1960 in France Events from the year 1960 in France .Incumbents President: Charles de Gaulle Prime Minister: Michel Debré Events 6 January - Manifesto of the 121 is published. 22 January - President Charles de Gaulle fires Jacques Massun, commander-in-chief of the French troops in Algeria . 24 January - A major insurrection occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy. 13 February - France tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara . 23 March - Nikita Khrushchev meets Charles De Gaulle in Paris . 12 April - Eric Peugeot , youngest son of the founder of Peugeot, is kidnapped in Paris. Kidnappers release him 15 April in exchange for $300,000 ransom . 27 April - Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship. 11 May - The SS France is launched for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire by Yvonne de Gaulle . 20 June - The Mali Federation between Senegal and Sudanese Republic gains independence from France. 5 August - Burkina Faso declares independence from France. 17 August - Gabon gains independence from France. 28 November - Mauritania becomes independent of France. 5 December - Pierre Lagaillarde , who led 1958 and 1960 insurrections in Algeria, fails to appear in a Paris court. He has reportedly fled with 4 fellow defendants to Spain en route to Algeria. 9 December - President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people. 14 December - The OECD is formed in Paris. 27 December - France sets off its third nuclear test blast at its atomic proving grounds at Reggane , Algeria. Carrefour open their first retail store, in Annecy .Arts and literature 25 March - Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 for France.Sport 26 June - Tour de France begins. 17 July - Tour de France ends, won by Gastone Nencini of Italy .Births 23 January - Patrick de Gayardon , skydiver , skysurfer and a BASE jumper 18 March - Jean-Pierre Bade , soccer player 18 May - Yannick Noah , former tennis player , musician 15 June - Patrick Edlinger , rock climber 12 July - Corynne Charby , actress, singer and model 24 July - Catherine Destivelle , rock climber and mountaineerDeaths 4 January - Albert Camus , author , philosopher , and journalist who won the Nobel prize in 1957 13 March - Louis Wagner , motor racing driver 23 May - Georges Claude , engineer, chemist and inventor 14 July - Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie , physicist
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