We are the 217th day of the year and we celebrate Saint-Jean-Marie Vianney. Said the Curé of Ars. Born in Dardilly (Rhône), he died on August 4, 1859 in Ars, a village in the Ain that he made famous.
The sun rises one minute later at 6:30 a.m. and sets two minutes earlier at 9:22 p.m. The saying goes: " Drought in August will never bring wealth ".
- Some August 4 -
1789 (night of): abolition of privileges and feudal rights by the National Constituent Assembly
1875: death of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen
1900: birth of Elizabeth of England, future wife of King George VI (died March 30, 2002)
1914: the United Kingdom declares war on Germany
1919: inauguration of the Rodin museum in Paris
1936: At the Berlin Olympics, Hitler leaves the podium so as not to have to shake hands with black American athlete Jesse Owens, who wins the long jump title
1956: institution of the car sticker to fund the national fund for old age
1984: Upper Volta changes name and flag to become Burkina Faso
1997: death at 122 of the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment then dean of humanity
2012: for his last competition, American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the most medalist athlete in Olympic history (22)
2018: death of former resistance fighter Arsène Tchakarian, last survivor of the " Manouchian group "
2019: Franky Zapata achieves the feat of crossing the English Channel by air in about twenty minutes on his " Flyboard "
- It's their birthday -
Barack Obama, former US president, born 1961
Greta Gerwig, American actress and director born in 1983