We are the 1st day of the year, and it is New Years Day.
The sun rises like the day before at 8:46 a.m. and sets one minute later at 5:03 p.m.
The saying goes: "
Beautiful New Year's Day, beautiful and warm August
".
- Some January 1 -
1806: return to the old Gregorian calendar and abandonment of the republican calendar
1849: entry into force of the postage stamp
1927: birth of Maurice Béjart, choreographer (died December 22, 2007)
1949: creation of the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)
1959: Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba
1960: creation of the new franc
1995: creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
2002: official entry into circulation of the euro
2008: entry into force in France of the ban on smoking in public places
2014: “
Obamacare
” health insurance
came into effect in the United States,
which aims to provide health insurance to millions of Americans who lack it
2016: the new territorial division (adopted in 2014) reduces the number of metropolitan regions from 22 to 13
2020: the merger of the district and high courts promulgated in March 2019 enters into force to make way for the courts
- It's their birthday -
Louis Chedid, singer-songwriter, born in 1948
Philippe Douste-Blazy, doctor and politician born in 1953
Christine Lagarde, politician born in 1956
Michel Onfray, philosopher and essayist born in 1959
Olivia Riuz, singer born in 1980
Adèle Haenel, actress born in 1989