French general and politician, President of France (died 1970)

Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. Following the 1958 Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement at the request of President René Coty, who appointed him Prime Minister. He commissioned a new constitution which was approved by voters in a referendum, establishing the Fifth Republic. He was subsequently elected President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in 1969.

Born

1890

November 22

Died

1970

Era

1890s

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1890 Born
1970 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

498 After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
845 The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
1210 The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort after a four-month siege during the Albigensian Crusade.
1220 Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III.

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The world in 1970

When Charles departed

april 1 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
april 1 A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
april 10 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
april 11 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.

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Also born in 1890

Agnes Macphail 1890–1954 Canadian educator and politician (born 1890) Aimee Semple McPherson 1890–1944 Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944) Conrad Richter 1890–1968 American journalist and novelist (died 1968) Harry Pollitt 1890–1960 British politician and Secretary General of the Communist Party of Great Britain (born 1890) Marjorie Main 1890–1975 American actress (born 1890) Marjory Stoneman Douglas 1890–1998 American journalist and activist (died 1998) Max Immelmann 1890–1916 German lieutenant and pilot (born 1890) Norman Bethune 1890–1939 Canadian soldier and physician (died 1939) Ronald Fisher 1890–1962 English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist (died 1962)

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