1976 in France
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Events from the year 1976 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
- Prime Minister: Jacques Chirac (until 29 August), Raymond Barre (starting 29 August)
Events
- 21 January - The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.
- 7 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 14 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 9 April - Peugeot takes over Citroen to form PSA Peugeot Citroen.[1]
- 27 June - Palestinian extremists hijack an Air France plane in Greece with 246 passengers and 12 crew. They take it to Entebbe, Uganda.
- June - Launch of the Renault 14, a five-door small family hatchback with front-wheel drive which is similar in concept to the hugely successful Volkswagen Golf from West Germany.
- 4 July - Entebbe Raid: Israeli airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by Palestinian hijackers of an Air France plane at Uganda's Entebbe Airport; 1 Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid.
- 25 August - Resignation of Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister of France; he is succeeded by Raymond Barre.
Arts and literature
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Sport
- 24 June - Tour de France begins.
- 18 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Van Impe of Belgium.
Births
January to March
- 2 January - Nicolas Goussé, soccer player.
- 17 January - Yohan Lachor, soccer player.
- 20 January - Lilian Jégou, cyclist.
- 20 January - Yann Pivois, cyclist.
- 22 January - Christophe Himmer, soccer player.
- 28 January - Pierrick Bourgeat, alpine skier.
- 31 January - Vincent Masingue, basketball player.
- 1 February - Julien Loy, triathlete.
- 2 February - Olivier Mutis, tennis player.
- 3 February - Stéphane Antiga, volleyball player.
- 7 February - Florent Brard, cyclist.
- 8 February - Nicolas Vouilloz, mountain biker and rally driver.
- 9 February - Walter Lapeyre, pistol shooter.
- 21 February - Richard Massolin, soccer player.
- 21 February - Armand Raimbault, soccer player.
- 22 February - Matthieu Louis-Jean, soccer player.
- 24 February - Romain Ferrier, soccer player.
- 25 February - Cyril Abidi, Kickboxing Champion and Muay Thai World Champion.
- 25 February - Sammy Traoré, soccer player.
- 26 February - Cédric Michaud, speed skater.
- 5 March - Stéphane Léoni, soccer player.
- 5 March - Samuel Plouhinec, cyclist.
- 6 March - Cédric Barbosa, soccer player.
- 6 March - Antoine Dénériaz, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist.
- 12 March - Julien Courbey, actor.
- 15 March - Sébastien Gondouin, soccer player.
April to June
- 3 April - Nicolas Escudé, tennis player.
- 4 April - Sébastien Enjolras, motor racing driver (died 1997).
- 8 April - Gaston Curbelo, soccer player.
- 8 April - Sylvain Marconnet, rugby union player.
- 15 April - Christophe Dussart, soccer player.
- 16 April - Doriane Vidal, snowboarder and Olympic medallist.
- 17 April - Maïwenn Le Besco, actress.
- 10 May - Romain Barnier, swimmer.
- 15 May - Cyrille Thouvenin, actor.
- 17 May - Benjamin Delmas, ice dancer.
- 22 May - Ludovic Valbon, rugby union player.
- 21 June - Alexandra Cousteau, environmentalist.
- 23 June - Patrick Vieira, international soccer player.
- 25 June - Sylvain N'Diaye, soccer player.
July to September
- 2 July - Laurent Lefèvre, cyclist.
- 9 July - Pascal Briand, speed skater.
- 10 July - Ludovic Giuly, soccer player.
- 16 July - Romain Haguenauer, ice dancer.
- 25 July - Stéphane Rideau, actor.
- 2 August - Stéphane Pichot, soccer player.
- 7 August - Nicolas Brusque, rugby union player.
- 8 August - Olivier Monterrubio, soccer player.
- 9 August - Audrey Tautou, actress.
- 20 August - Anaïs Croze, singer.
- 22 August - Laurent Hernu, decathlete.
- 25 August - Céline Lebrun, judoka and Olympic medallist.
- 26 August - Sébastien Vieilledent, rower and Olympic gold medallist.
