We are the 50th day of the year, we celebrate Saint Gabin. Roman senator and brother of Pope Caius (died 286), he was detained for a long time in prison and died there for his faith under the emperor Diocletian.
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:54 a.m. and sets two minutes later at 6:16 p.m. The saying: "February too sweet, spring in wrath"
Some February 19
1896: birth of André Breton, "pope" of surrealism (died September 28, 1966)
1951: death of the writer André Gide
1964: release of the film “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
1980: death of Bon Scott, singer of the Australian hard-rock band AC / DC
1986: launch of the Soviet space station MIR
2001: death of Charles Trenet
2013: kidnapping of seven French people from the same family, three adults and four children in the far north of Cameroon. They will be released after two months in Nigeria
2016: death of the Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco, author of the famous novel "The name of the rose"
2019: death of the German designer Karl Lagerfeld, artistic director of Chanel for 36 years
It's their birthday
Cristina Kirchner, former Argentine president born in 1953
Andrew of York, 3rd child and 2nd son of Queen of England Elizabeth II, born in 1960
Seal, British soul singer born in 1963
Benicio Del Toro, American actor born in 1967
