We are the 74th day of the year and we celebrate Sainte-Louise.
Sainte Louise de Marillac was born in Paris in 1591, died in 1660 in the same city, she collaborated for 35 years with Vincent de Paul.
Together they founded the congregation of the Daughters of Charity.
Today, the sun rose two minutes earlier, at 7:06 a.m., and will set two minutes later, at 6:54 p.m.
As for the weather, the day promises to be calmer throughout France, with a cloudy sky.
Some March 15
1917: abdication in Russia of Tsar Nicolas II
1933: birth of director Philippe de Broca (died November 27, 2004)
1954: release in bookstores of
Bonjour triste
by Françoise Sagan
1997: death of the French painter of Hungarian origin, Victor Vasarely
2002: the free daily news 20 Minutes is broadcast in Paris for the first time
2004: promulgation in France of the law on religious symbols in schools
2011: beginning of the conflict triggered in Syria by a peaceful revolt which turns into an armed insurrection against the regime before degenerating into an all-out war
2016: Google's supercomputer "
AlphaGo
" is awarded the title of Grandmaster of Go by beating South Korean world champion Lee Se-Dol
2019: Terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand kills 51
2019: Tens of thousands of young students around the world respond to the call for a "
school strike for the climate
" day launched by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg
some birthdays
David Cronenberg, Canadian director born in 1943
Jacques Doillon, filmmaker born in 1944
Ben Okri, Nigerian writer born in 1959
Eva Longoria, American actress born in 1975
The saying of the day
“
Despite the bad weather, March prepares for spring
”