We are the 285th day of the year, we celebrate Saint-Firmin.
Died around 552, known for his gifts as an orator, was one of the first bishops of Uzès (Gard).
The sun rises two minutes later at 8:07 am and sets two minutes earlier at 7:07 pm.
The saying goes: “October never went by without some cider brewed”.
- Some October 11 -
1896: death of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner
1899: start of the Anglo-Boer war in South Africa
1961: death of the actor "Chico" Marx
1962: opening of Vatican II, council for the modernization of the Catholic Church
1963: death of the writer Jean Cocteau
1986: death of Georges Dumézil, historian of civilizations and linguist
2010: promulgation of the law prohibiting the concealment of the face in public space
- It's their birthday -
Amos Gitaï, Israeli filmmaker born in 1950
Jean-Jacques Goldman, songwriter and performer born in 1951
Gérald Darmanin, politician born in 1982