1972 in France

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1972
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France
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Events from the year 1972 in France.

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  • January – Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks.[2]
  • 23 April – French European Economic Community enlargement referendum, voters approved the accession of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, and Norway to the EEC.
  • 16 June – 108 die as two passenger trains hit debris of a collapsed railway tunnel near Soissons.
  • 1 July – Canadian ketch Vega, flying the Greenpeace III banner, collides with the French naval minesweeper La Paimpolaise while in international waters to protest French nuclear weapon tests in the South Pacific.
  • 5 July – President Pompidou dismisses prime minister Chaban-Delmas following rumours of financial misdoing.[1]
  • October – The Peugeot 104, the smallest four-door car in the world, is launched.[3]
  • 28 October – The first flight of the Airbus A300, the first airliner built by Airbus.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bernard Jouve; Christian Lefevre (11 October 2013). Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions: In Search of Urban Gargantuas. Routledge. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-1-135-28378-0.
  2. ^ "My Renault5 - Super5 performance, tuning, styling, repair, photos: Renault 5 - first generation". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Peugeot History - 1965 - 1973 Front-Wheel Drive Comes to the Fore". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Maurice Chevalier Dead; Singer and Actor Was 83". The New York Times. 14 February 1972.
  5. ^ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1974. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-8242-0543-0.