1938 in France
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Events from the year 1938 in France
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1937 in France
1937 in France
See also:1936 in France,other events of 1937,1938 in France.----Events from the year 1937 in France.-Events:*1 May - General strike in Paris.*21 June - Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns.-Sport:*30 June - Tour de France begins....
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other events of 1938,
1939 in France
1939 in France
See also:1938 in France,other events of 1939,1940 in France.----Events from the year 1939 in France.-Events:*27 February - United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government in Spain....
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Events from the year 1938 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Events
- 10 April - Édouard DaladierÉdouard DaladierÉdouard Daladier was a French Radical politician and the Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War.-Career:Daladier was born in Carpentras, Vaucluse. Later, he would become known to many as "the bull of Vaucluse" because of his thick neck and large shoulders and determined...
becomes prime minister of France. - 30 September - Munich AgreementMunich AgreementThe Munich Pact was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without...
is signed by Germany, France, Britain, and Italy permitting German annexation of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
's Sudetenland.
Sport
- 4 June - 1938 FIFA World Cup1938 FIFA World CupThe 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4–2 in the final.-Host selection:...
begins, hosted by France. - 19 June - World Cup ends, won by ItalyItaly national football teamThe Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
. - 5 July - Tour de France1938 Tour de FranceThe 1938 Tour de France was the 32nd Tour de France, taking place July 5 to July 31, 1938. It was composed of 21 stages over 4694 km, ridden at an average speed of 31.565 km/h...
begins. - 31 July - Tour de France ends, won by Gino BartaliGino BartaliGino Bartali, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice and the Tour de France in 1938...
of Italy.
Births
- 7 January - Roland ToporRoland ToporRoland Topor , was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker, known for the surreal nature of his work...
, illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker (d.19971997 in FranceSee also:1996 in France,other events of 1997,1998 in France.----Events from the year 1997 in France.-Events:*27 January - It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis....
). - 18 February - Louis-Marie BilléLouis-Marie BilléLouis Marie Billé was a French clergyman, archbishop of Lyon from 6 September 1998 and a cardinal until his death in office.- Life :...
, cardinal (d.20022002 in FranceSee also:2001 in France,other events of 2002,2003 in France.----Events from the year 2002 in France.-Events:*1 January - the Euro replaces the French franc as France's currency....
). - 2 July - Marcel ArtelesaMarcel ArtelesaMarcel Artelesa, born 2 July 1938 is a French former football defender. He played for France in the FIFA World Cup 1966.-Titles:*French championship in 1963 with AS Monaco*Coupe de France in 1963 with AS Monaco-References:***...
, international soccer player. - 9 August - Michèle Girardon, actress (d.19751975 in FranceSee also:1974 in France,other events of 1975,1976 in France.----Events from the year 1975 in France.-Events:*1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel....
). - 20 August - Alain VivienAlain VivienAlain Vivien is a French Socialist Party politician, best known for chairing the French Mission Interministérielle pour la Lutte contre les Sectes, MILS, a ministerial organism designed to observe the activities of various religious organizations defined as "Sectes" .-Early career:He was mayor of...
, politician. - 3 September - Liliane AckermannLiliane AckermannLiliane Aimée Ackermann was a French Jewish Community pioneer, leader, writer, and lecturer.-Biography:Liliane Ackermann was born on September 3, 1938, in Strasbourg, France, the daughter of Lucien Weil and Béatrice Haas.During World War II, her family took refuge in Voiron, Isère...
, community leader, writer, and lecturer (d.20072007 in FranceSee also:2006 in France,other events of 2007,2008 in France.----Events from the year 2007 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Nicolas Sarkozy* Prime Minister - François Fillon* Interior Minister - Michèle Alliot-Marie...
). - 10 November - Claude SerreClaude SerreClaude Serre was a French cartoonist born in Sucy-en-Brie, Val-de-Marne.After academic studies, he studied the craft of stained glass for eight years under Max Ingrand, along with his cousin Jean Gourmelin...
, cartoonist (d.19981998 in FranceSee also:1997 in France,other events of 1998,1999 in France.----Events from the year 1998 in France.-Events:*6 February - The French prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in the streets of Ajaccio, Corsica.*15 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - 30 November - Jean EustacheJean EustacheJean Eustache was a French filmmaker. During his short career, he completed numerous shorts, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, The Mother and the Whore, is considered a key work of post-Nouvelle Vague French cinema.In his obituary for Eustache, the influential...
, filmmaker (d.19811981 in FranceSee also:1980 in France,other events of 1981,1982 in France.----Events from the year 1981 in France.-Events:*24 April - French presidential election: A first-round runoff results between Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand....
).
Deaths
- 20 January - Émile CohlÉmile CohlÉmile Cohl , born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian".-Biography:Émile's father Elie was a rubber salesman, and his mother, Emilie...
, caricaturist, cartoonist and animator (b.18571857 in FranceSee also:1856 in France,other events of 1857,1858 in France.----Events from the year 1857 in France.-Events:*3 March - France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War.*21 June - Legislative election held....
). - 21 January - Georges MélièsGeorges MélièsGeorges Méliès , full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was very innovative in the use of special effects...
, filmmaker (b.18611861 in FranceSee also:1860 in France,other events of 1861,1862 in France.----Events from the year 1861 in France.-Births:*15 February - Charles Édouard Guillaume, physicist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 ....
). - 13 May - Charles Édouard GuillaumeCharles Edouard GuillaumeCharles Édouard Guillaume was a Swiss physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 in recognition of the service he had rendered to precision measurements in physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys.Guillaume is known for his discovery of nickel-steel alloys he...
, physicist, awarded Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
in 1920 (b.18611861 in FranceSee also:1860 in France,other events of 1861,1862 in France.----Events from the year 1861 in France.-Births:*15 February - Charles Édouard Guillaume, physicist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 ....
). - 4 July - Suzanne LenglenSuzanne LenglenSuzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926...
, tennis player (b.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
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