We are the 51st day of the year, we celebrate the Holy Aimée, which belonged to an illustrious family of Assisi, the Offreduccio. She converted after a visit to her aunt and decided to immediately become a nun (1200-1252).
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:52 a.m. and sets a minute later at 6:17 p.m. The saying: "Often in Sainte-Aimée, the countryside is snowy"
Some February 20
1911: publication of the last issue of the oldest newspaper in the world, the Chinese "Tsching Pao" born in 713
1942: the resistant Jean Bruller publishes, under the pseudonym Vercors, the "Silence of the sea" at Editions de Minuit
1947: Lord Mounbatten becomes viceroy of the Indies
1951: premiere of "La lesson" by Ionesco
1962: John Glenn becomes the first American to fly in orbit ("Mercury" capsule)
1986: "La Cinq", the first free and private French television channel, begins broadcasting
2002: inauguration of the “Vulcania” European park in Saint-Ours-les-Roches (Puy-de-Dôme)
2014: death of Antoinette Fouque, co-founder of the Women's Liberation Movement (MLF) in 1968
2017: Martin Fourcade becomes the most successful Frenchman in the history of the Olympic Games, after France's victory in the mixed biathlon relay in Pyeongchang (South Korea)
It's their birthday
Sidney Poitier, American actor symbol of the black civil rights movement, born in 1927
Mike Leigh, English theater director and director, born in 1943
Rihanna, Barbadian pop star, born in 1988
