We are the 228th day of the year and we celebrate the Marys on this day of Assumption which represents for Catholics the ascension to heaven of the Virgin Mary.
The sun rises one minute later at 6:45 am and sets two minutes earlier at 9:04 pm The saying goes: "If it rains for L'Assomption, everything is going to perdition"
Some August 15
1769: birth in Ajaccio of Napoleon Bonaparte (died May 5, 1821)
1888: birth of Thomas Edward Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia (died May 19, 1935)
1944: landing of the Allies in Provence
1945: unconditional surrender of Japan
1947: at midnight, on the night of the 14th to the 15th, partition of the British Indian Empire into two independent states: predominantly Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan
1967: death of the painter René Magritte
1969: Woodstock concert, in the United States
1998: in Omagh (Northern Ireland) a car bomb attack claimed by the IRA kills 29
2004: in Athens, Laure Manaudou becomes the first French swimmer to be Olympic champion thanks to her victory in the 400-meter freestyle
2013: death of lawyer Jacques Vergès who has defended controversial figures such as Klaus Barbie, Slobodan Milosevic or Saddam Hussein
It's their birthday
Jean Mauriac, writer born in 1924
Sylvie Vartan, singer born in 1944
Alain Juppé, politician born in 1945
Anne of England, princess born in 1950
Ben Affleck, American actor born in 1972
