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16 October 1959.The bullet riddled car of French senator François Mitterrand, who told police today that after a wild chase through the streets of Paris early this morning he jumped from the car seconds before unknown gunmen opened up with submachineguns. The attempt to kill the former Minister of Justice was made after the National Assembly gave a massive vote of confidence for President Charles De Gaulle's Algerian policy. Paris, France. (KEYSTONE/United Archives / TopFoto/TopFoto.co.uk)