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Birthdays

1549 - Philippe de Mornay (French writer)

1613 - Isaac de Benserade (French poet)

1851 - Charles Dupuy (French prime minister)

1854 - Paul Sabatier (French chemist)

1855 - Léon Teisserenc de Bort (French meteorologist)

1895 - Walter Gieseking (French pianist)

1948 - Bernard-Henri Lévy (French writer and philosopher)

1955 - Bernard Chazelle (French computer scientist)

Deaths

1660 - Alexandre de Rhodes (French Jesuit missionary)

1701 - Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (French-born English politician)

1944 - Alexis Carrel (French surgeon and biologist)

1955 - Maurice Utrillo (French artist)

1977 - René Goscinny (French comic book writer)

1982 - Jacques Tati (French actor and director)

Milestones/Events

1780 - American Revolution: French-American force under Colonel LaBalme defeated

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