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List of events
Events from the year
1962 in
France .
3 February – Liner
SS France begins her maiden voyage with the
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to
New York .
5 February – President
Charles de Gaulle calls for
Algeria to be granted independence.
8 February –
Charonne (Paris Métro) Massacre.
18 March –
Evian agreements are signed by France and the
F.L.N. ending the
Algerian War .
19 March – Formal cease-fire comes into operation following Evian Accords, however, the
OAS continues its
terrorist attacks against Algerians.
24 March – OAS leader Edmond Jouahud is arrested in
Oran .
26 March – France shortens the term for
military service from 26 months to 18.
8 April –
Évian Accords referendum held and adopted with a majority of 90%.
13 April – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is sentenced to death.
20 April – OAS leader
Raoul Salan is arrested in
Algiers .
2 May – An OAS bomb explodes in
Algeria – this and other attacks kill 110 and injure 147.
23 May –
Raoul Salan , founder of the
Organisation armée secrète , is sentenced to life imprisonment.
29 May – Negotiations between the OAS and the FLA lead to a real armistice in
Algeria .
3 June –
Air France charter flight
Chateau de Sully , a
Boeing 707, over-runs the runway at
Orly Airport in Paris; 130 of 132 passengers are killed, two
flight attendants survive.
17 June – The
OAS signs a truce with the
FLN in
Algeria , but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French
Algerians .
22 June – An
Air France
Boeing 707 jet crashes into terrain during bad weather in
Guadeloupe , West Indies, killing all 113 on board.
30 June – The last soldiers of the
French Foreign Legion leave
Algeria .
1 July – Supporters of
Algerian independence win 99% majority in a
referendum .
2 July –
Charles de Gaulle accepts Algerian independence; France recognizes it the next day.
5 July –
Algeria becomes independent from France.
5 July –
Oran massacre takes place in
Algeria .
20 July – France and
Tunisia reestablish
diplomatic relations .
31 July –
Algeria proclaims independence.
22 August – A failed assassination attempt is made against President
Charles de Gaulle .
5 October – The
French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate; Prime Minister
Georges Pompidou resigns, but
President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office.
28 October –
Presidential Election Referendum held, favours the election of the president by universal suffrage.
18 November –
Legislative Election held.
25 November –
Legislative Election held.
27 November – President Charles De Gaulle orders
Georges Pompidou to form a government.
29 November – An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the
Concorde supersonic airliner.
18 March – "Un premier amour" by Isabelle Aubret (music by Claude-Henri Vic, text by Roland Stephane Valade) wins the
Eurovision Song Contest 1962 for France.
8 January –
Nelly Viennot , soccer referee
21 January -
25 January –
Bruno Martini , soccer player (died 2020)
28 January –
Philippe Vercruysse , international soccer player
1 February –
Manuel Amoros , international soccer player
2 February –
Philippe Claudel , writer
14 February
17 February –
Walter Ciofani , hammer thrower
20 February –
Pierre Quinon , pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist (died
2011 )
22 February –
Olivier Latry ,
organist ,
improviser and Professor of Organ
8 March –
Isabelle Pasquet , politician
18 March –
Vincent Barteau , cyclist
21 March –
Gilles Lalay , motorcycle enduro and rally raid competitor (died
1992 )
25 March –
Pierre Morice , soccer player
22 July -
23 July –
Alain Lefèvre ,
pianist and
composer
28 July –
Emmanuelle Jouannet , international law professor
6 August –
Marc Lavoine , singer and actor
7 August –
Alain Robert ,
rock and
urban climber
15 August –
Paul Henderson , Australian politician and
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
19 August –
Valérie Kaprisky , actress
27 August –
Fabrice Poullain , soccer player
30 August –
François Delecour , rally driver
11 September –
Pierre Huyghe , artist
20 September –
Jean-Louis Garcia , soccer player
25 September –
Juliette Noureddine , singer, songwriter and
composer
27 September –
Christelle Guignard ,
alpine skier
4 October –
Jean-Luc Sassus , soccer player (died 2015)
13 October –
Valérie Létard , politician
15 October –
Guy Georges ,
serial killer
17 October –
Yvon Pouliquen , soccer manager, former player
22 October –
Laurent Paganelli , journalist, former soccer player
24 October –
Yves Bertucci , soccer manager
30 October –
Arnaud Montebourg , politician
2 November –
Mireille Delunsch , opera
soprano
2 November –
Marcellin Nadeau ,
Member of Parliament
11 November –
Thierry Goudet , soccer manager, former player
13 November –
Lydia Gouardo , rape victim
23 November –
Philippe Renaud ,
canoer and Olympic medallist
6 December –
Claude Chirac , younger daughter of French
president
Jacques Chirac
7 December –
Alain Blondel ,
decathlete
17 December –
Christophe Hondelatte , television and radio host
26 December –
Jean-Marc Ferreri , international soccer player
28 December –
Michel Petrucciani , jazz pianist (died 1999)
1 July –
Edgard de Larminat , General (born 1895)
8 July –
Georges Bataille , writer (born 1897)
18 July –
Eugene Houdry ,
mechanical engineer (born 1892)
25 July –
Paul Aymé , tennis player (born 1869)
18 August –
Lucien Berland ,
entomologist and
arachnologist (born 1888)
19 August –
Jean Lucienbonnet , motor racing driver (born 1923)
22 August –
Charles Rigoulot ,
weightlifter ,
professional wrestler ,
race car
driver and actor (born 1903)
August –
Léon Binoche , rugby union player (born 1878)
21 September –
Princess Marie Bonaparte ,
psychoanalyst (born 1882)
24 September –
Félix Goethals , cyclist (born 1891)
28 September –
Roger Nimier , novelist (born 1925)
2 October –
Madeleine Fournier-Sarlovèze , golfer (born 1873)
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7 October –
Henri Oreiller , alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (born 1925)
14 October –
Jacques Majorelle , painter (born 1886)
16 October –
Gaston Bachelard ,
philosopher (born 1884)
17 October –
Natalia Goncharova , Russian-born avant-garde artist (born 1881)
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30 October –
Yvette Andréyor , actress (born 1891)
31 October -
20 November -
22 November –
René Coty , politician,
President of France (born 1882)
26 November –
Albert Sarraut , politician, twice
Prime Minister of France (born 1872)
13 December –
Daisy Fellowes , society figure, writer and heiress (born 1890)
19 December –
Jean-Marie Charles Abrial , admiral and minister (born 1879)
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