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Events from the year
1924 in France
.
←
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1924
in
France
→
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
Decades:
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
See also:
Other events of 1924
History of France
•
Timeline
•
Years
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
3
Sport
4
Births
4.1
January to June
4.2
July to September
4.3
October to December
4.4
Full date unknown
5
Deaths
5.1
Full date unknown
6
See also
7
References
Incumbents
edit
President
:
Alexandre Millerand
(until 13 June),
Gaston Doumergue
(starting 13 June)
President of the Council of Ministers
:
until 8 June:
Raymond Poincare
8 June-15 June:
Frédéric François-Marsal
starting 15 June:
Édouard Herriot
Events
edit
28 March –
Total S.A.
established as Compagnie française des pétroles.
29 March – Third Ministry of
Raymond Poincaré
starts.
27 April – Group of
Alawites
kill some Christian nuns in
Syria
; French troops march against them.
11 May –
Legislative Election
held.
25 May –
Legislative Election
held.
18 August – France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany.
Sport
edit
25 January–4 February – The
1924 Winter Olympics
open in
Chamonix
[
1
]
(in the French
Alps
), inaugurating the
Winter Olympic Games
.
4 May–27 July – The
1924 Summer Olympics
are held in
Paris
.
[
1
]
22 June –
Tour de France
begins.
20 July – Tour de France ends, won by
Ottavio Bottecchia
of
Italy
.
10–17 August – The
1924 Summer Deaflympics
take place in Paris.
[
1
]
Births
edit
January to June
edit
10 January –
Pierre Plateau
, Roman Catholic prelate (died 2018)
11 January –
Roger Guillemin
, neuroendocrinologist, awarded
Nobel prize
for
medicine
in 1977 (died 2024)
13 January –
Raymond Hermantier
, actor (died 2005)
16 January –
Henri-Jean Martin
, historian of the book and printing (died 2007)
19 January –
Jean-François Revel
, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (died 2006).
23 January –
Pierre Lacoste
, admiral (died 2020)
13 February –
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
, journalist and politician (died 2006)
20 February –
Laurent Dauthuille
, boxer (died 1971)
23 February –
Claude Sautet
,
author
and
film director
(died 2000)
5 March –
Roger Marche
, international soccer player (died 1997)
13 March –
Pierre Arpaillange
, French author, senior judge and Government Minister (died 2017)
7 April
André du Bouchet
, poet (died 2001)
Daniel Emilfork
, actor (died 2006)
12 April –
Raymond Barre
, politician and economist, Prime Minister (died 2007)
29 April
Annette Chalut
, Resistance worker and doctor
[
2
]
(died 2021)
Zizi Jeanmaire
, ballerina, actress and singer (died 2020)
7 May –
Marcel Moussy
,
screenwriter
and
television director
(died 1995)
17 May –
Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre
, historian and professor of philosophy (died 2020)
22 May
Charles Aznavour
, singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
Claude Ballif
, composer (died 2004)
12 June –
Jacques Pras
, cyclist (died 1982)
15 June –
Paul Amargier
, historian and Catholic priest (died 2021)
July to September
edit
1 July –
Georges Rivière
, French actor
9 July –
Pierre Cochereau
, organist and composer (died 1984)
17 July –
Françoise Adnet
, painter (died 2014)
7 August –
Georges Lévis
, comic artist (died 1988)
8 August –
Edouard Jaguer
,
poet
and
art critic
(died 2006)
10 August –
Jean-François Lyotard
,
philosopher
and
literary theorist
(died 1998)
13 August –
Josette Arène
, swimmer (died 2019)
14 August –
Georges Prêtre
, conductor (died 2017)
17 August –
Jean-Paul Alata
, political prisoner in Camp Boiro, Guinea (January 1971-July 1975) (died 1978)
29 August –
Guy Deplus
, clarinetist (died 2020)
11 September –
Louis Hon
, soccer player (died 2008)
18 September –
Antonin Rolland
, road cycling racer
19 September –
Jacques Lusseyran
, author (died 1971)
October to December
edit
2 October –
Gilbert Simondon
,
philosopher
(died 1989)
27 October –
Alain Bombard
, biologist, physician, politician and sailor (died 2005)
30 October –
Hubert Curien
, physicist (died 2005)
5 November –
Alice Colonieu
, artist (died 2000)
20 November –
Michael Riffaterre
, literary critic and theorist (died 2006).
26 November –
Fernand Cazenave
, international rugby union player and coach (died 2005)
13 December –
Pierre Flamion
, soccer player and manager (died 2004)
Full date unknown
edit
Michel Alaux
, fencing master and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
Deaths
edit
24 January –
Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg
, noble and politician (born 1837)
17 March –
Victor Besaucèle
, ornithologist (born 1847)
14 April –
Roland Bonaparte
, prince, president of the
Société de Géographie
(born 1858)
24 April –
Ferdinand Arnodin
, engineer and industrialist (born 1845)
15 May –
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant
, diplomat and politician, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
(born 1852)
11 June –
Théodore Dubois
, composer and organist (born 1837)
1 September –
Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville
, politician and author (born 1843)
21 September –
Edouard Deville
, first to perfect a practical method of
photogrammetry
(born 1849)
24 September –
Alexandre Lacassagne
, physician and
criminologist
(born 1843)
12 October –
Anatole France
, author, awarded
Nobel Prize for Literature
in 1921 (born 1844)
22 October –
Louis-Émile Bertin
, naval engineer (born 1840)
23 October –
Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger
, feminist campaigner (born 1853)
4 November –
Gabriel Fauré
, composer, organist and pianist (born 1845)
Full date unknown
edit
Jean Pierre Philippe Lampué
, photographer (born 1836)
See also
edit
List of French films of 1924
References
edit
^
a
b
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Bell, Daniel (2003).
Encyclopedia of international games
. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 474.
ISBN
0-7864-1026-4
.
^
"Transport parti de Paris le 13 mai 1944 (I.212.)"
.
bddm.org
(in French). Fondation pour la mémoire de la déportation
. Retrieved
5 April
2018
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