1976 in France

"See also:"
1975 in France,
other events of 1976,
1977 in France.

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Events from the year 1976 in France.

Events

*21 January - The first commercial "Concorde" flight takes off.
*7 March - Cantonales Elections held.
*14 March - Cantonales Elections held.
*27 June - Palestinian extremists hijack an Air France plane in Greece with 246 passengers and 12 crew. They take it to Entebbe, Uganda.
*4 July - Entebbe Raid: Israeli airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by Palestinian hijackers of an Air France plane at Uganda's Entebbe Airport; 1 Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid.
*25 August - Resignation of Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister of France; he is succeeded by Raymond Barre.

Arts and Literature

port

*24 June - Tour de France begins.
*18 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Van Impe of Belgium.

Births

January to March

*2 January - Nicolas Goussé, soccer player.
*17 January - Yoann Lachor, soccer player.
*20 January - Lilian Jégou, cyclist.
*20 January - Yann Pivois, cyclist.
*22 January - Christophe Himmer, soccer player.
*28 January - Pierrick Bourgeat, alpine skier.
*31 January - Vincent Masingue, basketball player.
*January - Arnaud Collery, comedian, actor and filmmaker.
*1 February - Julien Loy, triathlete.
*2 February - Olivier Mutis, tennis player.
*3 February - Stéphane Antiga, volleyball player.
*7 February - Florent Brard, cyclist.
*8 February - Nicolas Vouilloz, mountain biker and rally driver.
*9 February - Walter Lapeyre, pistol shooter.
*21 February - Richard Massolin, soccer player.
*21 February - Armand Raimbault, soccer player.
*22 February - Matthieu Louis-Jean, soccer player.
*24 February - Romain Ferrier, soccer player.
*25 February - Cyril Abidi, Kickboxing Champion and Muay Thai World Champion.
*25 february - Sammy Traoré, soccer player.
*26 February - Cédric Michaud, speed skater.
*5 March - Stéphane Léoni, soccer player.
*5 March - Samuel Plouhinec, cyclist.
*6 March - Cédric Barbosa, soccer player.
*6 March - Antoine Dénériaz, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist.
*12 March - Julien Courbey, actor.
*15 March - Sébastien Gondouin, soccer player.

April to June

*3 April - Nicolas Escudé, tennis player.
*4 April - Sébastien Enjolras, motor racing driver (d.1997).
*8 April - Gaston Curbelo, soccer player.
*8 April - Sylvain Marconnet, rugby union player.
*15 April - Christophe Dussart, soccer player.
*16 April - Doriane Vidal, snowboarder and Olympic medallist.
*17 April - Maïwenn Le Besco, actress.
*10 May - Romain Barnier, swimmer.
*15 May - Cyrille Thouvenin, actor.
*17 May - Benjamin Delmas, ice dancer.
*22 May - Ludovic Valbon, rugby union player.
*21 June - Alexandra Cousteau, environmentalist.
*23 June - Patrick Vieira, international soccer player.
*25 June - Sylvain N'Diaye, soccer player.

July to September

*2 July - Laurent Lefèvre, cyclist.
*9 July - Pascal Briand, speed skater.
*10 July - Ludovic Giuly, soccer player.
*16 July - Romain Haguenauer, ice dancer.
*25 July - Stéphane Rideau, actor.
*2 August - Stéphane Pichot, soccer player.
*7 August - Nicolas Brusque, rugby union player.
*8 August - Olivier Monterrubio, soccer player.
*9 August - Audrey Tautou, actress.
*20 August - Anaïs Croze, singer.
*22 August - Laurent Hernu, decathlete.
*25 August - Céline Lebrun, judoka and Olympic medallist.
*26 August - Sébastien Vieilledent, rower and Olympic gold medallist.
*27 August - Benoît Poilvet, cyclist.
*31 August - Vincent Delerm, singer-songwriter, pianist and composer.
*31 August - Romain Larrieu, soccer player.
*4 September - Lise Legrand, wrestler and Olympic medallist.
*6 September - Laurent Carrasco, rugby league player.
*6 September - Robert, comte de la Marche, Prince de France.
*6 September - Alain Raguel, soccer player.
*9 September - Emma de Caunes, actress.
*14 September - Lionel Nallet, rugby union player.
*19 September - Marc Boutruche, soccer player.
*19 September - Laurent Emmanuelli, rugby union player.
*20 September - Frédéric Jay, soccer player.
*29 September - Grégory Tafforeau, soccer player.

October to December

*6 October - Hubert Henno, volleyball player.
*15 October - Cédric Bardon, soccer player.
*24 October - David Recorbet, soccer player.
*26 October - Ludovic Asuar, soccer player.
*1 November - Ludovic Mercier, rugby union player.
*3 November - Arnaud Labbe, cyclist.
*11 November - Nicolas Gillet, soccer player.
*15 November - Julien Lachuer, soccer player.
*25 November - Grégory Havret, golfer.
*27 November - David Abrard, swimmer.
*1 December - Yoann Bouchard, soccer player.
*6 December - Cédric Claverie, judoka.
*7 December - Benoît Tréluyer, motor racing driver.
*18 December - Pierre Ducrocq, soccer player.
*19 December - Jacques-Olivier Paviot, soccer player.
*20 December - Benoît August, rugby union player.
*25 December - Cédric Berthelin, soccer player.
*31 December - Frédérique Bangué, athlete.

Deaths

January to June

*21 January - Joseph-Marie Martin, Cardinal (b.1891).
*20 February - René Cassin, jurist and judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 (b.1887).
*1 March - Jean Martinon, conductor and composer (b.1910).
*3 March - Pierre Molinier, painter and photographer (b.1900).
*8 March - Pauline de Rothschild, fashion icon and tastemaker (b.1908).
*12 March - Jacques Carlu, architect and designer (b.1890).
*19 March - Albert Dieudonné, actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist (b.1889).
*1 April - Roger Rivière, cyclist (b.1936).
*24 April - Ferdinand Le Drogo, cyclist (b.1903).
*31 May - Jacques Monod, biologist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 (b.1910).
*5 June - Jean de Limur, film director (b.1887).

July to December

*27 July - Lucien Rosengart, engineer (b.1881).
*13 August - Martial Guéroult, philosopher and historian of philosophy (b.1891).
*27 August - Georges Marrane, politician (b.1888).
*1 September - Jules Merviel, cyclist (b.1909).
*24 September - Achille Souchard, cyclist (b.1900).
*18 October - Janine Micheau, lyric soprano opera singer (b.1914).
*21 October - Jean Berveiller, composer and organist (b.1904).
*25 October - Raymond Queneau, poet and novelist (b.1903).
*15 November - Jean Gabin, actor (b.1904).
*23 November - André Malraux, author, adventurer and statesman (b.1901).
*24 December - Jean de Broglie, politician, assassinated (b.1921).

Full date unknown

*Émile Benveniste, structural linguist (b.1902).
*Albert Dubout, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (b.1905).
*Pierre Garat, civil servant in Vichy France (b.1919).
*René Herse, bicycle constructor (b.1913).
*Charles Jourdan, fashion designer (b.1883).
*Pierre Jean Jouve, writer, novelist and poet (b.1887).
*Pierre La Mure, author (b.1909).
*Robert Louzon, engineer, revolutionary syndicalist, anarchist and socialist (b.1882).
*François Ozenda, painter (b.1923).

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