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Birthdays
1286 - John III, Duke of Brittany
1659 - Isaac de Beausobre (French Protestant pastor)
1746 - André Michaux (French botanist)
1937 - Juvénal Habyarimana (President of Rwanda)
Deaths
1674 - Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny (French writer)
1771 - Louis-Augustin le Clerc (French-born sculptor)
1869 - Hector Berlioz (French composer)
Milestones/Events
1952 - Antoine Pinay became Prime Minister of France
1974 - Paris: Charles de Gaulle Airport opened
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