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A three-week period of riots took place in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities [4] [5] in October and November 2005. These riots involved youth in violent attacks, and the burning of cars and public buildings . The unrest started on 27 October at Clichy-sous-Bois, where police were investigating a reported break-in at a building site ...
2005 French riots. A car burns in Strasbourg, France on the night of 5 November as riots spread from the Paris banlieues to other parts of the country. The following is a timeline of the 2005 French riots that began Thursday, 27 October 2005. Where the source lists events as occurring in a night and following morning, this article lists them on ...
France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Chacun pense à soi" written by Ortal and Saad Tabainet. The song was performed by Ortal. The French broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 3 organised the national final Un candidat pour l’Eurovision in order to select the French entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Firefighters. A car burns in Strasbourg, France on the night of November 5 as riots spread from the Paris banlieues to other parts of the country. The Paris Fire Brigade developed an "Urban Violence Plan", inspired by the experience of firefighters in Northern Ireland ( Libération, Oct. 29).
1635–1637: Croquant rebellions in south-west France. 1638–1642: Croquant rebellions in south-west France. 1639: Revolt of the va-nu-pieds, a rebellion in Normandy. 1643: Croquant rebellions in Rouergue. 1645: Tax revolt in Montpellier. 1648–1653: The Fronde, a wave of revolts against the young Louis XIV.
15 April – 2005 Paris fires – 24 people are killed and around 50 are injured in a fire at a hotel in central Paris. 27 April – First flight of Airbus A380 in Toulouse. 28 April – Sales begin of the Peugeot 1007 mini MPV. 16 May – Pentecost Monday ceases to be a statutory holiday, leading to strong protests.
Events. 15 March – Ortal is selected to represent France at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Chacun pense à soi". She is selected to be the forty-eighth French Eurovision entry during a national final held at the La Plaine-St-Denis Studios in Paris. 31 March – France 4 starts broadcasting. 12 May – Myriam Abel wins the ...
The 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 2–24 July, with 21 stages covering a distance 3,593 km (2,233 mi). It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced on 24 August ...