Today in Francophone History

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Birthdays

1762 - Pierre André Latreille (French zoologist)

1825 - Jean-Martin Charcot (French neurologist)

1932 - Jacques Chirac (President of France)

1942 - Philippe Huttenlocher (Swiss baritone)


Deaths

1314 - Philip IV of France

1992 - Jean Dieudonné (French mathematician)

2005 - David di Tommaso (French soccer player)


Milestones/Events

1845 - The Sonderbund defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour

1963 - Montreal: Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, carrying 118 passengers, crashed after taking off from Dorval Airport

1965 - Canadian satellite Alouette 2 launched


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