1988 in France

1988 in France
Events from the year 1988 in France.
Incumbents
President: François Mitterrand
Prime Minister: Jacques Chirac (until 10 May), Michel Rocard (starting 10 May)
Events
29 March – African National Congress representative Dulcie September assassinated in Paris.
22 April–5 May – The Ouvéa cave hostage taking takes place in Ouvéa, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.
24 April – Presidential Election held.
8 May – Presidential Election held, won by François Mitterrand.
5 June – Legislative Election held.
12 June – Legislative Election held.
26 June – Air France Flight 296 Airbus A320 crashes at an airshow at Mulhouse killing three passengers.
26 June – Matignon Accords referendum held.
27 June – Gare de Lyon train accident results in 56 deaths.
21 July – Renault launches the R19 hatchback range, which replaces the Renault 11 hatchback. A saloon model to replace the Renault 9 is expected soon.
August – Construction begins on the Euro Disney resort and theme park east of Paris; it is expected to be open within three years.
26 August – Mehran Karimi Nasseri, "The terminal man", is stuck in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, where he will continue to reside until 1 August 2006.
25 September – Cantonales Elections held.
2 October – Cantonales Elections held.
28 October – Abortion: 48 hours after announcing it was abandoning RU-486, French manufacturer Roussel Uclaf states that it would resume distribution of the drug, bowing to pressure from the Government of France.
Births
January to March
5 January – Pauline, singer and songwriter.
16 January – Benoît Richaud, ice dancer.
25 January – Tatiana Golovin, tennis player.
7 February – Albin Hodža, footballer
12 February – Guillaume Borne, soccer player.
24 February
Mathieu Baudry, footballer
Rodrigue Beaubois, basketball player
27 February – Sandy Paillot, soccer player.
5 March – Damien Plessis, soccer player.
10 March – Kévin Olimpa, soccer player.
27 March – Quentin Othon, soccer player.
28 March – Mélodie Chataigner, pair skater.
31 March – Mickael Charvet, soccer player.
April to June
21 April – Ibrahima Traoré, soccer player.
4 May – Simon Pontdemé, soccer player.
18 May – Paul Baysse, soccer player.
12 June – Matthias Lepiller, soccer player.
29 June – Adrian Mannarino, tennis player
July to September
4 July – Angélique Boyer, actress.
11 July – Étienne Capoue, soccer player.
14 July – Jérémy Stravius, swimmer
8 August – Flavia Bujor, novelist.
16 August – Christophe Pourcel, motocross rider.
18 August – Wilfried Domoraud, soccer player.
19 August – Kévin Monnet-Paquet, soccer player.
25 August – Malaury Martin, soccer player.
31 August – Rachel Legrain-Trapani, Miss France in 2007.
6 September – Jean-Yves Mvoto, soccer player.
16 September – Kim Lucine, figure skater.
October to December
12 December – Kévin Bru, soccer player.
14 December – Nicolas Batum, basketball player.
15 December – Floyd Ayité, soccer player.
Deaths
January to March
9 January – Thierry Maulnier, journalist, essayist, dramatist and literary critic (born 1909).
20 January – Philippe de Rothschild, motor racing driver, scriptwriter, film producer, poet and wine grower (born 1902).
2 February
Alain Savary, politician and Minister (born 1918).
René Massigli, diplomat (born 1888).
16 February – Charles Delaunay, author, jazz expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot club de France (born 1911).
19 February – René Char, poet (born 1907).
19 February – André Frédéric Cournand, physician and physiologist, shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 (born 1895).
6 March – Jeanne Aubert, singer and actress (born 1906).
19 March – Francis Lefebvre, physician (born 1916).
21 March – Germain Jousse, member of the French Resistance (born 1895).
30 March – Edgar Faure, politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist (born 1908).
31 March – Georges Lévis, comic artist (born 1924).
April to June
14 April – Daniel Guérin, anarchist and author (born 1904).
18 April – Pierre Desproges, humorist (born 1939).
24 May – Ernest Labrousse, historian (born 1895).
24 June – Pierre Jaïs, bridge player (born 1913).
July to September
15 July – Armand Mouyal, epee fencer (born 1925).
31 July – André Navarra, cellist and cello teacher (born 1911).
1 August – Louis-Jean Guyot, Cardinal (born 1907).
11 August
Pauline Lafont, actress (born 1963).
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, opera director (born 1932).
20 August – Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (born 1925).
25 August – Françoise Dolto, physician and psychoanalyst (born 1908).
October to December
14 October – René Vietto, cyclist (born 1914).
23 October – André Neher, Jewish scholar and philosopher (born 1914).
10 November – Jean Leray, mathematician (born 1906)
11 November – Émile Muller, politician (born 1915).
4 December – Fernand Mourlot, printer and publisher (born 1895).
13 December – André Jaunet, flautist (born 1911).
29 December – Émile Aillaud, architect (born 1902).
Full date unknown
Serge Mouille, industrial designer and goldsmith (born 1922).
Jules Semler-Collery, composer, conductor and teacher (born 1902).
References
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1980s in France