Bastille Day Bloodshed: Anarchist’s Fateful Shot at French President Millerand

July 14, 1922, will be remembered as a day of treacherous intent in the City of Light. Paris, a metropolis synonymous with liberty and freedom, was the backdrop for a chilling assassination attempt on French President Gaston Doumergue’s predecessor, Alexandre Millerand. As the president was returning from a military review, held in connection with the celebration of Bastille Day, a lone gunman, Gaston Bouvet, 23, attempted to snuff out the life of the president.