Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's proposal to change the election procedure for the French presidency
Time: Sunday Oct 28, 1962
Place: Paris, France
Details: De Gaulle's proposal to change the election procedure for the French presidency was approved at the referendum on 28 October 1962 by more than three-fifths of voters despite a broad "coalition of no" formed by most of the parties, opposed to a presidential regime.