On July 24, 1967, General Charles de Gaulle, on an official visit to Canada, made a statement in Montreal that caused a diplomatic outcry: "Vive le Québec libre!" Why this sentence? Was it a calculated provocation on the part of de Gaulle?
The 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire in 1971 at the ruins of Persepolis was hosted by the last Shah of Iran and attended by numerous heads of state. Iranians could watch it on TV.