We are the 49th day of the year, we celebrate Saint Bernadette Soubirous. Born in Lourdes in 1844 into a very poor family and died in Nevers on April 16, 1879, her visions at 14 were at the origin of the pilgrimage of Lourdes
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:56 a.m. and sets two minutes later at 6:14 p.m. The saying: "At Sainte-Bernadette, the sun is often festive"
Some February 18
1921: Frenchman Etienne Oehmichen succeeds for the first time in flying a helicopter
1967: death of Robert Oppenheimer, one of the fathers of the American atomic bomb
2002: the franc, the national currency symbol, is no longer legal tender, only the euro is accepted
2008: death of Alain Robbe-Grillet, writer and filmmaker
2018: death of jazz violinist Didier Lockwood
It's their birthday
Yoko Ono, Japanese artist, widow of former Beatle John Lennon, born in 1933
Paco Rabanne, Spanish fashion designer born in 1934
Jean-Claude Dreyfus, actor born in 1946
John Travolta, American actor and dancer born in 1954
Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress and director born in 1974