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1973 In France
Events from the year 1973 in France. Incumbents * President of France, President: Georges Pompidou * Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer Events *4 March – 1973 French legislative election, Legislative Election held. *11 March – 1973 French legislative election, Legislative Election held. *3 June – A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft 1973 Paris Air Show crash, crashes at the Paris air show; 14 are killed. *11 July – Varig Flight 820 Boeing 707 crashes near Orly Airport, Paris, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors. *20 July – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand. *23 September – 1973 French cantonales elections, Cantonales Elections held. *30 September – 1973 French cantonales elections, Cantonales Elections held. Births January to March *11 January – Christophe Medaillon, soccer player *12 January – Olivier Peslier, jockey *15 January – Aurelie Dupont, ballet dancer *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973
Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 1972 Miami Dolphins season, Miami Dolphins defeated the 1972 Washington Redskins season, Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII, with the Dolphins ending the season a perfect 17-0. This marked the first and only time that an NFL team has had a perfect undefeated season, an achievement the team holds to this day. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 22 ** ''Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman, The Sunshine Showdown'': George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica. ** A Royal Jorda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Gaumont
Philippe Gaumont (22 February 1973 – 17 May 2013) was a French professional road racing cyclist. He earned a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 100 km team time trial. In 1997, he won the Belgian classic Gent–Wevelgem and he was twice individual pursuit French national champion, in 2000 and 2002. In 2004, Gaumont quit professional cycling and later ran a café in Amiens. Gaumont was well known for having confessed to extensive doping and explaining many tricks of the trade. Gaumont gave a series of interviews, and wrote a book, ''Prisonnier du dopage'' ("Prisoner of doping") in which he explained doping methods, masking methods, the use of drug cocktails such as the pot belge for training and for recreation, and how the need to make money makes racers dope themselves. In April 2013, he suffered a major heart attack and was reported to be in a coma. On 13 May 2013, several news sources reported his death, but according to '' La Voix du Nord'' he remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Makélélé
Claude Makélélé Sinda (born 18 February 1973) is a French Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He last managed Super League Greece club Asteras Tripolis F.C., Asteras Tripolis. Regarded as one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time, Makélélé has been credited with redefining the defensive midfield role in English football, especially during the 2004–05 FA Premier League season, where he played a key role in helping Chelsea win the title with 95 points. In homage, the defensive midfield position is sometimes colloquially known as the "Makélélé Role". In his playing career, which ended at Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain, Makélélé also played for FC Nantes, Nantes, Olympique de Marseille, Marseille, RC Celta de Vigo, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and Chelsea. He won league titles in France, Spain and England, as well as the 2001–02 UE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called ''rocks'', across the ice ''curling sheet'' toward the ''house'', a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The goal is to accumulate the highest score for a ''game''; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each ''end'', which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends. Players induce a curved path, described as ''curl'', by causing the stone to slowly rotate as it slides. The path of the rock may be further influenced by two sweepers with brooms or brushes, who accompany it as it slides down the sheet and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Dufour
Thomas Dufour (born 12 February 1973) is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team. Career Thomas Dufour has played in: * 2 Olympic Games, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. * 8 World Curling Championships (, , , , , , , ). * 15 European Curling Championships (, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ). * 5 World Junior Curling Championships ( 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994). Dufour's best placing at the World Championships was a fifth-place finish in 2008 and 2011. At the 2010 Olympics, the team finished 7th, where they made a terrific shot to win their first game against china. Dufour won two medals in his junior career. In 1992, he won the silver medal at the World Juniors, playing lead for Jan Henri Ducroz. In 1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élisabeth Grousselle
Élisabeth Grousselle (born 6 February 1973) is a retired French middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Achievements Personal bests *200 metres - 25.47 s (2002) *400 metres - 55.07 s (2002) *800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ... - 1:59.46 min (2004) External links * 1973 births Living people French female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 21st-century French sportswomen French Athletics Championships winners {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Marceau
Olivier Marceau (born 30 January 1973 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine) is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon. A member of the ''Poissy Triathlon Club'' he competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took seventh place with a total time of 1:49:18.03. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Marceau competed again. This time he competed on the Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ... team, placing eighth with a time of 1:52:44.36. Referencessports-reference 1973 births Living people People from Fontenay-aux-Roses French male triathletes Olympic triathletes for France Olympic triathletes for Switzerland Swiss male triathletes Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2004 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Racing
The motorcycle sport of racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Other categories include hill climbs, drag racing and land speed record trials. Categories The FIM classifies motorcycle racing in the following four main categories. Each category has several subcategories. Road racing Road racing is a form of motorcycle racing held on paved road surfaces. The races can be held either on a purpose-built closed circuit or on a street circuit utilizing temporarily closed public roads. Traditional road racing Historically, "road racing" meant a course on closed public roads. This was once commonplace but currently only a few such circuits have survived, mostly in Europe. Races take place on public roads which have been temporarily closed to the public by legal orders from the local legislature. Two championships exist, the first is the International Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabien Foret
Fabien Foret (born 29 January 1973 in Angoulême, France) is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the FIM Endurance World Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R. He has spent most of his career in the Supersport World Championship. After taking part in the French national championships for a number of years Fabien Foret moved to the Supersport World Championship in 2000. The same year he won the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, and the Bol d'Or endurance races. In 2001 he finished 8th in the Supersport World Championship with two race wins and also finished 2nd at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Bol d'Or endurance races. He won the Supersport World Championship in 2002 for Ten Kate Honda, taking four race. He continued racing in the Supersport World Championship from 2003 to 2005, finishing 9th in 2003, 7th in and 4th in 2005 with one race win each season. He moved to the Superbike World Championship in riding for Alstare Engineering Corona Extra Suzuki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Matthias Julien Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor. Early life Poupaud was born in Paris, the son of Michel Poupaud and publicist Chantal Poupaud. He has an elder brother, Yarol, who is a musician. Career Poupaud made his film debut at the age of 10 in Raúl Ruiz (director), Raúl Ruiz's ''City of Pirates'' (1983), whom he met through his mother. He subsequently appeared in nine more of Ruiz's films, including ''The Insomniac on the Bridge'' (1985), ''Treasure Island (1986 film), Treasure Island'' (1986), ''Genealogies of a Crime'' (1997), ''Time Regained (film), Time Regained'' (1999) and ''Love Torn in a Dream'' (2000). For his roles in Jacques Doillon's ''The 15 Year Old Girl'' (1989) and Laurence Ferreira Barbosa's ''Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional'' (1993), Poupaud received two nominations for the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He starred in François Ozon's ''Time to Leave'', and co-starred with Parker Posey in Zoe Cassavetes' ''Broken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pornographic Film
Pornographic films (pornos), erotic films, adult films, blue films, sexually explicit films, or 18+ films, are films that represent Human sexual activity, sexually WIKT:explicit, explicit subject matter in order to sexual arousal, arouse, fascinate, or orgasm, satisfy the viewer. Pornography, Pornographic films represent Sexual fantasy, sexual fantasies and usually include erotica, erotically stimulating material such as nudity in film, nudity or fetishes (Softcore pornography, softcore) and sexual intercourse (Hardcore pornography, hardcore). A distinction is sometimes made between "erotic" and "pornographic" films on the basis that the latter category contains more explicit Sex in film, sexuality, and focuses more on arousal than storytelling; the distinction is highly subjective. Pornographic films are produced and distributed on a variety of media, depending on the demand and technology available, including traditional film stock footage in various formats, home video, DVDs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
