We are the 96th day of the year, and today we celebrate the Marcellins.
Saint Marcellin, a high Roman official who died on September 13, 413, was a friend of Saint Augustine.
The sun rose two minutes earlier, at 7:20 a.m., and will set one minute later, at 8:27 p.m.
On the weather side, low rainfall is expected in the North.
Some April 6
1199: Death of Richard the Lionheart
1520: death of the Italian painter and architect Raphaël
1814: abdication of Napoleon I
1896: first modern Olympic Games in Athens
1909: American explorer Robert Peary is the first to reach the North Pole
1917: United States declares war on Germany
1971: death of composer Igor Stravinsky
1992: start of the war in Bosnia (1992-1995)
2002: the XV of France of rugby wins the seventh Grand Slam in its history by beating Ireland (44-5)
2005: death of Prince Rainier III of Monaco
2009: an earthquake hits the medieval town of L'Aquila and its region, in central Italy, killing more than 300 people
some birthdays
Philippe Garrel, director born in 1948
Paul Rudd, American actor born in 1969
The saying of the day
“
When lilac there is, wheat there is
”