# 1953 in France

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The following events occurred in [France](/source/France) in the year [1953](/source/1953).

## Incumbents

- [President](/source/President_of_France): [Vincent Auriol](/source/Vincent_Auriol)
- [President of the Council of Ministers](/source/Prime_Minister_of_France): - until 8 January: [Antoine Pinay](/source/Antoine_Pinay) - 8 January – 28 June: [René Mayer](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Mayer) - starting 28 June: [Joseph Laniel](/source/Joseph_Laniel)

## Events

- 4 January – [Operation Bretagne](/source/Operation_Bretagne) ends, with French victory over the [Viet Minh](/source/Viet_Minh) in [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam).
- 9 May – France agrees to the provisional independence of [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia) with the king [Norodom Sihanouk](/source/Norodom_Sihanouk).
- 5 July – First meeting of the assembly of the [European Economic Community](/source/European_Economic_Community) in [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg).
- 17 July – Miss France [Christiane Martel](/source/Christiane_Martel) Won [Miss Universe 1953](/source/Miss_Universe_1953)[1]
- 28 July – [Operation Camargue](/source/Operation_Camargue), further French military action against the Viet Minh, begins.[2]
- 10 August – Operation Camargue ends.
- 13 August – 4 million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.
- 25 August – [General strike](/source/General_strike) ends in France.
- 9 November – [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia) becomes [independent](/source/Independent_(nation)) from France.
- 20 November – [Operation Castor](/source/Operation_Castor), airborne operation to establish a fortified airhead in [Điện Biên Province](/source/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_Province), starts.
- 22 November – Operation Castor ends.

## Arts and literature

- 4 January – [En Attendant Godot](/source/En_Attendant_Godot) premiered at [Théâtre de Babylone](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_Babylone)

## Sport

- 3 July – [Tour de France](/source/1953_Tour_de_France) begins.
- 27 July – Tour de France ends, won by [Louison Bobet](/source/Louison_Bobet).

## Births

- 28 January – [Anicée Alvina](/source/Anic%C3%A9e_Alvina), singer and actress (died 2006)
- 9 February – [Michèle Rivasi](/source/Mich%C3%A8le_Rivasi), politician (died 2023)
- 20 February – [Gérard Araud](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Araud), diplomat
- 4 March – [Rose Laurens](/source/Rose_Laurens), singer-songwriter (died 2018)
- 16 March – [Isabelle Huppert](/source/Isabelle_Huppert), actress
- 15 July – [Jean-Luc Fichet](/source/Jean-Luc_Fichet), politician
- 8 August – [Jean Hélène](/source/Jean_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne), journalist (died 2003)
- 19 August – [Benoît Régent](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_R%C3%A9gent), actor (died 1994)
- 22 September – [Ségolène Royal](/source/S%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne_Royal), politician
- 12 October – [Serge Lepeltier](/source/Serge_Lepeltier), politician
- 14 November – [Dominique de Villepin](/source/Dominique_de_Villepin), politician, [Prime Minister of France](/source/Prime_Minister_of_France)
- 23 November – [Francis Cabrel](/source/Francis_Cabrel), singer-songwriter
- 29 November – [Christine Pascal](/source/Christine_Pascal), actress, writer and director (died 1996)
- 1 December – [Antoine de Caunes](/source/Antoine_de_Caunes), television presenter, actor, writer and film director

## Deaths

- 24 March – [Paul Couturier](/source/Paul_Couturier), priest and promoter of the concept of Christian unity (born 1881)
- 4 April – [Rachilde](/source/Rachilde), author (born 1860)
- 4 July – [Jean Becquerel](/source/Jean_Becquerel), physicist (born 1878)
- 9 August – [Auguste Giroux](/source/Auguste_Giroux), rugby union player (born 1874)
- 29 November – [Henri Gance](/source/Henri_Gance), [weightlifter](/source/Olympic_weightlifting) and Olympic gold medalist (born 1888)
- 30 November – [Francis Picabia](/source/Francis_Picabia), painter and poet (born 1879)

## See also

- [List of French films of 1953](/source/List_of_French_films_of_1953)

## References

1. Mihaela, Dima (13 September 2009). ["Miss Universe: Finnish Armi Kuusela first beauty queen"](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&u=http://www.adevarul.ro/magazin_de_duminica/Finlandeza-Universe-Kunsela-Armi-Miss_0_115788444.html&ei=FyyuTLbKBoG4sAOD_YXXDA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.adevarul.ro/magazin_de_duminica/Finlandeza-Universe-Kunsela-Armi-Miss_0_115788444.html%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26prmd%3Div). *[Adevărul](/source/Adev%C4%83rul)*. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

1. Windrow, Martin (1998). *The French Indochina War, 1946-1954*. Oxford: Osprey Military. ISBN 1-85532-789-9. [OCLC 60180594](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60180594)

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