1975 in France

1975
in
France

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Events from the year 1975 in France.

Incumbents

Events

  • 1 January – Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel.
  • March – Launch of the Renault 30, Renault's first postwar six-cylinder car and Renault's flagship car to compete with the likes of the Citroen CX and BMW 5 Series, and the first production car of its size to feature a hatchback.
  • 6 March – A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of Springer Press. The 6 March Group (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group.
  • 6 July – The Comoros declare their independence from France.
  • September – Chrysler Europe launches the Simca 1307, a large five-door hatchback which will go on sale in Britain in the new year as the Chrysler Alpine. It is similar in size and design to the Renault 16, and is one of the first cars of its size to feature a hatchback.[1]
  • 15 September – The department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
  • November
    • Launch of the Renault 20, a four-cylinder version of the Renault 30 with minor styling changes.
    • SNCF Class 140C steam locomotive No 38 works a freight train between its depot at Gray and Chalindrey, the last steam-hauled train operated commercially by SNCF.[2]
  • 15–17 November – 1st G6 summit at Rambouillet.
  • December – The Simca 1307 is voted European Car of the Year.

Sport

Births

January to March

April to June

July to September

October to December

Full date unknown

Deaths

January to March

April to June

July to December

Full date unknown

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "140 C 38 Steams Again After 38 Years". The SNCF Society News. September 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
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