See also: 1972 in France, other events of 1973, 1974 in France.

Events from the year 1973 in France.

Events

• 4 March - Legislative Election held.
• 11 March - Legislative Election held.
• 3 June - A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes at the Paris air show; 15 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 - Cantonales Elections held.
• 30 September - Cantonales Elections held.

Sport

• 30 June - Tour de France begins.
• 22 July - Tour de France ends, won by Luis Ocaña of Spain.

Births

• 19 January - Karen Lancaume, adult film star (d.2005).
• 18 February - Claude Makélélé, international soccer player.
• 4 April - Samassi Abou, soccer player.
• 5 April - Élodie Bouchez, actress.
• 5 April - Vanessa Demouy, actress and model.
• 12 June - Olivier Baudry, soccer player.
• 19 July - Saïd Taghmaoui, actor and screenwriter.
• 29 October - Robert Pirès, international soccer player.
• 15 December - Surya Bonaly, figure skater.

Deaths

• 29 July - Henri Charrière, convicted felon and author (b.1906).
• 17 August - Jean Barraqué, composer (b.1928).
• 6 October - François Cevert, motor racing driver (b.1944).
• 25 December - Gabriel Voisin, aviation pioneer (b.1880).

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