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Birthdays
1270 - Charles of Valois (son of Philip III of France)
1613 - André Le Nôtre (French landscape architect, King Louis XIV's gardener)
1647 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie (French general)
1925 - Louison Bobet (French cyclist)
1952 - Eliézer Niyitegeka (Rwandan journalist, politician, and genocidaire)
Deaths
1937 - Charles-Marie Widor (French organist and composer)
Holidays/Celebrations
Mauritius - Republic Day
Milestones/Events
1958 - André Claveau won the third Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, my love)
1984 - Creation of the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie
1987 - Les Misérables opened on Broadway
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