1987 in France
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See also: 1986 in France, other events of 1987, 1988 in France.
Events from the year 1987 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 11 May - Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
- 4 July - A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbie to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
- 1 December - Construction of the Channel Tunnel is initiated.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Sport
- 20 April - Professional cyclist and reigning Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is accidentally shot while turkey hunting.
- 1 July - Tour de France begins.
- 26 July - Tour de France ends, won by Stephen Roche of Ireland.
[edit] Births
- 14 March - Aravane Rezaï, tennis player.
[edit] Deaths
- 19 March - Louis de Broglie, physicist and a Nobel laureate (b.1892).
- 3 May - Dalida, singer (b.1933).
- 3 October - Jean Anouilh, dramatist (b.1910).
- 28 October - André Masson, artist (b.1896).
- 2 December - Luis Federico Leloir, doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b.1906).
