1939 in France
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Events from the year 1939 in France.
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Events
- 27 February - United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government in Spain.
- 17 June - Last public guillotining in France - murderer Eugen Weidmann.
- 3 September - United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany.
Sport
- 10 July - Tour de France begins.
- 30 July - Tour de France ends, won by Sylvère Maes of Belgium.
Births
- 1 February - Claude François, singer and songwriter (died 1978)
- 29 March - Roland Arnall, businessman and diplomat in the United States (died 2008)
- 3 April - François de Roubaix, film score composer (died 1975)
- 9 May - Pierre Desproges, humorist (died 1988)
- 30 September - Jean-Marie Lehn, chemist, shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987
- 10 November - Maia Simon, actress (died 2007)
Deaths
- 23 February - Jules-Felix Coutan, sculptor (born 1848)
- 29 March - Henri Bénard, physicist (born 1874)
- 14 October - Polaire (Emilie Marie Bouchaud), singer and actress (born 1874)
- 5 November - Charles Barrois, geologist and palaeontologist (born 1851)
