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The ephemeris of Monday, June 5

2023-06-05T05:40:52.904Z

Highlights: St. Igor was king of Muscovy, dethroned in 1146 after six weeks of reign. He was assassinated in the church of his monastery a year later by his political opponents. Temperatures of up to 30°C are expected in the center of the country. The sun rises one minute earlier at 05:51 and sets as the day before at 21:47. The saying of the day is:«A meadow is very vaurien when, in June, it gives nothing»


Today we celebrate the Igor.


It is the 156th day of the year and we are celebrating St. Igor's Day. He was king of Muscovy, dethroned in 1146 after six weeks of reign and, having become religious, he was assassinated in the church of his monastery a year later by his political opponents. On the weather side, temperatures of up to 30°C are expected in the center of the country. The sun rises one minute earlier at 05:51 and sets as the day before at 21:47.

Some 5 June

1921: death of the writer Georges Feydeau

1947: General Marshall proposes the European reconstruction plan that bears his name

1967: Beginning of the Six Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors

1968: Bombing in Los Angeles of Senator Robert Kennedy, who dies the next day from his wounds

1981: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports its observations on a rare disease that will later be named AIDS

1991: State of siege in Algeria after Islamist demonstrations

2000: for the first time in France, a team from La Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital succeeds in implanting a completely autonomous artificial heart

2004: Noël Mamère celebrates in Bègles the first homosexual marriage of France, which will be annulled by the courts

2013: The Guardian reveals the leaks of former US National Security Agency (NSA) consultant Edward Snowden on the existence of US communications surveillance programs

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It's their birthday

Laurie Anderson, American artist born in 1947

Régis Jauffret, writer born in 1955

Mark Wahlberg (born 1971), American actor

Iris Van Herpen, Dutch fashion designer born in 1984

The saying of the day

«A meadow is very vaurien when, in June, it gives nothing»

Source: lefigaro

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