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1966 in France

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1966
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Events from the year 1966 in France.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 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

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Sport

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Natalie Nougayrede | Biography & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ nationale, Assemblée. "M. Thierry Perez - Isère (10e circonscription)". Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Louise Thuliez (1881–1966)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 30 March 2018.