It's the 174th day of the year, and we're celebrating the Audreys. Saint Audrey was the daughter of the King of East Anglia in England. She was forcibly married twice by her father, for political reasons. Refusing to allow these two marriages to be consummated, she fled and founded Ely Abbey, now an Anglican cathedral, where she died in 679. On the weather side, the France is finally free of thunderstorms and finds sunny and summer weather, without excess. The sun rises as the day before at 05:49 and sets as the day before at 21:56.
Some 23 June
1853: Georges Haussmann is appointed prefect of the Seine
1903: birth of actor Louis Seigner (died January 20, 1991)
1910: birth of the writer Jean Anouilh (died October 3, 1987)
1929: birth of fashion designer Ted Lapidus (died December 29, 2008)
1956: Nasser is elected President of Egypt
1959: death of writer and musician Boris Vian
1994: Start of Operation Turquoise, launched by the France under a UN mandate, during the genocide in Rwanda
2013: American tightrope walker Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to cross the Grand Canyon, 450 meters high, without a net or safety harness
2016: In a historic referendum, the British vote with 51.9% of the vote to leave the European Union.
Some birthdays
Frances McDormand (born 1957), American actress
Yann Tiersen, author, composer and performer born in 1970
Zinedine Zidane (born 1972), footballer and coach
The saying of the day
«The wise man says that at Sainte-Audrey, it is better to sweat than to shiver.»