We are the 55th day of the year, we celebrate Saint Modeste. Bishop of Trier when Clovis became king of the Franks, his name is mentioned for the first time in the martyrology of Usuard (9th century)
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7.45 a.m. and sets two minutes later at 6.44 p.m. The saying: "At Saint Modeste, transplant your cabbage, if you have any left"
Some February 24
1525: François Ier is defeated and taken prisoner by Charles V at the battle of Pavia
1704: death of the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier
1909: first public presentation of color films in Brighton
1918: independence of Estonia
1932: birth of composer Michel Legrand, creator of the themes of “Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and “Demoiselles de Rochefort” (died January 26, 2019)
1938: marketing in the United States of the first nylon product: a toothbrush
1946: Juan Peron is elected president of Argentina
1961: inauguration of a new terminal in Orly
1983: death of the writer Tennessee Williams
1991: Gulf War: start of the Allied land offensive against Iraq
2003: death of chef Bernard Loiseau
2008: Raul Castro succeeds his brother Fidel as President of Cuba
2012: César for best actor is awarded to Omar Sy for his role in "Untouchables"
It's their birthday
Mona Ozouf, historian born in 1931
Jean-Marie Cavada, politician born in 1940
Laurent Ruquier, animator born in 1963
Alain Mabanckou, Franco-Congolese writer born in 1966
Amandine, the first test-tube baby in France, born in 1982
Daniel Kaluuya, British actor born in 1989