1966 in France

"See also:"
1965 in France,
other events of 1966,
1967 in France.

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Events from the year 1966 in France.

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

port

*21 June - Tour de France begins.
*14 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Aimar.

Births

January to March

*17 January - Jean-Pierre Delaunay, soccer player and coach.
*24 January - Julie Dreyfus, actress.
*1 February - Laurent Garnier, techno music producer and DJ.
*3 February - Jean-Jacques Eydelie, soccer player.
*4 February - Guillaume Dasquié, journalist and writer.
*28 February - Eric Dubus, athlete.
*29 March - Stéphane Bré, soccer referee.

April to June

*3 April - Rémi Garde, soccer player and coach.
*19 April - Véronique Gens, soprano.
*24 April - Pascale Paradis, tennis player.
*28 April - Jean-Luc Crétier, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist.
*11 May - Estelle Lefébure, supermodel.
*14 May - Marianne Denicourt, actress.
*17 May - Gilles Quénéhervé, athlete and Olympic medallist.
*24 May - Eric Cantona, soccer player.
*30 May - Frédéric Hantz, soccer manager.
*14 June - Thierry Bonalair, soccer player.
*14 June - Béatrice Mouthon, triathlete.
*14 June - Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys, triathlete.
*16 June - Patrice Killoffer, comics illustrator and writer.
*16 June - Stéphane Traineau, judoka and Olympic medallist.
*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 Jodard, 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

*10 October - Laurent Duhamel, soccer referee.
*18 October - Thierry Lamberton, ice speed skater.
*25 October - Lionel Charbonnier, soccer player.
*6 November - Laurent Lafforgue, mathematician.
*17 November - Sophie Marceau, actress.
*19 November - Dominique Arnould, cyclist.
*23 November - Vincent Cassel, actor.
*30 November - Philippe Bozon, ice hockey player.
*10 December - Benjamin Clément, soccer player.
*20 December - Hélène Rollès, actress and singer.
*29 December - Laurent Boudouani, boxer and Olympic medallist.
*29 December - Patrice Rognon, judoka and Olympic medallist.

Full date unknown

*Jean-Pascal Beintus, composer.
*Catherine Dufour, writer.
*Jean-Christophe Jeauffre, explorer, filmmaker and producer.

Deaths

January to March

*1 January - Vincent Auriol, politician, President of France (b.1884).
*4 January - Marcel Tabuteau, oboist (b.1887).
*6 January - Jean Lurçat, painter and tapestry designer (b.1892).
*22 January - Jean Galtier-Boissière, writer, polemist and journalist (b.1891).
*11 March - Jean Laigret, biologist (b.1893).
*16 March - Jean Neuberth, abstract painter (b.1915).
*31 March - Andre Richaume, archetier/bowmaker (b.1905).

April to June

*13 April - Georges Duhamel, author (b.1884).
*4 May - Amédée Ozenfant, cubist painter (b.1886).
*24 May - Henri Barbé, communist (b.1902).
*7 June - Jean Arp, sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist (b.1886).
*13 June - Pierre Chaumié, politician (b.1880).
*19 June - Pierre Montet, Egyptologist (b.1885).
*26 June - Francois Dupre, hotelier, art collector and horse breeder (b.1888).

July to September

*14 July - Julie Manet, painter and art collector (b.1878).
*17 August - François Piétri, politician, Minister and diplomat (b.1882).
*14 September - Alexandre Bioussa, rugby union player (b.1901).
*21 September - Paul Reynaud, politician and lawyer (b.1878).
*28 September - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist (b.1896).

October to December

*6 October - Pierre Couderc, screenwriter, actor, acrobat and film producer (b.1896).
*8 October - Célestin Freinet, pedagogue, and educational reformer (b.1896).
*10 October - Robert Desoille, psychotherapist (b.1890).
*17 October - Cléo de Mérode, dancer (b.1875).
*28 October - Robert Charpentier, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist (b.1916).

Full date unknown

*Charles Catteau, industrial designer (b.1880).
*Frédéric Justin Collet, pathologist and otolaryngologist (b.1870).
*Louis Couffignal, mathematician and cybernetics pioneer (b.1902).
*Edmond Locard, pioneer in forensic science (b.1877).
*Louis Renou, indologist (b.1896).
*André Spire, poet, writer, and Zionist activist (b.1868).

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