We are the 66th day of the year and we celebrate Sainte-Felicité and Sainte-Perpétue.
They died as martyrs on March 7, 203 in Carthage.
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:23 a.m. and sets two minutes later at 6:42 p.m.
On the weather side, we expect rain in the South and snow in the North in places.
It's a full moon day.
Some March 7
1765: birth of Nicéphore Niépce, inventor of photography in 1822 (died July 5, 1833)
1875: birth of the composer Maurice Ravel (died December 28, 1937)
1915: birth of former Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas (died November 10, 2000)
1945: American troops cross the Rhine at the Remagen bridge
1966: De Gaulle announces the withdrawal of France from the military structure of NATO
1980: sinking of the Malagasy tanker Tanio off the island of Batz
1995: death of explorer Paul-Émile Victor
1998: Former Nazi officers Erich Priebke and Karl Hass are sentenced to life imprisonment for their part in the massacre of 335 civilians, including 75 Jews, at the Ardeatine pits in 1944 in Rome
1999: death of American director Stanley Kubrick
some birthdays
Carolyn Carlson, American choreographer born in 1943
William Boyd, British writer born in 1952
Ivan Lendl, Czech-American tennis player born in 1960
The saying of the day
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The day of Saint Felicity is a beautiful day in the year.
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