On June 21, 1966, France made the somewhat shocking move to withdraw its troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This decision led by French president Charles de Gaulle complicated relations between the U.S. and Europe amidst clashing American and Communist spheres of influence.
I had forgotten that as well, to be honest. I just remembered that my dad was mad as a wet hen at de Gaulle. I was totally
not interested in what was going on in the world at that time. It was summer time and time to have fun with the neighborhood kids at the community pool and talking with the girls in their bathing suits. So, for me at that time, it was more of a whatever moment.