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Birthdays
1656 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire (lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, New France)
1783 - Hortense de Beauharnais (Queen of Holland and wife of Louis Bonaparte)
1930 - Claude Bolling (French jazz composer/pianist)
1963 - Doris Leuthard (member of the Swiss Federal Council)
1806 - Juliette Drouet (French actress)
Deaths
879 - Louis the Stammerer, Louis le Bègue (King of the West Franks)
1760 - Jean Lebeuf (French historian)
1954 - Auguste Lumière (French film pioneer)
1955 - Teilhard de Chardin (French paleontologist and theologian)
Holidays/Celebrations
Feast Day of Saint Fulbert of Chartres
Milestones/Events
1938 - Édouard Daladier became Prime Minister of France
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