Dates That Made History

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34 total episodes

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3 seasons

First Aired March 17, 2018

Overview

Historian Patrick Boucheron revisits the most important dates in history through the prisms of memory and collective imagination.

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October 17 1961 - The Paris Massacre

Season 2 - Episode 10 - 0h 27m

Air Date

October 18, 2020

Overview

On October 17, 1961, at the call of the FLN, 20 to 30,000 Algerians from France peacefully marched through Paris. 12,000 people were arrested. The round-up, organized by the police prefect Maurice Papon, was followed by very brutal abuses and numerous disappearances.