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41st year  -  N° 36                 Thursday, 5 February 2026         Antwerpen		
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Tuesday 22nd of August 1961
65 years, 6 months and 16 days ago




34-year-old lieutenant-colonel and military air weaponry engineer Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry attempts to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle in Rue Charles Debry, Clamart, Île-de-France, France.

De Gaulle's Citroën DS and some nearby shops were raked with machine-gun fire. De Gaulle and his wife and entourage escaped uninjured.