We are the 106th day of the year and today we celebrate Saint Benoît-Joseph Labre, a man born in Amettes (Pas-de-Calais) in 1748 and died in Rome on April 16, 1783 who found his vocation after a stay at La Trappe de Sept-Fons (Allier) and became a beggar pilgrim.
It is also the day of the Orthodox Easter.
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 07:00 and sets two minutes later at 20:42.
As for the weather, we expect sunshine and mild weather in the West and gray weather in the East.
Some April 16
1788: death of the naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
1828: death of the Spanish painter Goya
1889: birth in London of Charlie Chaplin (died December 25, 1977)
1913: Albert Schweitzer opens a missionary hospital in Lambaréné (Gabon), which will become the largest hospital center for the treatment of leprosy and tropical diseases
1917: start of the Nivelle offensive on the Chemin des Dames in the Aisne
1921: birth of British comedian and author Peter Ustinov (died March 28, 2004)
1970: the mountain collapses on the Assy plateau, near Saint-Gervais, crushing a children's sanatorium.
71 dead
1970: parental authority replaces paternal authority
1987: privatization of TF1
1992: Resignation of pro-Soviet Afghan President Najibullah.
On the 29th, Commander Massoud entered Kabul
2013: adoption of a law protecting whistleblowers in the field of health and environmental risks
2014: the sinking of a ferry off South Korea kills more than 300 people, including 250 high school students
2017: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins a constitutional referendum strengthening his powers
2020: disappearance of singer Christophe, interpreter of "
Aline
" and "
Mots bleus
", who died of Covid-19
some birthdays
Michel Blanc, actor and director born in 1952
Bérengère Krief, humorist born in 1983
Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentinian-American-British actress born in 1996
The saying of the day
The saying of the day: "
The April wind has no shelter
"