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Birthdays
1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (French paleontologist and philosopher)
1917 - Danielle Darrieux (French singer and actress)
1975 - Marc-Vivien Foé (Cameroonian soccer player)
Deaths
1813 - Jean-Baptiste Bessières (French marshal)
1935 - Henri Pélissier (French cyclist)
1993 - Pierre Bérégovoy (French Prime Minister)
Holidays/Celebrations
Fête du travail (May Day, Labor Day)
Milestones/Events
1786 - Vienna: Opening night of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro
1869 - Paris: The Folies Bergères opened
1927 - The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight were introduced on a flight from London to Paris
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