1966 in France

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

Events from the year 1966 in France.

Contents

1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Sport
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 References

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

Sport

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.
26 April - Jean-Christophe Jeauffre, explorer, filmmaker and producer.
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.

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).

References