De Gaulle's Citroën DS and some nearby shops were raked with machine-gun fire. De Gaulle and his wife and entourage escaped uninjured. (22 August 1961)
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Saturday 10th of February 1962 (x) — The United States and Russia exchange United States Air Force pilot Francis Gary Powers along with U.S. student Frederic Pryor for Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher aka Rudolf Abel in a well-publicized spy swap.