1927 in France
Events from the year 1927 in France.
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Events
- 20 May–21 May – First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh.
- 13 June – Léon Daudet, leader of French monarchists, is arrested after barricading himself into his house to avoid the police.[1]
- 18 October – The Schwartzbard trial, relating to the murder of Symon Petliura, begins.[2]
Sport
- 19 June – Tour de France begins.
- 17 July – Tour de France ends, won by Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg.
Births
January to March
- 1 January – Maurice Béjart, choreographer who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne (died 2007)
- 7 February – Juliette Gréco, singer and actress (died 2020)[3]
- 20 February – Hubert de Givenchy, aristocrat and fashion designer (died 2018)
- 23 February – Régine Crespin, opera singer (died 2007)
- 7 March – Philippe Clay, mime artist, singer and actor (died 2007)
- 19 March – Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist (died 1991)
- 27 March – François Furet, historian (died 1997)
April to June
- 15 April – Maurice Ronet, actor, director and writer (died 1983)
- 25 April – Albert Uderzo, comic book artist and scriptwriter (died 2020)
- 3 May – Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard, athlete (died 2017)
- 4 May – Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (died 2006)
- 18 May – François Nourissier, journalist and writer (died 2011)
- 24 May – Claude Abbes, international soccer player (died 2008)
- 20 June – Bernard Cahier, Formula One photo-journalist (died 2008)
July to September
- 3 July – Pierre Cahuzac, soccer player (died 2003)
- 13 July – Simone Veil, lawyer and politician (died 2017)
- 16 July – Serge Baudo, French conductor
- 17 July – Jean Casadesus, classical pianist (died 1972)
- 19 July – Hervé Pinoteau, historian and royalist apologist
- 23 July – Gérard Brach, film director and screenwriter (died 2006)
- 27 July – Pierre Granier-Deferre, film director (died 2007)
- 14 August – Roger Carel, actor and voice talent (died 2020)
- 7 September – François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist (died 1991)
- 13 September – Maurice Lafont, international soccer player (died 2005)
October to December
- 19 October – Jean Bastien-Thiry, attempted assassin of President Charles de Gaulle in 1962 (died 1963)
- 24 October -
- Gilbert Bécaud, singer, composer and actor (died 2001)
- Jean-Claude Pascal, costume designer and singer (died 1992)
- 18 November – Gérard Calvet, Roman Catholic abbot (died 2008)
- 1 December – Micheline Bernardini, dancer and model
- 9 December – Pierre Henry, musique concrète composer (died 2017)[4]
- 25 December – Georges Besse, businessman (assassinated 1986)
- 30 December – Robert Hossein, actor (died 2020)
Full date unknown
- Claude Ponsard, economist (died 1990)
Deaths
- 12 March – Léon Denis, spiritist philosopher and researcher (born 1846)
- 23 March – Paul César Helleu, artist (born 1859)
- 15 April – Gaston Leroux, journalist, detective and novelist (born 1868)[5]
- 18 June – Gustave Charles Fagniez, historian and economist (born 1842)
- 30 June – Édouard Louis Trouessart, zoologist (born 1842)[6]
- 10 July – Louise Abbéma, painter and designer (born 1853)
- 4 August – Eugène Atget, photographer (born 1857)
See also
References
- Foreign Affairs: A Monthly Digest and Interpretation. Time and Tide. 1927. p. 27.
- Alfred Morain (1931). The Underworld of Paris, Secrets of the Sûreté. E. P. Dutton & Company, Incorporated. p. 137.
- "Obituary: Juliette Gréco". BBC News. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- "Pierre Henry". The Times. 27 July 2017.
- Gaston Leroux (7 September 2015). Level 5: The Phantom of the Opera. Pearson Education Limited. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4479-5723-2.
- Elmer C. Birney; Jerry R. Choate (1 January 1994). Seventy-five years of mammalogy, 1919-1994. American Society of Mammalogists. p. 74.
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