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