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Birthdays
1914 - Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard (French aviator)
1968 - Marie-José Perec (Guadeloupian athlete)
Deaths
1315 - Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy
1789 - Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (French artillery specialist)
1903 - Paul Gauguin (French painter)
1915 - François Faber (Luxembourgish cyclist)
1949 - Prince Louis II of Monaco
Holidays/Celebrations
Europe Day
Milestones/Events
1915 - World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces
1940 - World War II: The German submarine U-9 sunk French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder
1949 - Rainier III became Prince of Monaco
1950 - Schuman declaration: Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe
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