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The ephemeris of Tuesday February 25

2020-02-25T06:09:17.691Z



We are the 56th day of the year, we celebrate Saint Romeo. Carmelite from the Convent of Limoges, he died of the black plague on March 4, 1380 in Lucca (Tuscany) when he went to the Holy Places.

It is also Mardi Gras, a Roman pagan festival celebrating the end of winter, which has become a Christian celebration marking the eve of entering Lent

The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:43 a.m. and sets a minute later at 6:25 p.m. The saying: "Snowy February, been advantageous"

Some February 25

1830: first performance of "Hernani" by Victor Hugo

1841: birth of the painter and sculptor Pierre-Auguste Renoir (died December 3, 1919)

1933: death of the American Pat O'Sullivan, designer and creator of Félix le chat

1935: Louis Lumière presents cinema in relief

1948: "Prague coup": Czechoslovakia switches to the communist camp

1956: Krushchev denounces Stalin's crimes behind closed doors

1986: dictator Ferdinand Marcos flees the Philippines

1990: in Nicaragua, Violetta Chamorro wins the presidential election in front of Daniel Ortega

1994: Hebron (West Bank): extremist Jewish settler kills 29 Palestinians

2003: disappearance of the Italian film actor Alberto Sordi

It's their birthday

Amin Maalouf, Franco-Lebanese writer and academician born in 1949

Sylvie Guillem, dancer born in 1965

Sandrine Kiberlain, actress born in 1968

Adam Laloum, pianist born in 1987

Source: lefigaro

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