France's President Charles de Gaulle exercised his constitutional power to grant amnesty for the leaders of the students who led the strike against French universities, but the number of French workers on strike increased to 8,000,000 as two million people walked off of their jobs during the day. Banks were closed as panicking depositors sought to withdraw their money, and the stock market in Paris did not open for trading.
Sources:
To Forbid is Forbidden: the 50th Anniversary of France's May 1968, by Olivia Snaije
May 1968, Wikipedia
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