1986 in France
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See also: 1985 in France, other events of 1986, 1987 in France.
Events from the year 1986 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 20 January - The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.
- 12 February - Treaty of Canterbury, Anglo-French Treaty on the Channel Tunnel, is signed.
- 16 February - The French Air Force raids the Libyan Ouadi Doum airbase in northern Chad.
- 16 March - Legislative Election held.
- 16 March - Regional Elections held.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Sport
- 4 July - Tour de France begins.
- 27 July - Tour de France ends, won by Greg LeMond of the United States.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- 21 January - Julien Jousse, motor racing driver.
- 13 February - Arnaud Lescure,soccer player.
- 14 February - Djamel Abdoun, soccer player.
- February 24 - Sébastien Rouault, freestyle swimmer
- 28 February - Dieudonné Owona, soccer player.
- 5 March - Alexandre Barthe, soccer player.
- 8 March - Aurélien Collin, soccer player.
- 19 March - Clément Lhotellerie, cyclist.
[edit] April to June
- 15 April - Sylvain Marveaux, soccer player.
- 11 May - Abou Diaby, soccer player.
- 21 May - Guillaume Loriot, soccer player.
- 30 May - Anthony Delavaud, soccer player.
- 18 June - Richard Gasquet, tennis player.
- 20 June - Mathieu Coutadeur, soccer player.
- 21 June - Alexandre Raineau, soccer player.
- 25 June - Guillaume Quellier, soccer player.
[edit] July to September
- 3 July - Romain Danzé, soccer player.
- 9 July - Sébastien Bassong, soccer player.
- 11 July - Jean-Christophe Napoléon, claimant to headship of the House of Bonaparte.
- 12 July - Didier Digard, soccer player.
- 27 July - François Braud, Nordic combined skier.
- 6 August - Jérôme Coppel, cyclist.
- 7 August - Alexis Allart, soccer player.
- 9 August - Romain Brégerie, soccer player.
- 10 August - Julien Chendri, soccer player.
- 11 August - Zoumana Bakayogo, soccer player.
- 13 August - Xavier Pentecôte, soccer player.
- 17 August - Julien Quercia, soccer player.
- 19 August - Arnaud Brocard, soccer player.
- 20 August - Pernelle Carron, ice dancer.
- 20 August - Damien Gaudin, cyclist.
- 1 September - Jean Sarkozy, regional councillor, son of President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy.
- 11 September - Cédric Avinel, soccer player.
- 16 September - Gaëtan Belaud, soccer player.
[edit] October to December
- 9 October - Laure Manaudou, swimmer.
- 10 October - Pierre Rolland, cyclist.
- 1 November - Arnaud Mignardi, rugby union player.
- 16 November - Maxime Médard, rugby union player.
- 17 October - Alexandre Bonnet, soccer player.
- 11 November - François Trinh-Duc, rugby union player.
- 17 November - Alexis Vastine, boxer.
- 30 November - Abdoulaye Baldé, soccer player.
[edit] Full date unknown
- Marie de Villepin, socialite, model, and actress.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to March
- 8 January - Pierre Fournier, cellist (b.1906).
- 9 January - Michel de Certeau, Jesuit and scholar (b.1925).
- 11 January - Roger Trinquier, army officer (b.1908).
- 12 January - Marcel Arland, novelist, literary critic and journalist (b.1899).
- 14 January - Thierry Sabine, motor cycle racer (b.1949).
- 23 January - Yvonne Lefébure, pianist (b.1898).
- 19 February - André Leroi-Gourhan, archaeologist, paleontologist, paleoanthropologist and anthropologist (b.1911).
- 22 February - Jacques Pâris de Bollardière, General (b.1907).
- 23 March - Étienne Mattler, international soccer player (b.1905).
[edit] April to June
- 14 April - Simone de Beauvoir, author and philosopher (b.1908).
- 15 April - Jean Genet, writer and political activist (b.1910).
- 17 April - Marcel Dassault, aircraft industrialist (b.1892).
- 29 April - Henri de France, pioneering television inventor (b.1911).
- 7 May - Gaston Defferre, politician (b.1910).
- 16 June - Christian Beullac, politician and Minister (b.1923).
- 16 June - Maurice Duruflé, composer and organist (b.1902).
- 19 June - Coluche, comedian and actor (b.1944).
[edit] July to September
- 1 July - Jean Baratte, soccer player and manager (b.1923).
- 14 July - Raymond Loewy, industrial designer (b.1893).
- 14 August - Pierre Bertaux, Germanist (b.1907).
- 15 August - Louis Peglion, cyclist (b.1906).
- 12 September - Jacques Henri Lartigue, photographer and painter (b.1894).
[edit] October to December
- 11 October - Georges Dumézil, philologist (b.1898).
- 1 November - Pierre Repp, humorist and actor (b.1909).
- 13 November - Thierry Le Luron, impersonator and humorist (b.1952).
- 17 November - Georges Besse, businessman, assassinated (b.1927).
- 27 November - Philippe Viannay, journalist (b.1917).
- 27 December - André Cailleux, paleontologist and geologist (b.1907).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Jacques Baron, poet (b.1905).
- Albert Malet, painter (b.1912).
- Henri Michel, historian (b.1907).
- Marcel Simon, historian (b.1907).
- Roger Trézel, bridge player (b.1918).
