1965 in France

• President: Charles de Gaulle • Prime Minister: Georges Pompidou ==Events==

• 5 January – Launch of the Renault 16, the world's first production hatchback car. • 14 March – Municipal elections held. • 21 March – Municipal elections held. • 16 July – The Mont Blanc Tunnel is inaugurated by presidents Giuseppe Saragat and Charles de Gaulle. • 22 October – Authors André Figueras and Jacques Laurent are fined for their comments against Charles De Gaulle. • 28 October – Foreign Minister Couve de Murville travels to Moscow. • 29 October – Mehdi Ben Barka, a Moroccan politician, is kidnapped in Paris and never seen again. • 3 November – President Charles de Gaulle announces that he will stand for re-election. • 21 November – Mireille Mathieu sings on France's "Télé-Dimanche" and begins her successful singing career. • 26 November – At the Hammaguir, a launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter space. • 5 December – Charles de Gaulle is re-elected as French president. ==Sport==

• 22 June – Tour de France begins. • 14 July – Tour de France ends, won by Felice Gimondi of Italy. ==Births==

January to March • 4 January – Yvan Attal, actor and director • 8 January – Pascal Obispo, singer-songwriter • 11 January – Bertrand de Billy, conductor • 15 January – Jean-Yves Béziau, philosopher • 25 January – Pascal Lefèvre, javelin thrower • 23 February – Sylvie Guillem, ballet dancer • 28 February – Philippe Gaillot, soccer player • 9 March – Benoît Campargue, judoka • 15 March – Pascal Tayot, judoka • 21 March – Xavier Bertrand, politician and Minister • 31 March – Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer (died 2006) April to June • 19 April – Natalie Dessay, soprano • 23 April – René Piller, racewalker • 27 April – Patrick Rémy, cross-country skier • 14 May – Zahia Hamdane, politician • 20 May – Bruno Marie-Rose, athlete and Olympic medallist • 20 May – Jean-Charles Trouabal, athlete • 26 May – Christophe Kalfayan, swimmer • 5 June – Sandrine Piau, soprano • 7 June – Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer • 12 June – Florence Guérin, actress • 17 June – Pascal Despeyroux, soccer player • 21 June – François Baroin, politician • 23 June – Stéphane de Gérando, composer, conductor, multimedia artist and researcher • 27 June – Stéphane Paille, soccer player (died 2017) • 29 June – Véronique Laury, businesswoman July to September • 2 July – Luc Borrelli, soccer player (died 1999) • 3 July – Bertrand Layec, soccer referee • 16 July – Michel Desjoyeaux, sailor • 20 July – Laurent Lucas, actor • 21 July – Sylvie Giry Rousset, cross-country skier • 24 July – Olivier Py, stage director, actor and writer • 25 July – Laurent Lucas, actor • 5 August – Jean-Marc Morandini, journalist • 6 August – Luc Alphand, alpine skier, motor racing driver • 7 August – Jocelyn Angloma, international soccer player • 13 August – Éric Durand, soccer player • 14 August – Emmanuelle Béart, actress • 16 August – Stéphane Picq, composer of computer game music • 1 September – Jean-François Ballester, figure skating coach (d. 2018) • 10 September – Pierre Camara, triple jumper • 10 September – Pascal Pinard, swimmer and multiple Paralympic gold medallist • 11 September – Jean-Philippe Fleurian, tennis player • 17 September – Franck Piccard, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist • 19 September – Gilles Panizzi, rally driver • 19 September – Sabine Paturel, singer and actress • 21 September – Frédéric Beigbeder, writer, commentator, literary critic and pundit • 24 September – Fabrice Philipot, cyclist (died 2020) October to December • 1 October – Jean-Philippe Ruggia, motorcycle racer • 10 October – Éric Blanc, impersonator and comedian • 20 October – Jil Caplan, singer and songwriter • 25 October – Mathieu Amalric, actor and film director • 28 October – Franck Sauzée, soccer player • 1 November – Christophe Clement, horse trainer • 2 November – Samuel Le Bihan, actor • 3 November – Ann Scott, novelist • 14 November – Ariel Besse, actress • 19 November – Laurent Blanc, international soccer player • 22 November – Vincent Guérin, soccer player, coach Full date unknown • Nicolas Bourriaud, curator and art critic • Sylvain Luc, jazz guitarist ==Deaths==

January to March • 17 January – Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Cardinal (born 1880) • 21 January – André Godard, archeologist and architect (born 1881) • 28 January – Maxime Weygand, military commander (born 1867) • 14 February – Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, composer and conductor (born 1880) • 20 February • Théophile Marie Brébant, military officer (born 1889) • René Jeannel, entomologist (born 1879) • March Claude-Léon Mascaux, sculptor (born 1882) • 6 March – Jules Goux, motor racing driver (born 1885) • 10 March – Jean Boyer, film director and author (born 1901) • 20 March – Louis de Fleurac, athlete and Olympic medallist (born 1876) • 22 March – Pierre Courant, politician (born 1897) April to June • 1 April – Daniel Barbier, astronomer (born 1907) • 20 April – Arsène Alancourt, cyclist (born 1904) • 23 April – Georges Périnal, cinematographer (born 1897) • 24 April – Pierre Wertheimer, businessman and racehorse owner (born 1888) • 12 May – Roger Vailland, novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (born 1907) • 20 May – Charles Camoin, painter (born 1879) • 15 June – Maurice Monney-Bouton, rower and Olympic medallist (born 1892) • 25 June – Jacques Bacot, explorer and Tibetologist (born 1877) • 26 June – Maurice Brocco, cyclist (born 1885) July to September • 9 July – Jacques Audiberti, playwright, poet and novelist (born 1899) • 17 July – Eugène Bigot, composer and conductor (born 1888) • 27 July – Henri Daniel-Rops, writer and historian (born 1901) • 7 August – Jean Dargassies, racing cyclist (born 1872) • 19 August – René Lasserre, rugby union player (born 1895) • 31 August – Henri Mignet, aircraft designer and builder (born 1893) • 2 September – Émile Muselier, Admiral (born 1882) • 15 September – Noël Delberghe, water polo player and Olympic medallist (born 1897) • 23 September – Lionel Terray, climber (born 1921) October to December • November – Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier, painter and sculptor (born 1886) • 6 November – Edgard Varèse, composer (born 1883) • 18 November – Jean Médecin, lawyer and politician (born 1890) Full date unknown • Albert Besson, hygienist and physician (born 1896) • Donatien Bouché, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1882) • Marcel Boucher, jewellery designer (born 1898) • Aimée Antoinette Camus, botanist (born 1897) • Jean Favard, mathematician (born 1902) • Colette Reynaud, journalist (born 1872) ==See also==