28 January – Philippe Bernard, the French ambassador to
Zaire, is killed in an attack on the French Embassy in
Kinshasa by soldiers rioting against Zaire's President
Mobutu Sese Seko.[1]
16 February – A memorial dedicated to French casualties in the
First Indochina War is inaugurated by President François Mitterrand in
Fréjus.[2]
18 February –
Peugeot launches the
306 range of hatchbacks, estates, convertibles and saloons, which will mainly be built at Peugeot's factory near
Coventry in England, which was formerly owned by the
Rootes Group and the now-defunct
European division of
Chrysler.[3]
7 March –
Citroën launches the
Xantia[4] five-door hatchback, which replaces the 10-year-old
BX. An estate model is due next year.[5]
20 March -
Peugeot launched the
306 hatchback, which replaces the
309 and some versions of the
205.
April – The closure of four national
observatories by the end of the decade is announced in a cost-saving measure to maintain France's funding commitments towards international astronomical facilities.[7]
15 May – Teacher Laurence Dreyfus and six children are rescued by police after being held hostage by a gunman in a nursery school in Paris for two days. Dreyfus is later awarded the
Légion D'honneur for her bravery.[8]
8 June –
René Bousquet, a banker and a former police administrator in
Vichy France, is shot dead in his Parisian home. The shooter,
Christian Didier, is arrested later that day after confessing in an impromptu press conference held with television media.[10]
18 June –
Météo-France, the nation's meteorological service, is established.[11]
December – The
Renault Laguna is launched as a hatchback to replace the
Renault 21 hatchback and saloon, although the Savanna estate will continue until 1995 when the Laguna estate is launched.
2 December – A planned merger between
Renault and Swedish car maker
Volvo to create the world's sixth largest automotive manufacturer is cancelled after executives at Volvo force a withdrawal over concerns about the direction of the future merged company.[14]
10 December –
Air France Flight 2306 between
Paris and
Nice is hijacked by a knife-wielding man shortly before arriving at Nice. Despite demands to be flown to
Tripoli, the aircraft lands as intended at
Cote d'Azur airport, where all 123 passengers and six crew members onboard are released unharmed.[15]
Arts and literature
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^Borretti, Catherine (2012). "The French Vigilance System, Contributing to the Reduction of Disaster Risks in France". In Golnaraghi, Maryam (ed.). Institutional Partnerships in Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 66.
ISBN9783642253737.
28 January – Philippe Bernard, the French ambassador to
Zaire, is killed in an attack on the French Embassy in
Kinshasa by soldiers rioting against Zaire's President
Mobutu Sese Seko.[1]
16 February – A memorial dedicated to French casualties in the
First Indochina War is inaugurated by President François Mitterrand in
Fréjus.[2]
18 February –
Peugeot launches the
306 range of hatchbacks, estates, convertibles and saloons, which will mainly be built at Peugeot's factory near
Coventry in England, which was formerly owned by the
Rootes Group and the now-defunct
European division of
Chrysler.[3]
7 March –
Citroën launches the
Xantia[4] five-door hatchback, which replaces the 10-year-old
BX. An estate model is due next year.[5]
20 March -
Peugeot launched the
306 hatchback, which replaces the
309 and some versions of the
205.
April – The closure of four national
observatories by the end of the decade is announced in a cost-saving measure to maintain France's funding commitments towards international astronomical facilities.[7]
15 May – Teacher Laurence Dreyfus and six children are rescued by police after being held hostage by a gunman in a nursery school in Paris for two days. Dreyfus is later awarded the
Légion D'honneur for her bravery.[8]
8 June –
René Bousquet, a banker and a former police administrator in
Vichy France, is shot dead in his Parisian home. The shooter,
Christian Didier, is arrested later that day after confessing in an impromptu press conference held with television media.[10]
18 June –
Météo-France, the nation's meteorological service, is established.[11]
December – The
Renault Laguna is launched as a hatchback to replace the
Renault 21 hatchback and saloon, although the Savanna estate will continue until 1995 when the Laguna estate is launched.
2 December – A planned merger between
Renault and Swedish car maker
Volvo to create the world's sixth largest automotive manufacturer is cancelled after executives at Volvo force a withdrawal over concerns about the direction of the future merged company.[14]
10 December –
Air France Flight 2306 between
Paris and
Nice is hijacked by a knife-wielding man shortly before arriving at Nice. Despite demands to be flown to
Tripoli, the aircraft lands as intended at
Cote d'Azur airport, where all 123 passengers and six crew members onboard are released unharmed.[15]
Arts and literature
This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (July 2010)
^Borretti, Catherine (2012). "The French Vigilance System, Contributing to the Reduction of Disaster Risks in France". In Golnaraghi, Maryam (ed.). Institutional Partnerships in Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 66.
ISBN9783642253737.