1966 in France
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Events from the year 1966 in France.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Sport
- 21 June - Tour de France begins.
- 14 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Aimar.
[edit] Births
- 24 January - Julie Dreyfus, actress.
- 24 May - Eric Cantona, soccer player.
- 15 July - Irène Jacob, actress.
- 17 November - Sophie Marceau, actress.
- 23 November - Vincent Cassel, actor.
[edit] Deaths
- 1 January - Vincent Auriol, politician, President of France (b.1884).
- 13 April - Georges Duhamel, author (b.1884).
- 28 September - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist (b.1896).
