We are the 235th day of the year and we celebrate Saint-Fabrice. 7th century martyr.
The sun rises one minute later at 6:55 a.m. and sets two minutes earlier at 8:51 p.m. The saying goes : “ Rain of Saint Fabrice does not make the peasant rich ”.
- Some August 22 -
1862: birth of the composer Claude Debussy (died March 25, 1918)
1908: birth of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (died August 3, 2004)
1962: failed attempt at Petit-Clamart against General de Gaulle
1992: xenophobic riots in Rostock (East Germany)
2003: In Brazil, ground explosion of a satellite launch rocket on the Alcantara space base. 21 dead
2014: decree published in the Official Journal obliging distributors to take back, without obligation to purchase, used small electronic products from consumers
2019: Russia launches for the first time in space a humanoid robot, Fedor, for a stay in the International Space Station (ISS) which must be used as tests before more risky and more distant missions
- It's their birthday -
Micheline Presle, actress born in 1922
Marc Bohan, fashion designer born in 1926
Laurent Laffitte, actor born in 1973