1996 in France

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Events from the year 1996 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President – Jacques Chirac
  • Prime Minister – Alain Juppé

Events[]

  • 8 January – Former president of France and founder of the Socialist Party of France, François Mitterrand, dies.
  • 29 January – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing.
  • 5 May – A fire in Paris destroys much of Crédit Lyonnais bank's headquarters.
  • 23 May – Members of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria kill seven French Trappist monks, after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down.
  • 27 – 29 June – 22nd G7 summit takes place in Lyon.
  • 8 October – Launch of Renault Mégane Scénic, a five-seater mini MPV based on the floorpan of the standard Mégane hatchback.[1]
  • 18 November – Channel Tunnel fire on a truck being carried on an HGV shuttle.

Arts and literature[]

Sport[]

  • 29 June – Tour de France begins.
  • 30 June – French Grand Prix won by Damon Hill of the United Kingdom.
  • 21 July – Tour de France ends, won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark.

Births[]

  • 7 February - Pierre Gasly, racing driver
  • 8 February - Lys Mousset, footballer
  • 23 February - Modibo Tounkara, footballer
  • 26 February – Bertille Noël-Bruneau, actress.
  • 21 March - Adam Ellis, grasstrack and speedway rider.
  • 26 April - Laurine Lecavelier, figure skater.
  • 9 May – Caroline Costa, singer and TV presenter.
  • 13 June - Kingsley Coman, footballer.
  • 21 June - Léa Lemare, ski jumper.
  • 29 June - Estelle Elizabeth, ice dancer.
  • 12 August – Oscar Laurent, singer-songwriter.
  • 14 August - Neal Maupay, footballer.
  • 27 August - Estel-Anaïs Hubaud, competitor.
  • 17 September - Esteban Ocon, racing driver
  • 20 September - Anaïs Ventard, figure skater.
  • 22 September - Anthoine Hubert, racing driver (d. 2019)
  • 27 September - Maxwel Cornet, footballer
  • 12 December - Mathéo Tuscher, Swiss-born racing driver.
  • 17 December - Anne Kuhm, gymnast.

Full date unknown[]

  • Bahia Bakari

Deaths[]

January[]

  • 8 January – François Mitterrand, President of France from 1981 to 1995 (born 1916).
  • 15 January – Max Varnel, film and television director (born 1925).

February[]

  • 6 February – Jacques Wertheimer, businessman (born 1911).
  • 11 February – Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger, photographer and ethnographer (born 1902).
  • 14 February – Louis Finot, international soccer player (born 1909).
  • 17 February – Hervé Bazin, writer (born 1911).

March[]

  • 2 March – Célestin Delmer, international soccer player (born 1907).
  • 3 March – Marguerite Duras, writer and film director (born 1914).
  • 3 March – Léo Malet, novelist (born 1909).
  • 17 March – René Clément, screenwriter and film director (born 1913).
  • 20 March – Claude Bourdet, writer, journalist and politician (born 1909).
  • 22 March – Claude Mauriac, author and journalist (born 1914).
  • 24 March – Jean-Claude Piumi, soccer player (born 1940).
  • 29 March – Christophe Caze, terrorist (born 1969).

April to June[]

  • 21 April – Robert Hersant, newspaper magnate (born 1920).
  • 29 April – François Picard, motor racing driver (born 1921).
  • 25 May – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer (born 1937).
  • 30 May – Léon-Etienne Duval, Cardinal (born 1903).
  • 15 June – Raymond Salles, rower (born 1920).
  • 15 June – Yvonne Vallée, actress (born 1899).

July to September[]

  • 17 July – Paul Touvier, convicted of crime against humanity for his Collaborationist role during Vichy France (born 1915).
  • 29 July �� Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, mathematician (born 1920).
  • 2 August – Michel Debré, politician and first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic (born 1912).
  • 4 August – André Trochut, cyclist (born 1931).
  • 30 August – Christine Pascal, actress, writer and director (born 1953).

October to December[]

  • 11 October – Pierre Grimal, historian and classicist (born 1912).
  • 12 October – René Lacoste, tennis player (born 1904).
  • 12 October – Roger Lapébie, cyclist, won the 1937 Tour de France (born 1911).
  • 15 October – Pierre Franey, chef and food writer (born 1921).
  • 17 October – Jean-Pierre Munch, cyclist (born 1926).
  • 26 October – Henri Lepage, fencer (born 1908).
  • 31 October – Marcel Carné, film director (born 1906).
  • 3 December – Georges Duby, historian (born 1919).
  • 3 December – Jean Tabaud, artist (born 1914).
  • 9 December – Alain Poher, politician (born 1909).
  • 11 December – Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, member of the French Resistance (born 1912).
  • 21 December – Alfred Tonello, cyclist (born 1929).
  • 25 December – Roger Duchesne, actor (born 1906).
  • 25 December – Gabriel Loire, stained glass artist (born 1904).
  • 29 December – Mireille Hartuch, singer, composer and actress (born 1906).

Full date unknown[]

See also[]

References[]

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