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Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle disappeared

Time: Wednesday May 29, 1968

Place: France

Details: On 29 May, De Gaulle disappeared without notifying Prime Minister Pompidou or anyone else in the government, stunning the country.

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May 1968

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