4 February – France prohibits United Nation involvement in Algeria.
1 March – Sud Aviation forms from a merger between SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest).
20 March – Newspaper L'Express reveals that the French army tortures Algerian prisoners.
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