We are the 89th day of the year and we celebrate Saint-Amédée.
This Duke of Savoy, born in Thonon (Haute-Savoie) in 1435, died in 1472 in Piedmont.
He showed extreme kindness to the needy.
As for the weather, we are now expecting the return of wind and rain throughout France.
The sun rises two minutes earlier, at 7:35 a.m., and will set two minutes later at 8:17 p.m.
Some March 30
1853: birth of the painter Vincent Van Gogh (died July 29, 1890)
1856: signing of the Treaty of Paris ending the Crimean War
1867: the United States buys Alaska from Russia
1933: birth of actor Jean-Claude Brialy (died April 30, 2007)
1950: death of Léon Blum, socialist leader and former president of the Council of the “
Popular Front
”
1981: attack on US President Ronald Reagan
1988: death of Edgar Faure, former Chairman of the Council
2002: Queen Mother Elizabeth of England dies
2010: giant particle collisions at the European Center for Nuclear Research (Cern) to unlock the mysteries of the formation of the universe
2012: Beginning of the occupation of Mali by armed Islamist groups, supported by a Tuareg rebel group, in the north of the country
2014: Anne Hidalgo becomes the first female mayor of Paris
some birthdays
Robert Badinter, former Keeper of the Seals, born in 1928
Warren Beatty, American actor and director born in 1937
Eric Clapton, British guitarist born in 1945
Celine Dion, Canadian singer born in 1968
Norah Jones, American singer, born in 1979
The saying of the day
"
Often, Saint-Amédée is the most beautiful day in March
"