We are the 53rd day of the year.
We celebrate Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent.
These Forty Days before Easter (not counting Sundays) invite Christians to prayer, fasting and abstinence.
They commemorate the crossing of Sinai by Moses and the people of Israel (40 days), as well as Jesus' fast in the desert (40 days).
Among believers, we often eat fish on Wednesdays, as well as on Fridays in Lent.
We also celebrate Sainte-Isabelle de France.
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:48 a.m. and sets two minutes later at 6:21 p.m.
On the weather side, the rain finally falls on the west of the country after 31 days of food shortage.
February 22
1848: first of three revolutionary days that will overthrow the July monarchy.
1900: birth of Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel (died July 29, 1983).
1940: In Tibet, enthronement of the Dalai Lama at the age of five.
1945: an ordinance creates works councils.
1960: Frenchman Jean Vuarnet is Olympic downhill champion at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics.
1986: the Ariane rocket puts the French Earth observation satellite, Spot-1, into orbit.
1987: death in New York of A colorful portrait of Andy Warhol, American artist, Pope of Pop Art.
2003: Roman Polanski's film "
The Pianist
" obtains seven Césars.
2013: the film “
Amour
” by Michael Haneke and its actors Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant receives five César awards.
some birthdays
Miou Miou, actress born in 1950.
Philippe Kerr, Scottish writer born in 1956.
James Blunt, British singer author of "
You're beautiful
", born in 1974.
The saying of the day
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Snow at Sainte-Isabelle makes the flower more beautiful.
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