We are the 24th day of the year, we celebrate Saint-François de Sales.
Born in Thorens (Savoie) in 1567, died in Lyon in 1622, bishop of Geneva.
One of the best writers of his time, he is the author of "
An Introduction to the Devout Life
".
The sun rises one minute earlier at 8:32 a.m. and sets one minute later at 5:34 p.m.
The saying goes: "
Guard against the spring of January
".
- Some January 24 -
1920: death of the Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani
1924: opening ceremony of the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix
1960: first day of the week of the Algiers barricades
1965: death of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
1963: opening of the trial of the perpetrators of the Petit-Clamart attack against de Gaulle
2008: Société Générale reveals losses of nearly five billion euros following a massive fraud within the bank, for which the trader Jérôme Kerviel will be condemned
2009: a violent storm in southwestern France deprives 1.2 million homes of electricity and devastates 60% of forests
2020: inauguration of the Jean Zay supercomputer, dedicated to artificial intelligence, it is installed at the CNRS Institute for Development and Resources in Scientific Computing (IDRIS) in Orsay
- It's their birthday -
Daniel Auteuil, actor born in 1950
Karine Viard, actress born in 1966
