Fifth Republic. 2 October – Guinea declares itself independent from France, rejecting the new French constitution. 4 October – The new Constitution of France is signed into law, establishing the French Fifth Republic. 3 November – New UNESCO building inaugurated in Paris. 23 November – Legislative Election held. 25 November – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community. 28 November – Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community. 30 November – Legislative Election held, to elect the first National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. 1 December – Central African Republic becomes independent from France. 21 December – Presidential Election won by Charles de Gaulle with 78.5% of the votes.
Arts and literature Yves Klein releases his work IKB74 (one of his monochrome blue panels in his signature blue).
Sport 26 June – Tour de France begins. 19 July – Tour de France ends, won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg.
Births 19 January – Thierry Tusseau, international soccer player 6 April – Pascal Lecamp, politician 26 July – Thierry Gilardi, football and rugby commentator (died 2008) 16 August – Anne L'Huillier, atomic physicist and Nobel Prize laureate 31 August – Éric Zemmour, political journalist and author 2 September – Olivier Grouillard, racing driver 21 September – Bruno Fitoussi, poker player 2 October – Didier Sénac, footballer 26 October – Pascale Ogier, actress (died 1984) 24 November – Alain Chabat, actor and director
Deaths 13 February – Georges Rouault, painter and printmaker (born 1871) 14 August – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1900) 22 August – Roger Martin du Gard, author, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature (born 1881) 20 September – Jacques Delannoy, footballer (born 1912) 23 September – Robert Mercier, footballer (born 1909) 11 October – Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author (born 1876)
See also 1958 in French television List of French films of 1958
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