We are the 68th day of the year and we celebrate Sainte-Françoise.
Born and died in Rome (1384-1440), belonged to the great nobility, like her husband.
Widowed, she retired to the convent with the Oblates of Saint-Benoît.
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 7:19 a.m. and sets two minutes later at 6:45 p.m.
On the weather side, a rainy but mild weather is to be expected in France.
Some March 9
1309: the Bishop of Bordeaux becomes Pope Clement V and settles in Avignon
1796: Napoleon I marries Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie known as Joséphine de Beauharnais
1831: Louis-Philippe creates the Foreign Legion
1919: first post-war international football match, France and Belgium draw 2-2
1945: release of the film “
Les enfants du paradis
” by Marcel Carné
1959: creation of the Barbie doll
2015: the collision between two helicopters during the filming of a reality TV show in Argentina causes the death of ten French people, including the three athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine
2023: death of singer Marcel Amont, star of the music hall, at the age of 93
some birthdays
Jean-Pierre Chevènement, politician born in 1939
Juliette Binoche, actress born in 1964
Valérie Lemercier, actress born in 1964
The saying of the day
“
Laughing Mars, despite the showers, secretly prepares for spring.
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