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List of events
Events from the year
1966 in
France .
Incumbents
Events
4 January – A
gas leak fire at the Feyzin oil refinery near
Lyon , kills 18 and injures 84.
10 January –
L'Express publishes a story of
Georges Figon , who took part in the kidnapping of
Mehdi Ben Barka .
18 January – Police announce that
Georges Figon committed suicide, prior to his arrest for the kidnapping of
Mehdi Ben Barka .
7 March –
Charles de Gaulle asks U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson for negotiations about the state of
NATO equipment in France.
11 March – President
Charles de Gaulle states that French troops will be taken out of
NATO and that all French NATO bases and HQ's must be closed within a year.
17 June – An
Air France personnel strike begins.
20 June – President
Charles de Gaulle starts visit to the Soviet Union.
30 June – France formally leaves
NATO .
26 August – Riots occur in
French Somaliland .
30 August – France offers independence to French Somaliland.
11 October – France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty for cooperation in nuclear research.
26 October –
NATO moves its HQ from Paris to
Brussels .
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
January to March
April to June
3 April –
Rémi Garde , soccer player and coach.
19 April –
Véronique Gens ,
soprano .
24 April –
Pascale Paradis , tennis player.
26 April –
Jean-Christophe Jeauffre , explorer, filmmaker and producer.
28 April –
Jean-Luc Crétier ,
alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist.
11 May –
Estelle Lefébure ,
supermodel .
14 May
17 May –
Gilles Quénéhervé , athlete and Olympic medallist.
24 May –
Eric Cantona , soccer player.
29 May –
Natalie Nougayrède , journalist.
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30 May –
Frédéric Hantz , soccer manager.
14 June
16 June
18 June –
Catherine Fleury-Vachon ,
judoka and Olympic gold medallist.
22 June –
Emmanuelle Seigner , actress.
July to September
1 July –
Stéphan Caron , swimmer and Olympic medallist.
5 July –
Laurence Ferrari , journalist.
8 July –
Jean-Philippe Jódard ,
beach volleyball player.
15 July –
Irène Jacob , actress.
4 August –
Luc Leblanc , cyclist.
5 August –
Gilles Delion , cyclist.
13 August –
Pascal Lino , cyclist.
28 August –
Christophe Galtier , soccer player.
31 August –
Thierry Champion , tennis player.
2 September –
Olivier Panis , motor racing driver.
3 September –
Angelo Hugues , soccer player.
4 September –
Biréli Lagrène ,
guitarist and
bassist .
24 September –
Christophe Bouchut , motor racing driver.
29 September –
Laurent Chambertin , volleyball player.
October to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to March
April to June
13 April –
Georges Duhamel , author (born 1884).
4 May –
Amédée Ozenfant ,
cubist
painter (born 1886).
24 May –
Henri Barbé , communist (born 1902).
7 June –
Jean Arp , sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist (born 1886).
13 June –
Pierre Chaumié , politician (born 1880).
19 June –
Pierre Montet ,
Egyptologist (born 1885).
26 June –
François Dupré , hotelier, art collector and horse breeder (born 1888).
July to September
14 July –
Julie Manet , painter and art collector (born 1878).
29 July –
André Spire , poet, writer, and
Zionist activist (born 1868).
17 August –
François Piétri , politician, Minister and diplomat (born 1882).
18 August –
Louis Renou ,
indologist (born 1896).
14 September –
Alexandre Bioussa , rugby union player (born 1901).
21 September –
Paul Reynaud , politician and lawyer (born 1878).
28 September –
André Breton , writer, poet, and
surrealist theorist (born 1896).
October to December
Full date unknown
See also
References
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