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1920 Tour de France Cycling race

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Henri Masson (fencer) French fencer

Henri Masson was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Surprise was a World War II French Navy Chamois-class aviso. Arsenal de Lorient in Brittany launched her on 17 June 1939. and she was commissioned in March 1940.

Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde

Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde was a French shipbuilder at Lormont near Bordeaux on the Gironde estuary. The company was previously called Usine de construction navale Chaigneau et Bichon, then Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde S.A. Ets Schneider, before becoming Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde. It is today the Construction Navale de Bordeaux (CNB).

Masson is a French and Scottish surname, and may refer to:

Masson was a French publisher which specialized principally in medical and scientific books and journals. It also published textbooks for secondary and tertiary education.

Antoine Masson

Antoine Masson was a French painter, but above all a line engraver, born at Loury, near Orléans.

Events from the year 1896 in France.

Events from the year 1987 in France.

La Grenouille is a historic and award-winning French restaurant located at 3 East 52nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1962 by former Henri Soulé apprentice Charles Masson, Sr. and his wife Gisèle, later with sons Philippe and Charles, La Grenouille became a location of choice among New York, U.S., and eventually international diners, including designers from the nearby Garment District of Manhattan. It is the last operating New York French haute cuisine restaurant from the 1960s, and remains a highly rated restaurant.

Élan was the lead ship of the French Élan-class minesweeping sloops. She was built by the Lorient shipyard and launched on 27 July 1938. She was interned in Turkey in June 1941 and released to the Free French Naval Forces in December 1944.

French sloop <i>La Capricieuse</i>

La Capricieuse was a ship of the French Elan-class minesweeping sloops. She was built by Chantiers Dubigeon at Nantes and launched on 19 April 1939.

SS Dordogne was a steam-powered oil tanker that served the French Navy. She was formerly a British merchant ship, SS San Isidoro, of the Eagle Oil Transport Company.

La Ferrassie Cave and archaeological site in south-western France

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Commandant Dominé (U70/A15/F742) was a French Élan-class minesweeping sloop that served in World War II.

Orson Welles Paul Masson advertisements

Orson Welles acted in a series of advertisements for Paul Masson California wine from 1978 to 1981, best known for their slogan "We will sell no wine before its time," becoming a much-parodied cultural trope of the late twentieth century. Years later, the commercials regained notoriety when a bootleg recording of out-takes was distributed, showing an apparently inebriated Welles on the set of one of the commercials.

Flora Masson

Flora Masson was a Scottish-born nurse, suffragist, writer and editor.

French corvette <i>La Bastiaise</i>

La Bastiaise was a Flower-class corvette of the French Navy. The ship was built by the British shipyard Smiths Dock in their Middlesbrough shipyard, and was completed in June 1940, just before the French Armistice with Germany. She was sunk by a mine on 22 June 1940 during sea trials.