We are the 123rd day of the year, and celebrate Saint-Philippe.
He was one of the apostles, and would have had three daughters, one of whom would be Sainte-Iris.
We also celebrate Saint James the Minor, so called to distinguish him from James the Greater.
On the weather side, France is experiencing a summer day throughout the territory.
The sun rises two minutes earlier, at 6:29 a.m., and will set one minute later, at 9:07 p.m.
Some May 3
1934: birth of singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki (died May 23, 2013)
1936: victory of the Popular Front in the second round of the legislative elections
1968: the occupation by students, then the evacuation by the police, of the Sorbonne in Paris triggers the "events of May 68"
1976: liquidation of the Lip watch factory in Besançon
1987: death of singer Dalida
2000: final adoption of the law on parity, aimed at granting equal access to men and women in public office
2018: the Basque separatist organization ETA announces its dissolution
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some birthdays
Yves Simon, singer born in 1944
Marc Dugain, novelist and director born in 1957
Karine Tuil, writer born in 1972
Selah Sue, Belgian singer-songwriter, born in 1989
The saying of the day
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When it rains on Saint-Philippe's Day, don't prepare a barrel or a pipe
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