We are the 84th day of the year and we celebrate the Annunciation, the announcement made to Mary by the Archangel Gabriel of her motherhood.
We also celebrate the Humberts.
Born in the Aisne, died in 680 in the monastery of Marolles (Oise) where he spent his last years in penance and prayer
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 6:45 a.m. and sets one minute later at 7:09 p.m.
Some March 25
1881: birth of Hungarian musician Bela Bartok (died September 26, 1945)
1918: death of the composer Claude Debussy
1921: birth of Simone Signoret (died September 30, 1985)
1957: signature of the Treaty of Rome creating the European Economic Community
1975: Assassination of King Faisal of Arabia
1977: Jacques Chirac is elected mayor of Paris
2002: in Afghanistan, an earthquake kills a thousand in the province of Baghlān
2012: Canadian director James Cameron becomes the first man to explore, aboard a mini-submarine, the Mariana Trench (Pacific Ocean), the deepest known site in the earth's crust, 10 km deep
some birthdays
Daniel Buren, artist born in 1938
Elton John, British singer born in 1947
Philippe de Villiers, politician born in 1949
The saying of the day
“On March 25, no more wood to collect”