Here is the ephemeris of Thursday, June 22. It is the 173rd day of the year and we are celebrating St. Alban's Day. He died in 209 and was the first English martyr. He was executed in place of a priest, whose clothes he had dressed to better hide. Today, thunderstorms continue to hit from the southwest to the Ardennes.
What is the saying of the day?
«On St. Alban's Day, you can put down your clothes.»
What happened on June 22?
- 1799: the scientists Méchain and Delambre present the standard meter
- 1815: abdication of Napoleon who will be exiled shortly after to Saint Helena. "Men are better governed by their vices than by their virtues," he wrote in his Pensées.
- 1941: Hitler undertakes the invasion of the USSR (Operation Barbarossa)
- 1984: death of filmmaker Joseph Losey
- 1987: death of actor and dancer Fred Astaire
- 1990: disappearance in Berlin of "Checkpoint Charlie", crossing point between East and West since 1961
- 1992: Opening of the "contaminated blood" trial in France
- 2013: Mount Fuji, symbol of Japan, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- 2022: death of paleontologist Yves Coppens, co-discoverer of the famous australopithecus Lucy
Who was born on June 22?
- Gilles Jacob, former president of the Cannes Film Festival born in 1930
- Meryl Streep (born 1949), American actress She has been nominated 7 times for the Oscars and 12 times for the Golden Globes.
- Adrian Nastase (born 1950), Romanian politician and former Prime Minister
- Emmanuelle Seigner, actress born in 1966