We are the 214th day of the year 2020 and we celebrate Saint Alphonsus. Born in 1696 near Naples, he embraced the ecclesiastical state at the age of 27 and evangelized the poor of the countryside
The sun rises one minute later at 6:26 a.m. and sets one minute earlier at 9:27 p.m. The saying: "Rainy August makes the vine winey"
Some August 1
1819: birth of the American poet and novelist Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick (died September 28, 1891)
1913: creation of the judicial police at 36 Quai des Orfèvres, historic headquarters of the PJ
1914: general mobilization in France, two days before the declaration of war by Germany
1936: birth of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (died June 1, 2008)
1944: start of the Warsaw uprising against the German occupier
1960: independence of the Republic of Dahomey, former French colony, current Benin
1980: Frenchman Eric Tabarly breaks the 75-year-old record for sailing across the Atlantic
1980: French Formula 1 driver Patrick Depailler is killed at the German Grand Prix testing in Hockenheim
1991: abolition of first class in the Paris metro
2005: in Saudi Arabia, Abdallah al-Hamed accedes to the throne after the death of his half-brother King Fahd ben Abdel Aziz
They left us on August 1st
2009: Francis Jeanson, French philosopher (July 7, 1922)
2004: Madeleine Robinson, born Madeleine Yvonne Svoboda, Franco-Czech actress naturalized Swiss (November 5, 1917)
2003: Marie Trintignant, French actress, daughter of Nadine and Jean-Louis Trintignant. (January 21, 1962)
1903: Calamity Jane, born Martha Canary, personality of the conquest of the West. (May 1, 1856)
It's their birthday -
Jordi Savall, Catalan musician born in 1941
John Carroll Lynch, American actor born in 1963
Sam Mendes, British director born in 1965
Sara Giraudeau, actress born in 1985