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Events on Friday 21 April 1961 1
1961Algiers putschFrench generals attempt coup over Algerian independence talksFour retired French generals led a failed military coup in Algiers to prevent President de Gaulle from negotiating Algerian independence. The putsch collapsed within days after conscript soldiers refused to back it, weakening the pro-French Algeria movement.