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See also: 1957 in France, other events of 1958, 1959 in France.

Events from the year 1958 in France.

Events

• 13 May - Crisis caused by putsch attempt in Algiers involving French officers.
• 1 June - Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
• 4 June - Charles de Gaulle visits Algeria.
• 28 September - A majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the French Fifth Republic.
• 2 October - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
• 3 November - New UNESCO building inaugurated in Paris.
• 23 November - Legislative Election held.
• 25 November - French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
• 28 November - Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
• 30 November - Legislative Election held, to elect the first National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.
• 1 December - Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
• 21 December - Presidential Election won by Charles de Gaulle.

Arts and literature

Sport

• 26 June - Tour de France begins.
• 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg.

Births

• 19 January - Thierry Tusseau, international soccer player.
• 26 July - Thierry Gilardi, football and rugby commentator (d.2008).
• 31 August - Éric Zemmour, political journalist and author.
• 21 September - Bruno Fitoussi, poker player.
• 2 October - Didier Sénac, soccer player.
• 26 October - Pascale Ogier, actress (d.1984).

Deaths

• 13 February - Georges Rouault, painter and printmaker (b.1871).
• 14 August - Frédéric Joliot-Curie, physicist and Nobel laureate (b.1900).
• 22 August - Roger Martin du Gard, author, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature (b.1881).
• 11 October - Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author (b.1876).

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