The ephemeris of Friday August 14, 2020

We are the 227th day of the year, we celebrate Saint-Evrard. Died in 958, founded the monastery of Einsiedeln (Switzerland).

The sun rises one minute later at 6:44 a.m. and sets one minute earlier at 9:06 p.m. The saying goes: "In mid-August, walnuts have a red belly".

- Some August 14 -

1893: France is the first country to introduce automobile registration

1917: China declares war on Germany

1924: birth of the conductor Georges Prêtre (died January 4, 2017)

1941: Atlantic Charter promulgated by Roosevelt and Churchill

1956: death of the German playwright Bertold Brecht

1969: first intervention of British troops in Ulster

1972: death of actor Pierre Brasseur

1980: In Poland, workers at the Gdansk shipyards go on strike. The movement spreads across the country

1988: death of Enzo Ferrari, Italian car manufacturer

2018: the collapse of the Morandi viaduct in Genoa in Italy kills 43

- It's their birthday -

Wim Wenders, German director born in 1945

Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, politician born in 1951

Emmanuelle Béart, actress born in 1963

Halle Berry, American actress born in 1966

David Hallyday, singer born in 1966