1973 in France
Events from the year 1973 in France. Incumbents President: Georges Pompidou Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer Events 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. Births January to March 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