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1973 in France

Summary
Events from the year 1973 in France. President: Georges Pompidou Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer 4 March – Legislative Election held. 11 March – Legislative Election held. 3 June – A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft crashes at the Paris air show; 14 are killed. 11 July – Varig Flight 820 Boeing 707 crashes near Orly Airport, Paris, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors. 20 July – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand. 23 September – Cantonales Elections held. 30 September – Cantonales Elections held. 11 January – Christophe Medaillon, soccer player 12 January – Olivier Peslier, jockey 15 January – Aurelie Dupont, ballet dancer 19 January – Karen Lancaume, adult film star (died 2005) 26 January – Melvil Poupaud, actor 29 January – Fabien Foret, motorcycle racer 30 January – Olivier Marceau, triathlete 6 February – Élisabeth Grousselle, athlete 12 February – Thomas Dufour, curler 18 February – Claude Makélélé, international soccer player 22 February – Philippe Gaumont, cyclist 24 February – Antony Dupuis, tennis player 25 February Hélène de Fougerolles, actress Gérald Merceron, international rugby union player 28 February – Philippe Brunel, soccer player 3 March – Charles-Philippe, Duke of Anjou 13 March – Olivier Asmaker, cyclist 26 March – Sébastien Charpentier, motorcycle road racer 4 April – Samassi Abou, soccer player 5 April Élodie Bouchez, actress Vanessa Demouy, actress and model Yacine Douma, judoka 6 April – Franck Marchis, astronomer and planetary scientist 7 April – Carole Montillet, alpine skier 10 April – Guillaume Canet, actor and film director 11 April – Olivier Magne, international rugby union player 12 April Joël Lautier, chess grandmaster Lionel Roux, tennis player 13 April – Nicolas Jalabert, cyclist 16 April – Jérôme Bonnissel, soccer player 19 April David Chaussinand, hammer thrower Patrice Estanguet, slalom canoer and Olympic medallist 26 April – Jules Naudet, filmmaker 8 May – Laurent Charvet, soccer player 13 May – Franck D
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