1988 in France explained

Events from the year 1988 in France.

Incumbents

29 March – African National Congress representative Dulcie September assassinated in Paris.
22 April–5 May – The Ouvéa cave hostage taking takes place in Ouvéa, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.
24 April – Presidential Election held.
8 May – Presidential Election held, won by François Mitterrand.
5 June – Legislative Election held.
12 June – Legislative Election held.
26 June – Air France Flight 296 Airbus A320 crashes at an airshow at Mulhouse killing three passengers.
26 June – Matignon Accords referendum held.
27 June – Gare de Lyon train accident results in 56 deaths.
21 July – Renault launches the R19 hatchback range, which replaces the Renault 11 hatchback. A saloon model to replace the Renault 9 is expected soon.^[1]
August – Construction begins on the Euro Disney resort and theme park east of Paris; it is expected to be open within three years.^[2]
26 August – Mehran Karimi Nasseri, "The terminal man", is stuck in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, where he will continue to reside until 1 August 2006.
25 September – Cantonales Elections held.
2 October – Cantonales Elections held.
28 October – Abortion: 48 hours after announcing it was abandoning RU-486, French manufacturer Roussel Uclaf states that it would resume distribution of the drug, bowing to pressure from the Government of France.

9 January – Thierry Maulnier, journalist, essayist, dramatist and literary critic (born 1909).
20 January – Philippe de Rothschild, motor racing driver, scriptwriter, film producer, poet and wine grower (born 1902).
2 February
- Alain Savary, politician and Minister (born 1918).
- René Massigli, diplomat (born 1888).
16 February – Charles Delaunay, author, jazz expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot club de France (born 1911).
19 February – René Char, poet (born 1907).
19 February – André Frédéric Cournand, physician and physiologist, shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 (born 1895).
6 March – Jeanne Aubert, singer and actress (born 1906).^[3]
19 March – Francis Lefebvre, physician (born 1916).
21 March – Germain Jousse, member of the French Resistance (born 1895).
30 March – Edgar Faure, politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist (born 1908).
31 March – Georges Lévis, comic artist (born 1924).

15 July – Armand Mouyal, epee fencer (born 1925).
31 July – André Navarra, cellist and cello teacher (born 1911).
1 August – Louis-Jean Guyot, Cardinal (born 1907).
11 August
- Pauline Lafont, actress (born 1963).
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, opera director (born 1932).
20 August – Jean-Paul Aron, writer and journalist (born 1925).
25 August – Françoise Dolto, physician and psychoanalyst (born 1908).