It is the 177th day of the year and we are celebrating Saint Josemaría. Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer was born in Barbastro, Spain in 1902, and died in Rome in 1975. In 1928 he founded Opus Dei in Madrid, an institution that encourages mainstream Christians to be holy in their ordinary lives, especially through their work. On the weather side, France finds lower temperatures and more frequent clouds. Like the day before, the sun rose at 05:50 and sets at 21:57.
Some 26 June
1794: The French win a decisive battle over the Austrians at Fleurus
1906: The Automobile-Club de France organizes the first Grand Prix de France Le Mans
1913: birth of the writer and politician Aimé Césaire (died April 17, 2008)
1917: landing in Saint-Nazaire of the first American troops in France
1945: Signing of the Charter of the United Nations by delegates from 50 countries
1948: establishment of an airlift by the West to counter the blockade of Berlin by the Soviets
1960: Madagascar becomes independent
1963: Speech in Berlin by US President John F. Kennedy, who declared "Ich bin ein Berliner"
1988: Matignon agreements putting an end to clashes in New Caledonia
1997: British writer J.K. Rowling publishes the first volume of Harry Potter
2015: Yassin Salhi beheads his boss Hervé Cornara and injures two while trying to cause the explosion of a factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier in Isère
Some birthdays
Gilberto Gil, Brazilian musician, one of the fathers of bossa nova, born in 1942
Dany Boon, actor born in 1966
Benoît Hamon, politician born in 1967
Paul Thomas Anderson (born 1970), American film director
The saying of the day
«Morning rain has never submerged a mill»