It is the 171st day of the year, and we are celebrating St. Silvère's Day. Silverius was born in Frosinone, Italy, the son of Pope Hormisdas, and was elected pope in 536. He was supplanted by the deacon Vigil who had him deported to the deserted islet of Palmaria where he died in 537. On the weather side, we still expect today strong heat and some thunderstorms. The sun rises one minute later, at 05:49, and sets as the day before at 21:56.
Some 20 June
1789: Oath of the Jeu de Paume by which the deputies swore not to separate until they had given the France a Constitution
1791: flight of Louis XVI and arrest in Varennes
1819: birth of the composer Jacques Offenbach (died 5 October 1880)
1966: creation of SOS Médecins
1973: Juan Peron returns to Argentina after 18 years of exile
1981: Riots violently repressed in Casablanca following a general strike against rising prices
1986: release of French hostages in Lebanon, Georges Hansen and Philippe Rochot
1991: Berlin chosen as capital of reunified Germany
2006: inauguration of the musée du quai Branly in Paris dedicated to the arts and civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
2013: death of Jean-Louis Scherrer, great name of French haute couture
See alsoA tourist submersible with 5 people on board missing near the Titanic
Some birthdays
Jean-Marie Le Pen (born 1928), politician
Stephen Frears (born 1941), British film director
Gérard Collomb, politician born in 1947
Nicole Kidman (born 1967), Australian actress
The saying of the day
«Saint-Silvère cold and rainy announces a grumpy summer»