We are the 67th day of the year, we celebrate Sainte-Félicité and Sainte-Perpétué. Died as martyrs on March 7, 203 in Carthage.
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:21 a.m. and sets two minutes later at 6:43 p.m. The saying: " The day of Holy Felicity is a beautiful day in the year ".
- Some March 7 -
1765: birth of Nicéphore Niépce, inventor of photography in 1822 (died July 5, 1833)
1875: birth of composer Maurice Ravel (died December 28, 1937)
1915: birth of former Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas (died November 10, 2000)
1945: American troops cross the Rhine at the Remagen bridge
1966: De Gaulle announces the withdrawal of France from the military structure of NATO
1980: sinking of the Madagascan oil tanker Tanio off the island of Batz
1995: death of explorer Paul Emile Victor
1998: Former Nazi officers Erich Priebke and Karl Hass are sentenced to life in prison for their participation in the massacre of 335 civilians, including 75 Jews, in the Ardeatine graves in 1944 in Rome
1999: death of the American director Stanley Kubrick
- It's their birthday -
Carolyn Carlson, American choreographer born in 1943
William Boyd, British writer born in 1952
Marisol Touraine, politician born in 1959
Ivan Lendl, American-Czech tennis player born in 1960