2005 in France

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Events from the year 2005 in France.

Incumbents

President: Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister: Jean-Pierre Raffarin (until 31 May), Dominique de Villepin (starting 31 May)

Events

5 January – Libération journalist Florence Aubenas and her Iraqi guide Hussein Hanoun Al-Saadi are taken hostage in Iraq (freed on 11 June).
11 February – André Vingt-Trois is named Archbishop of Paris.
23 February – A controversial French law on colonialism, requiring teachers to paint it in a positive light, is passed by the national legislature.
25 February – Resignation of Minister of Finance Hervé Gaymard, following a scandal over the low rent of the exclusive apartment he occupied.
March – The Renault Laguna gets facelifted.
31 March – An amendment to the 35-hour workweek law is voted, extending possibilities of overtime.
April – The Fillon law reforming France's education system is voted, amidst student protests numbering hundreds of thousands.
6 April – First mental 13th root calculation of a 200-digit number, computed by Alexis Lemaire.
15 April – At least 21 people die and around 50 are injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central Paris.
27 April – First flight of Airbus A380 in Toulouse.
28 April – Sales begin of the Peugeot 1007 mini MPV.
16 May – Pentecost Monday ceases to be a statutory holiday, leading to strong protests.
29 May – French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject it.
31 May – A new government, headed by Dominique de Villepin, is nominated.
June – The Peugeot 307 gets facelifted.
28 June – Official announcement that ITER will be built in Cadarache, Southern France.
5 July – Laurence Parisot becomes the president of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France.
2 August – Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after skidding off the end of runway in Toronto, all passengers survive.
11 August – Ariane 5GS launches Thaïcom-4/iPStar-1, the heaviest telecommunications satellite to date at 6505 kg, into orbit.
16 August – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes in Venezuela, killing 160, mostly French citizens from Martinique.
16 August – Assassination of Frère Roger, founder of the Taizé community.
September – New Renault Clio is launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
3 September – Jacques Chirac is hospitalized for a "small vascular incident" affecting his eyesight.
27 October – 2005 civil unrest in France begins, and will last until 17 November.
November – The Renault Clio is voted European Car of the Year.
8 November – President Jacques Chirac declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the French civil unrest.
16 November – Ariane 5 launches Spaceway-F2 and Telkom-2, the rocket's heaviest dual payload to date, at more than 8000 kg.
18 November – Partial privatization of Électricité de France.
27 November – Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant on Isabelle Dinoire.^[1]

Arts and literature

17 March – René Girard is elected to the Académie Française.
24 March – Celebration of the 100-years anniversary of the death of Jules Verne.
31 March – Launch of Digital terrestrial television, with 14 new channels.
2 July – Live 8 concert, Paris at the Palais de Versailles.
26 August – Jean Michel Jarre's "Space of Freedom" concert is held in Gdańsk, Poland, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the creation of Solidarność.

Film

Sport

8 May – Olympique Lyonnais wins the Ligue 1.
2 July – Tour de France begins.
3 July – French Grand Prix won by Fernando Alonso of Spain.
6 July – Paris loses the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games to London.
24 July – Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tour de France before his scheduled retirement.
Sébastien Loeb wins the World Rally Championship with a record 10 victories.
Ladji Doucouré becomes world champion of 110 metres hurdles and 4x100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
Vincent Riou wins the Vendée Globe race in 87 days.

Births

Full date unknown

Bébé Lilly, animated baby girl singer

Deaths

January to March

3 January – Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist (born 1925).
5 January – René Le Hénaff, film editor and director (born 1901).
7 January – Pierre Daninos, writer and humorist (born 1913).
8 January – Jacqueline Joubert, television presenter (born 1921).
8 January – Michel Thomas, linguist, language teacher and decorated war veteran (born 1914).
10 January – Georges Bernier, also known as Le Professeur Choron, humorist (born 1929).
11 January – Fernand Cazenave, international rugby union player and coach (born 1924).
15 January – Michel Moine, journalist and parapsychologist (born 1920).
27 January – Aurélie Nemours, painter (born 1910).
28 January
- Jacques Villeret, actor (born 1951).
- Karen Lancaume, adult film star (born 1973).
February – Madeleine Giteau, historian (born 1918).
6 February – Hubert Curien, physicist (born 1924).
7 February
- Madeleine Rebérioux, historian (born 1920).
- Paul Rebeyrolle, painter (born 1926).
10 February
- Humbert Balsan, film producer (born 1954).
- Jean Cayrol, poet and publisher (born 1911).
11 February – Raymond Hermantier, actor (born 1924).
13 February – Maurice Trintignant, motor racing driver (born 1917).
15 February – Pierre Bachelet, singer songwriter (born 1944).
22 February – Simone Simon, actress (born 1910).
25 February – Jean Prat, international rugby player (born 1923).
1 March – Edouard Stern, banker (born 1954).
15 March – Jean-Pierre Genet, cyclist (born 1940).

April to June

8 April – Maurice Lafont, international soccer player (born 1927).
11 April
- André François, cartoonist (born 1915).
- Lucien Laurent, international soccer player, scored the first ever World Cup goal (born 1907).
3 May – Pierre Moerlen, drummer and percussionist (born 1952).
5 May – Claude Julien, journalist and editor (born 1925).
13 May – Eddie Barclay, music producer (born 1921).
20 May – Paul Ricœur, philosopher (born 1913).
29 June – François-Xavier Verschave, one of founders of the NGO Survie (born 1945).

July to September

2 July – Pierre Michelot, double bass player (born 1928).
6 July – Claude Simon, novelist, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature (born 1913).
8 July – Laurent-Michel Vacher, philosopher, writer and journalist (born 1944).
19 July
- Alain Bombard, biologist, physician, politician and sailor (born 1924).
- Jean-Michel Gaillard, politician (born 1946).
26 July – Pierre Broué, historian and Trotskyist (born 1926).
28 July – Jacques Lacarrière, ice hockey player (born 1906).
3 August – Françoise d'Eaubonne, feminist writer (born 1920).
7 August – Paul Arnaud de Foïard, General (born 1921).
9 August
- Colette Besson, Olympic athlete (born 1946).
- François Dalle, businessman
16 August – Frère Roger, founder of the Taizé community (born 1915).
22 August
- Henri Genès, actor and singer (born 1919).
- Luc Ferrari, composer (born 1929).
25 August – Jacques Dufilho, actor (born 1914).
31 August
- Stéphane Bruey, international soccer player (born 1932).
- André Debry, one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I (born 1898).
9 September – André Pousse, actor (born 1919).
17 September – Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (born 1925).
24 September – André Testut, motor racing driver (born 1926).

October to December

5 October – Alexis Tendil, World War I veteran (born 1896).
17 October – Jean Lescure, poet (born 1912).
25 October – Arman, artist (born 1928).
27 October
- Jean-Claude Irvoas, murder victim (born 1949).
- Rene Moreau, World War I veteran.
28 October – Raymond Hains, artist and photographer (born 1926).
7 November – Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec, urban violence victim (born 1944).
9 November
- Jean Catoire, composer (born 1923).
- Marceau Somerlinck, soccer player (born 1922).
November – Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP (born 1937).
4 December – Gloria Lasso, singer (born 1922).
17 December – Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach (born 1947).

Full date unknown

Ernestine Chassebœuf, letter writer (born 1910).

References

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