List of events
Events from the year 1966 in France .
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 [ edit ] 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 .
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17 May – Gilles Quénéhervé , athlete and Olympic medallist.
24 May – Eric Cantona , soccer player.
29 May – Natalie Nougayrède , journalist.[ 1]
30 May – Frédéric Hantz , soccer manager.
14 June
16 June
18 June – Catherine Fleury-Vachon , judoka and Olympic gold medallist.
22 June – Emmanuelle Seigner , actress. 1 July – Stéphan Caron , swimmer and Olympic medallist.
5 July – Laurence Ferrari , journalist.
8 July – Jean-Philippe Jódard, 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 [ edit ] 13 April – Georges Duhamel , author (born 1884).
4 May – Amédée Ozenfant , cubist painter (born 1886).
24 May – Henri Barbé , communist (born 1902).
7 June – Jean Arp , sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist (born 1886).
13 June – Pierre Chaumié , politician (born 1880).
19 June – Pierre Montet , Egyptologist (born 1885).
26 June – François Dupré , hotelier, art collector and horse breeder (born 1888). 14 July – Julie Manet , painter and art collector (born 1878).
29 July – André Spire , poet, writer, and Zionist activist (born 1868).
17 August – François Piétri , politician, Minister and diplomat (born 1882).
18 August – Louis Renou , indologist (born 1896).
14 September – Alexandre Bioussa , rugby union player (born 1901).
21 September – Paul Reynaud , politician and lawyer (born 1878).
28 September – André Breton , writer, poet, and surrealist theorist (born 1896). October to December [ edit ]
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