From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See also: 1954 in France, other events of 1955, 1956 in France.

Events from the year 1955 in France.

Events

• 5 May - Bonn-Paris conventions come into force, putting an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.
• 11 June - 1955 Le Mans disaster. Driver and 82 spectators killed in a crash during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
• 28 July - The first Interlingua congress in Tours, France, leads to the founding of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua.

Arts and literature

• 15 September - Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is published in Paris by Olympia Press.

Sport

• 7 July - Tour de France begins.
• 30 July - Tour de France ends, won by Louison Bobet.

Births

• 28 January - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.
• 28 January - Chantal Sébire, teacher and euthanasia campaigner (d.2008).
• 24 February - Alain Prost, former motor racing driver.
• 4 March - Dominique Pinon, actor.
• 9 March - Jean-Luc Arribart, soccer player.
• 17 March - Élie Baup, soccer player and manager.
• 27 June - Isabelle Adjani, actress.
• 7 August - Chantal Réga, athlete.
• 17 September - Olivier Chandon de Brailles, motor racing driver (d.1983).
• 7 October - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist.
• 14 December - Hervé Guibert, writer (d.1991).

Full date unknown

• Jean Hélène, journalist (d.2003).

Deaths

• 15 January - Yves Tanguy, surrealist painter (b.1900).
• 23 February - Paul Claudel, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b.1868).
• 22 March - Maurice Schutz, actor (b.1866).
• 19 June - Adrienne Monnier, poet and publisher (b.1892).
• 5 November - Maurice Utrillo, painter (b.1883).
• 27 November - Arthur Honegger, composer (b.1892).

References