22 January – President
Charles de Gaulle fires General
Jacques Massu from
Algeria following an interview in a German newspaper where he stated that the army may have made a mistake in returning him to power.
24 January – A major insurrection occurs in
Algiers against French colonial policy.
12 April – Eric Peugeot, youngest son of the founder of
Peugeot, is kidnapped in
Paris. Kidnappers release him 15 April in exchange for $300,000
ransom.
27 April –
Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
28 November –
Mauritania becomes independent of France.
5 December –
Pierre Lagaillarde, who led 1958 and 1960 insurrections in
Algeria, fails to appear in a
Paris court. He has reportedly fled with his four fellow defendants to Spain, en route to Algeria.[2]
9 December – President
Charles de Gaulle's visit to
Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and
Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people.
22 January – President
Charles de Gaulle fires General
Jacques Massu from
Algeria following an interview in a German newspaper where he stated that the army may have made a mistake in returning him to power.
24 January – A major insurrection occurs in
Algiers against French colonial policy.
12 April – Eric Peugeot, youngest son of the founder of
Peugeot, is kidnapped in
Paris. Kidnappers release him 15 April in exchange for $300,000
ransom.
27 April –
Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
28 November –
Mauritania becomes independent of France.
5 December –
Pierre Lagaillarde, who led 1958 and 1960 insurrections in
Algeria, fails to appear in a
Paris court. He has reportedly fled with his four fellow defendants to Spain, en route to Algeria.[2]
9 December – President
Charles de Gaulle's visit to
Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and
Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people.