Here is the ephemeris of Thursday April 9, 100th day of this year 2020 and 24th day of confinement in France. The sun rose this morning at 7:13 a.m. and will set this evening at 8:33 p.m. Today we celebrate Saint-Gautier.
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Some April 9
1902: birth of the academician and naturalist Théodore Monod
1908: birth of the painter Vasarely (died March 15, 1997)
1948: massacre of the inhabitants of the Arab village of Deir Yassin in Palestine
1968: first launch of a rocket (Véronique) from the Kourou base in Guyana
2003: in Iraq, fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. US forces enter Baghdad
2005: in Windsor, Prince Charles, heir to the English throne, marries Camilla Parker Bowles in second marriage
2011: death of the American filmmaker and director Sidney Lumet
It's their birthday
Jean-Paul Belmondo, actor born in 1933
Pierre Gagnaire, chef born in 1950
Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer born in 1963
Marine Vacth, actress born in 1991
Lil Nas X, American rapper born in 1999