- 27 August - Benoît Poilvet, cyclist.
- 31 August - Vincent Delerm, singer-songwriter, pianist and composer.
- 31 August - Romain Larrieu, soccer player.
- 4 September - Lise Legrand, wrestler and Olympic medallist.
- 6 September - Laurent Carrasco, rugby league player.
- 6 September - Alain Raguel, soccer player.
- 9 September - Emma de Caunes, actress.
- 14 September - Lionel Nallet, rugby union player.
- 19 September - Marc Boutruche, soccer player.
- 19 September - Laurent Emmanuelli, rugby union player.
- 20 September - Frédéric Jay, soccer player.
- 29 September - Grégory Tafforeau, soccer player.
October to December
- 5 October - Alessandra Sublet, television host
- 6 October - Hubert Henno, volleyball player.
- 15 October - Cédric Bardon, soccer player.
- 24 October - David Recorbet, soccer player.
- 26 October - Ludovic Asuar, soccer player.
- 1 November - Ludovic Mercier, rugby union player.
- 3 November - Arnaud Labbe, cyclist.
- 11 November - Nicolas Gillet, soccer player.
- 15 November - Julien Lachuer, soccer player.
- 25 November - Grégory Havret, golfer.
- 27 November - David Abrard, swimmer.
- 1 December - Yoann Bouchard, soccer player.
- 6 December - Cédric Claverie, judoka.
- 7 December - Benoît Tréluyer, motor racing driver.
- 18 December - Pierre Ducrocq, soccer player.
- 19 December - Jacques-Olivier Paviot, soccer player.
- 20 December - Benoît August, rugby union player.
- 25 December - Cédric Berthelin, soccer player.
- 31 December - Frédérique Bangué, athlete.
Deaths
January to June
- 8 January - Pierre Jean Jouve, poet and novelist (born 1887).
- 21 January - Joseph-Marie Martin, Cardinal (born 1891).
- 12 February - Charles Jourdan, fashion designer (born 1883).
- 20 February - René Cassin, jurist and judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 (born 1887).
- 1 March - Jean Martinon, conductor and composer (born 1910).
- 3 March - Pierre Molinier, painter and photographer (born 1900).
- 8 March - Pauline de Rothschild, fashion icon and tastemaker (born 1908).
- 12 March - Jacques Carlu, architect and designer (born 1890).
- 19 March - Albert Dieudonné, actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist (born 1889).
- 1 April - Roger Rivière, cyclist (born 1936).
- 24 April - Ferdinand Le Drogo, cyclist (born 1903).
- 31 May - Jacques Monod, biologist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 (born 1910).
- 5 June - Jean de Limur, film director (born 1887).
- 27 June - Albert Dubout, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (born 1905).
July to December
- 27 July - Lucien Rosengart, engineer (born 1881).
- 13 August - Martial Guéroult, philosopher and historian of philosophy (born 1891).
- 27 August - Georges Marrane, politician (born 1888).
- 1 September - Jules Merviel, cyclist (born 1909).
- 24 September - Achille Souchard, cyclist (born 1900).
- 3 October - Émile Benveniste, structural linguist (born 1902).
- 11 October — Werner Haas (pianist), German pianist (born 1931)
- 18 October - Janine Micheau, lyric soprano opera singer (born 1914).
- 21 October - Jean Berveiller, composer and organist (born 1904).
- 25 October - Raymond Queneau, poet and novelist (born 1903).
- 15 November - Jean Gabin, actor (born 1904).
- 23 November - André Malraux, author, adventurer and statesman (born 1901).
- 24 December - Jean de Broglie, politician, assassinated (born 1921).
- 28 December - Pierre La Mure, author (born 1899).
Full date unknown
- Pierre Garat, civil servant in Vichy France (born 1919).
- René Herse, bicycle constructor (born 1913).
- Robert Louzon, engineer, revolutionary syndicalist, anarchist and socialist (born 1882).
- François Ozenda, painter (born 1923).