2006 in France
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This article lists events from the year 2006 in France.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- 9 March – Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis: A former teacher takes 23 hostages including 21 students.[1]
- April – France formally charges six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.[2]
- July – France begins the trial against six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.[2]
- 11 October – A train crash at Zoufftgen kills six people.[3]
- 16 November – Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace Plan is announced.
- Full date unknown:
- Axess Vision Technology, a medical device manufacturer is founded.[4]
Births[edit]
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- 16 January – Rebiha Khebtani, politician (born 1926).
- 27 January – Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer (born 1965).
February[edit]
- 9 February – André Strappe, international soccer player (born 1928).
- 12 February – Henri Guédon, percussionist (born 1944).
- 13 February – Ilan Halimi, kidnap and murder victim (b. c1982).
- 14 February – Darry Cowl, musician and actor (born 1925).
March[edit]
- 9 March – Jean Leymarie, art historian (born 1919).
- 10 March – Jean Hermil, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (born 1917).
- 22 March – Pierre Clostermann, flying ace, author, engineer and politician (born 1921).
- March – Jean Desclaux, rugby union coach (born 1922).
April[edit]
- 5 April – Alain de Boissieu, Army chief-of-staff (born 1914).
- 17 April – Jean Bernard, physician and haematologist (born 1907).
- 25 April – Roger Duchêne, biographer (born 1930).
- 30 April – Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (born 1924).
May[edit]
- 1 May – Jean-Pierre Hubert, author (born 1941).
- 9 May – Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic (born 1924).
- 23 May – Philippe Amaury, publishing tycoon and entrepreneur (born 1940).
- 24 May – Claude Piéplu, actor (born 1923).
- 26 May – Édouard Michelin, businessman (born 1963)[5]
- 26 May – Raymond Triboulet, resistance fighter and politician (born 1906).
- 27 May – Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist (born 1924).
- 29 May – Johnny Servoz-Gavin, motor racing driver (born 1942).
June[edit]
- 5 June – André Mandouze, academic and journalist (born 1916).
- 6 June – Léon Weil, World War I veteran (born 1896).
- 11 June – Rolande Falcinelli, organist, pianist and composer (born 1920).
- 15 June – Raymond Devos, humorist, comedian and clown (born 1922).
- 19 June – René Renou, wine expert (born 1952).
- 20 June – Raymond Daudel, theoretical and quantum chemist (born 1920).
- 21 June – Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (born 1927).
July[edit]
- 3 July – Francis Cammaerts, Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent (born 1916).
- 8 July – Catherine Leroy, photojournalist and photographer (born 1945).
- 19 July - Pascal Renwick, French voice actor (born 1954)
- 20 July – Charles Bettelheim, economist and historian (born 1913).
- 20 July – Gérard Oury, actor, writer and producer (born 1919).
- 29 July – Pierre Vidal-Naquet, historian (born 1930).
August[edit]
- 2 August – Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, militant communist, resistance fighter and politician (born 1914).
- 10 August – Olivier Lecerf, businessman and racehorse owner (b. c1928).
- 17 August – Bernard Rapp, film director and television news presenter (born 1945).
- 26 August – François Lamoureux, European civil servant (born 1946).
- 26 August – Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian (born 1912).
September[edit]
- 3 September – Françoise Claustre, archaeologist, (born 1937).
- 9 September – Gérard Brach, film director and screenwriter (born 1927).
- 11 September – Solange Fernex, pacifist activist and politician (born 1934).
- 20 September – Henri Jayer, vintner (born 1922).
- 30 September – André Schwarz-Bart, novelist (born 1928).
October[edit]
- 6 October – Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist (born 1923).
- 9 October – Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer (born 1931).
- 9 October – Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (born 1936).
- 12 October – Eugène Martin, motor racing driver (born 1915).
- 17 October – Daniel Emilfork, actor (born 1924).
- 28 October – Tina Aumont, actress (born 1946).
November[edit]
- 2 November – Adrien Douady, mathematician (born 1935).
- 3 November – Paul Mauriat, musical director (born 1925).
- 7 November – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician (born 1924).
- 10 November – Maurice Floquet, France's oldest man on record (born 1894).
- 11 November – Anicée Alvina, singer and actress (born 1953).
- 12 November – Alphonse Halimi, boxer (born 1932).
- 14 November – Gustave Choquet, mathematician (born 1915).
- 14 November – Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, journalist, essayist and novelist (born 1929).
- 23 November – Philippe Noiret, actor (born 1930).
December[edit]
- 1 December – Claude Jade, actress (born 1948).
- 27 December – Pierre Delanoë, songwriter/lyricist (born 1918).
Full date unknown[edit]
- Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, psychoanalyst (born 1928).
References[edit]
- ^ "Ex-teacher seizes French students", BBC News Online
- ^ a b France judge postpones terrorism verdict for former Guantanamo detainees
- ^ "Luxembourg takes rail crash blame". BBC News. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2006.
- ^ Brosky, John (2009). "Three EU companies vying to launch single use endoscope". Medical Device Daily. 13.
- ^ "Édouard Michelin, 42, Tire Executive, Is Dead". The New York Times. Associated Press. 27 May 2006. p. A14. Retrieved 11 May 2008.