1992 in France

1992 in France
Events from the year 1992 in France.
Incumbents
President: François Mitterrand
Prime Minister: Édith Cresson (until 2 April) Pierre Bérégovoy (starting 2 April)
Events
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
19 February – Marie Annequin, swimmer
21 February – Gauthier Mahoto, footballer
25 February – Annaïg Butel, footballer
3 March – Sega Keita, footballer
10 March – Neeskens Kebano, footballer
30 March – Abdoulaye Diallo, footballer
31 March – William Gros, footballer
6 April – Mikail Albayrak, 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
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
1990s in France