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Events from the year 1953 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Vincent Auriol
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 8 January: Antoine Pinay
- 8 January – 28 June: René Mayer
- starting 28 June: Joseph Laniel
Events
- 4 January – Operation Bretagne ends, with French victory over the Viet Minh in Vietnam.
- 9 May – France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia with the king Norodom Sihanouk.
- 5 July – First meeting of the assembly of the European Economic Community in Strasbourg.
- 17 July – Miss France Christiane Martel Won Miss Universe 1953
- 28 July – Operation Camargue, further French military action against the Viet Minh, begins.
- 10 August – Operation Camargue ends.
- 13 August – 4 million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.
- 25 August – General strike ends in France.
- 9 November – Cambodia becomes independent from France.
- 20 November – Operation Castor, airborne operation to establish a fortified airhead in Điện Biên Province, starts.
- 22 November – Operation Castor ends.
Arts and literature
- 4 January – En Attendant Godot premiered at Théâtre de Babylone [de; fi; fr]
Sport
- 3 July – Tour de France begins.
- 27 July – Tour de France ends, won by Louison Bobet.
Births
- 28 January – Anicée Alvina, singer and actress (died 2006)
- 9 February – Michèle Rivasi, politician (died 2023)
- 20 February – Gérard Araud, diplomat
- 4 March – Rose Laurens, singer-songwriter (died 2018)
- 16 March – Isabelle Huppert, actress
- 8 August – Jean Hélène, journalist (died 2003)
- 19 August – Benoît Régent, actor (died 1994)
- 22 September – Ségolène Royal, politician
- 12 October – Serge Lepeltier, politician
- 14 November – Dominique de Villepin, politician, Prime Minister of France
- 23 November – Francis Cabrel, singer-songwriter
- 29 November – Christine Pascal, actress, writer and director (died 1996)
- 1 December – Antoine de Caunes, television presenter, actor, writer and film director
Deaths
- 24 March – Paul Couturier, priest and promoter of the concept of Christian unity (born 1881)
- 4 April – Rachilde, author (born 1860)
- 4 July – Jean Becquerel, physicist (born 1878)
- 9 August – Auguste Giroux, rugby union player (born 1874)
- 29 November – Henri Gance, weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist (born 1888)
- 30 November – Francis Picabia, painter and poet (born 1879)
See also
References
- Mihaela, Dima (13 September 2009). "Miss Universe: Finnish Armi Kuusela first beauty queen". Adevărul. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- Windrow, Martin (1998). The French Indochina War, 1946-1954. Oxford: Osprey Military. ISBN 1-85532-789-9. OCLC 60180594.
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