The film won the 1954 Prix Jean Vigo, but was banned by French censors for its criticism of French colonialism.

Gerry was from an early time a vocal opponent of Parliamentary efforts to tax the colonies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763, and won election to General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ( its legislative assembly ) in May 1772.

In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won 132 times, lost 43 times and drawn only 10, giving the French military the best record of any country in Europe ".

In 2008, Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of legendary French singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, the first French-language performance to be so honored.

At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Entre les murs ( The Class ) won the Palme d ' Or, the first French victory at the festival in 21 years.

The 2000s also saw an increase in the number of individual competitive awards won by French artists at the Cannes Festival, for direction ( Tony Gatlif, Exils, 2004 ), screenplay ( Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, Look at Me, 2004 ), female acting ( Isabelle Hupert, The Piano Teacher, 2001 ; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist, 2009 ) and male acting ( Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila and Bernard Blancan, Days of Glory, 2006 ).

There he published tables of atmospheric refraction based on Bradley's observations, which won him the Lalande Prize from the French Academy of Sciences in 1811.

Hackman won the Academy Award for Best Actor as the character Jimmy " Popeye " Doyle in The French Connection ( film ) | The French Connection, 1971

The next year, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as New York City Detective Jimmy " Popeye " Doyle in The French Connection, marking his graduation to leading man status.

That aggressive strategy worked as Germany pulled out of the League of Nations ( 1933 ), rejected the Versailles Treaty and began to re-arm ( 1935 ), won back the Saar ( 1935 ), remilitarized the Rhineland ( 1936 ), formed an alliance (" axis ") with Mussolini's Italy ( 1936 ), sent massive military aid to Franco in the Spanish Civil War ( 1936 – 39 ), seized Austria ( 1938 ), took over Czechoslovakia after the British and French appeasement of the Munich Agreement of 1938, formed a peace pact with Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union in August 1939, and finally invaded Poland in September 1939.

With a large expedition that eventually included 40 000 European troops, and receiving help from white colonists and mulatto forces commanded by Alexandre Pétion, a former lieutenant of Rigaud, the French won several victories after severe fighting.

The French forces won a decisive victory at Rocroi ( 1643 ), and the Spanish army was decimated ; the Tercio was broken.

The battle was won by the Christians, chiefly through the brave attack of 6, 000 French troops led by La Feuillade and Coligny.

On becoming king, Louis issued a constitution known as the Charter which preserved many of the liberties won during the French Revolution and provided for a parliament composed of an elected Chamber of Deputies and a Chamber of Peers that was nominated by the king.

Mishra also wrote an original score for French Director Eric Heumann for his film Port Djema ( 1996 ) which won best score at Hamptons film festival and The Golden Bear at Berlin.

Soon, however, Pei and his team won the support of several key cultural icons, including the conductor Pierre Boulez and Claude Pompidou, widow of former French President Georges Pompidou, after whom another controversial museum was named.

Adams first won national recognition when he published a series of widely read articles supporting Washington's decision to keep America out of the growing hostilities surrounding the French Revolution.

He won from the front at the Dutch, French and Belgian Grands Prix, where title rival Moss was badly injured in a practice accident that put him out for two months.

There was no European Formula Two championship that year, but Brabham won the Trophées de France, a championship consisting of six of the French Formula Two races.

The French Navy won some important victories near the end of the 17th century but a focus upon land forces led to the French Navy's relative neglect, which allowed the Royal Navy to emerge with an ever-growing advantage in size and quality, especially in tactics and experience, from 1695.

With the help of a handful of local French administrators and officers, the British, and the Belgian government in exile Charles de Gaulle's Free French won over large parts of the French Empire.

A Junior who won two or more wins in the Open Class was eligible.

He won the Masters, the United States Open and a record $80,738 in prize money.

Three women have won the British Open Championship: Lily Gower in 1905, Dorothy Steel in 1925, 1933, 1935 and 1936, and Hope Rotherham in 1960.

She has won or shared first in the chess tournaments of Hastings 1993, Madrid 1994, León 1996, U. S. Open 1998, Hoogeveen 1999, Siegman 1999, Japfa 2000, and the Najdorf Memorial 2000.

The club won both the MLS Cup and the MLS Supporters ' Shield in 2000, and the Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup in 2004 and 2012.

Hewitt later won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open when he along with Max Mirnyi claimed the men's doubles championship ; thus becoming the youngest male ( at 19 years, 6 months ) to win a Grand Slam doubles crown in the open era.

She won five Grand Slam singles titles ( three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open ).

In men's play, Kane Waselenchuk ( Canada ) has won the most US Open titles with seven ahead of Sudsy Monchik ( USA ) with four, while Jason Mannino ( USA ) and Cliff Swain ( USA ) have both won the title twice, and Rocky Carson ( USA ) once.

In women's play, Rhonda Rajsich ( USA ) has won the most US Open titles with four, one more than Christie Van Hees ( Canada ) with three.

Michelle Gould ( USA ), Cheryl Gudinas ( USA ), Jackie Paraiso ( USA ) and Paola Longoria ( Mexico ) have each won two US Open titles.

Neorealism became famous globally in 1946 with Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City, when it won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival as the first major film produced in Italy after the war.

Another Australian, Geoff Hunt, won a record eight British Open male titles between 1969 and 1981.

During the 1980s and 1990s Jahangir Khan of Pakistan won the British Open a record of ten times and Jansher Khan of Pakistan won the World Open a record of eight times.

Later that year, Davenport won her first Tier III title at the European Open where she beat Nicole Bradtke in three sets in the finals.

In doubles, Davenport won Indian Wells with Lisa Raymond and reached the French Open doubles final with Raymond, where they lost to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.

On clay, Davenport won the Strasbourg tournament and reached the French Open quarterfinals, losing to Conchita Martínez.

Davenport and Fernandez then won the French Open doubles title, defeating Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva in the final.

She won the US Open with Czech partner Jana Novotná.

Davenport won San Diego and Stanford with Zvereva and lost in the US Open doubles final.

Her next event was the 2000 Australian Open, which she won in singles without the loss of a set.

At the 2011 French Open she won the Women's Legends Doubles event with partner Martina Hingis.