Historical clue formulations

• Leader of the Free French — 2015-09-20
• His death prompted Georges Pompidou to say "France is a widow" — 2013-06-14
• He said "How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 kinds of cheese?" — 2007-12-07
• President with a bridge in Montreal named after him — 2007-08-09
• 39-Across in Paris — 2003-11-17