Ina MEDIAPRO calendar
See what will be in the news tomorrow ! Find all the highlights of the year in our selected events.-
- 03 June 1943
- 03 June 2023
De Gaulle and Giraud founded the CFLN
- The French National Liberation Committee (Comité français de la libération nationale - CFLN) was founded in Algiers. This was the government of free France, born from the merger of that of Algiers and that of London.
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- 03 June 1998
- 03 June 2023
Founding of the alternative globalist association Attac France
- The Association for taxing financial transactions and for citizen-led action, usually known as Attac, is an alternative globalist organisation founded in France in 1998.
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- 03 June 2023
Nuit Blanche
- Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night) is an annual cultural event. Devoted to contemporary art, it offers the public the opportunity to discover artistic installations and performances in public places that are exceptionally open during one night.
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- 04 June 1943
- 04 June 2023
First edition of "Le Petit Prince" by Saint-Exupéry
- A poetic and philosophical tale, "Le Petit Prince" is the best-known and most-read work of French literature worldwide.
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- 05 June 2022
- 05 June 2023
World Environment Day
- World Environment Day was initiated by the United Nations in 1972, on the opening of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm. Each year, a different issue is highlighted at an exhibition in a host country.
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- 06 June 1948
- 06 June 2023
Death of Louis Lumière
- The inventor of the cinematograph with his brother Auguste Lumière. These two French engineers and industrialists played a key role in the history of cinema and photography.
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- 06 June 2013
- 06 June 2023
Revelations of Edward Snowden on the activities of the NSA
- A former employee of the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA), from 6 June 2013, Edward Snowden published top secret information from the NSA on several American and British mass surveillance programmes.
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- 07 June 2013
- 07 June 2023
Death of Pierre Mauroy
- Pierre Mauroy (1928-2013) was a French politician, who was Prime Minister, Mayor of Lille, the leader of the Socialist party and a member of Parliament in the north of France.
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- 08 June 1993
- 08 June 2023
The assassination of René Bousquet
- The former Vichy police chief, René Bousquet, was assassinated at his home by a man who was mentally unstable. He was never judged for his crimes as organiser of the round-up of Jews in the Vélodrome d'Hiver (the winter stadium) in July 1942, the case for which was still being prosecuted.
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- 10 June 1923
- 10 June 2023
Death of Pierre Loti
- Louis-Marie-Julien Viaud, known as Pierre Loti (1850-1923), was a French writer and naval officer. The inspiration for much of his work was autobiographical. He used his travels to write his novels. In 1891, he was elected to the French Academy.
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- 11 June 2022
- 10 June 2023
24 Hours of Le Mans car race
- The 24 Hours of Le Mans race is a 24-hour car race that takes place on a road track south of Le Mans in June. The race started in 1923 and has been part of the world endurance championship since 2012.
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- 28 May 2022
- 10 June 2023
UEFA Champions League final
- Final of the UEFA Champions League at Stade de France.
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- 13 June 2022
- 12 June 2023
International Animation Film Festival in Annecy
- The International Annecy Animation Film Festival, founded in 1960, offers the general public an official selection of a panel of films using different techniques. Initially organised every two years, it became annual in 1998.
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- 13 June 1998
- 13 June 2023
The French navigator, Eric Tabarly, goes missing at sea off
- The French sailor, Eric Tabarly (1931-1998) disappears at sea off the Welsh coast. He influenced generations of French sailors, founded a French style of offshore racing by taking many young crew members on board his yacht.
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- 13 June 2003
- 13 June 2023
Death of Guy Lux
- Guy Lux (1919-2003) was a French TV producer and presenter of game shows and light entertainment programmes. He invented and created more than 50 radio and TV programmes, including hugely popular shows such as Intervilles, Jeux sans frontières and Top Club.