1976 in France
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See also: 1975 in France, other events of 1976, 1977 in France.
Events from the year 1976 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 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.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Sport
- 24 June - Tour de France begins.
- 18 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Van Impe of Belgium.
[edit] Births
- 23 June - Patrick Vieira, soccer player.
- 10 July - Ludovic Giuly, soccer player.
- 25 July - Stéphane Rideau, actor.
[edit] Deaths
- 20 February - René Cassin, jurist and judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 (b.1887).
- 31 May - Jacques Monod, biologist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 (b.1910).
- 25 October - Raymond Queneau, poet and novelist (b.1903).
- 15 November - Jean Gabin, actor (b.1904).
