Today in Francophone History

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Birthdays

1757 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis (French physiologist)

1760 - Johan Gadolin (Finnish scientist)

1879 - René Pottier (French cyclist)

1931 - Jacques Demy (French playwright)

1937 - Hélène Cixous (French feminist, writer, and professor)

1942 - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasog (president of Equatorial Guinea)

1958 - Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi (President of the Comoros)

1962 - Princess Astrid of Belgium

1965 - Sandrine Piau (French soprano)

1970 - Martin Gelinas (Canadian hockey player)

1981 - Sebastien Lefebvre (French Canadian musician)


Deaths

1316 - King Louis X of France

1738 - Isaac de Beausobre (French Protestant pastor)

1791 - Frederick Haldimand (Swiss-born British colonial governor)

1921 - Georges Feydeau (French playwright)

2003 - Manuel Rosenthal (French composer and conductor)


Holidays/Celebrations

Seychelles - Liberation Day


Milestones/Events

1832 - Parisian student uprisings began

1944 - World War II: Battle of Normandy - British bombers dropped 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries in preparation for D-Day

1977 - A coup d'état made France Albert René president in Seychelles


Errors and Omissions

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