We are the 224th day of the year and we celebrate St. Clair. Sainte-Claire d'Assise was born in this city in 1193 and died there in 1253. She founded the order of Poor Clares or " poor ladies ". Sainte-Claire is the patron saint of television.
The sun rises two minutes later at 6:40 a.m. and sets two minutes earlier at 9:11 p.m. The saying goes: " A la Sainte-Claire, clear weather ".
- Some August 11 -
1952: Hussein becomes king of Jordan
1960: independence of Chad
1988: disappearance of actress Pauline Lafont whose body will be found on November 21
1994: athlete Marie-José Perec becomes European champion in the 400 meters in Helsinki
1999: last total solar eclipse of the century
2003: In Afghanistan, NATO takes command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). This is the first NATO mission outside Europe since its creation
2005: Pakistan conducts its first test launch of a nuclear-capable cruise missile
2014: death of American actor Robin Williams
2016: 11 and 12 - eleven bombs explode in Thailand in less than 24 hours, especially in the popular tourist resorts of Hua Hin and Phuket, killing four and injuring many, including foreign tourists
2018: death of the British writer VS Naipaul, Nobel Prize for Literature
- It's their birthday -
Fernando Arrabal, French writer, playwright, filmmaker and painter of Spanish origin, born in 1932
Alain Carpentier, professor of cardiac surgery, born in 1933
Dominique Perben, politician born in 1945
Eric de Montgolfier, former magistrate born in 1946
Georges Pernoud, former host of Thalassa, born in 1947
Inès de la Fressange, stylist born in 1957
Viola Davis, American actress born in 1965
