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Events from the year 1939 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 27 February – United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government in Spain.
- 17 June – Last public guillotining in France – murderer Eugen Weidmann.
- 3 September – United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany.
Sport
- 10 July – Tour de France begins.
- 30 July – Tour de France ends, won by Sylvère Maes of Belgium.
Births
- 1 February – Claude François, singer-songwriter (died 1978)
- 29 March – Roland E. Arnall, businessman and diplomat in the United States (died 2008)
- 3 April – François de Roubaix, film score composer (died 1975)
- 9 May – Pierre Desproges, humorist (died 1988)
- 24 June – Brigitte Fontaine, singer, writer and poet
- 22 July – Warda Al-Jazairia, born Warda Mohammed Ftouki, singer (died 2012 in Egypt)
- 31 July – France Nuyen, actress
- 9 August – Bulle Ogier, actress
- 30 September – Jean-Marie Lehn, chemist, shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987
- 6 November – Maurice Bourgue (died 2023)
- 30 December – Odile Bailleux, harsichordist and organist (died 2024)
Deaths
- 23 February – Jules-Felix Coutan, sculptor (born 1848)
- 29 March – Henri Bénard, physicist (born 1874)
- 5 April – Clémentine Delait, bearded lady (born 1865)
- 16 September – Otto Wels, German politician (born 1873)
- 14 October – Polaire (Emilie Marie Bouchaud), singer and actress (born 1874)
- 5 November – Charles Barrois, geologist and palaeontologist (born 1851)
See also
References
- "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Biographical Index Part One" (PDF). p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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