We are the 62nd day of the year and we celebrate Saint-Guénolé.
From the age of ten, he restored sight to the blind.
He founded a monastery in Landévennec (Finistère), in the village where he died in the 7th century.
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:31 a.m. and sets one minute later at 6:35 p.m.
In terms of weather, a still sunny day is to be expected, despite some morning gloom.
Some March 3
1817: the commander of the “
Meduse
”, Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys, is sentenced to three years in prison for having abandoned his frigate, its passengers and its crew
1944: debut of Yves Montand on the ABC stage in Paris
1961: enthronement of King Hassan II of Morocco
1974: Ermenonville air disaster, the worst ever in France (346 dead)
1983: death of Georges Rémi, known as Hergé, “
father
” of Tintin
1996: death of Marguerite Duras, writer, filmmaker and playwright
2005: Steve Fossett completes the first solo round-the-world flight, without stopovers or refueling
2008: in Russia, victory in the presidential election of Dmitry Medvedev, designated successor to Vladimir Putin
2017: death of Raymond Kopa, football legend of the 1950s
some birthdays
Ariane Mnouchkine, director and founder of the Théâtre du Soleil troupe, born in 1939
George Miller, Australian director of the Mad Max saga, born in 1945
Stéphane de Groodt, comedian and Belgian actor born in 1966
The saying of the day
“
If it freezes at Saint-Guénolé, at the bull, close the meadow!
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