1994 in France
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See also: 1993 in France, other events of 1994, 1995 in France.
Events from the year 1994 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 20 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 24 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 20 April - Paul Touvier is found guilty of ordering the execution of 7 Jews when he served in the Vichy France Milice.
- 6 May - The Channel Tunnel, which took 15,000 workers over 7 years to complete, opens between England and France. Passengers can now travel between the 2 countries in 35 minutes.
- 12 June - European Parliament election held in France.
- 30 June - Airbus A330 test flight crash in Toulouse, killing 3 crew and 4 passengers.
- 4 August - Toubon Law enacted.
- 13 November - The first passengers travel through the Channel Tunnel.
- 24 December - Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked in Algiers airport.
- 26 December - Air France aircraft is flown to Marseille and stormed by the GIGN, 4 hijackers and 3 others were killed.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Sport
- 2 July - Tour de France begins. Two stages take place in England.
- 3 July - French Grand Prix won by Michael Schumacher of Germany.
- 24 July - Tour de France ends, won by Miguel Indurain of Spain.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 30 January - Pierre Boulle, novelist (b.1912).
- 24 February - Jean Sablon, singer and actor (b.1906).
- 19 May - Jacques Ellul, philosopher, sociologist, theologian (b.1912).
- 30 September - André Michel Lwoff, microbiologist, awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1965 (b.1902).
- 21 October - Benoît Régent, actor (b.1953).
