1993 in France

1993
in
France
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Events from the year 1993 in France.

Incumbents

Events

January to March

April to June

  • April – The closure of four national observatories by the end of the decade is announced in a cost-saving measure to maintain France's funding commitments towards international astronomical facilities.
  • 15 May – Teacher Laurence Dreyfus and six children are rescued by police after being held hostage by a gunman in a nursery school in Paris for two days. Dreyfus is later awarded the Légion D'honneur for her bravery.
  • 26 May – Olympique de Marseille become the first French club to win the European Cup after defeating Italian side A.C. Milan by a score of 1–0 in the 1993 UEFA Champions League Final in Munich.
  • 8 June – René Bousquet, a banker and a former police administrator in Vichy France, is shot dead in his Parisian home. The shooter, Christian Didier, is arrested later that day after confessing in an impromptu press conference held with television media.
  • 18 June – Météo-France, the nation's meteorological service, is established.

July to December

  • 13 October – The fifth summit of the Francophonie opens in Mauritius.
  • November – A total of 538 people are infected in an outbreak of trichinellosis in Paris, Velizy, La Rochelle, and Coulommiers after consuming horse meat from a single carcass imported from Canada.
  • December – The Renault Laguna is launched as a hatchback to replace the Renault 21 hatchback and saloon, although the Savanna estate will continue until 1995 when the Laguna estate is launched.
  • 2 December – A planned merger between Renault and Swedish car maker Volvo to create the world's sixth largest automotive manufacturer is cancelled after executives at Volvo force a withdrawal over concerns about the direction of the future merged company.
  • 10 December – Air France Flight 2306 between Paris and Nice is hijacked by a knife-wielding man shortly before arriving at Nice. Despite demands to be flown to Tripoli, the aircraft lands as intended at Cote d'Azur airport, where all 123 passengers and six crew members onboard are released unharmed.

Arts and literature

Sport

Births

Deaths

January to March

André the Giant c. 1980s

April to June

July to September

Hervé Villechaize in 1977

October to December

Full date unknown

Animal births

See also


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