We are the 10th day of the year, we celebrate Saint-Guillaume.
Died January 10, 1209 in Bourges, bishop of this city, was canonized by Pope Honorius III only eight years after his death.
The sun rises one minute earlier at 8:43 a.m. and sets two minutes later at 5:14 p.m.
The saying goes: "
Good weather on Saint-Guillaume gives more wheat than thatch
".
- Some January 10 -
1840: Dumont d'Urville discovers Terre Adélie and takes possession of it in the name of France
1863: inauguration of the world's first underground line in London connecting Farrington Street to Bishop's Road-Padington
1917: death of William Frederick Cody, better known as "
Buffalo Bill
"
1928: expulsion of Trotsky from Moscow
1929: publication of "
Tintin in the land of the Soviets
" in the Belgian Catholic newspaper "
Le Petit Vingtième
"
1946: first UN general assembly in London
1949: law instituting Public Assistance
1971: death of Coco Chanel, fashion designer
1975: premiere of the program "
Apostrophes
" by Bernard Pivot
2014: the maximum speed on the Paris ring road is lowered to 70 km / h, a pollution control measure
2016: British rock legend David Bowie dies
- It's their birthday -
Rod Stewart, English rocker born in 1945
Marina Hands, actress born in 1975
Finnegan Oldfield, Franco-British actor born in 1991
