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Birthdays

1746 - Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (French physician and anatomist)

1897 - Lester B.

Pearson (Prime Minister of Canada)

1910 - Simone Simon (French actress)

1918 - Maurice Druon (French author)

1941 - Jacqueline Boyer (French singer)

1943 - Hervé Villechaize (French actor)

1948 - Pascal Quignard (French author)

1963 - Paul Belmondo (French race car driver)

1967 - Rhéal Paul Cormier (Canadian baseball player)

1972 - Pierre Labrie (Québécois poet)

Deaths

1407 - Olivier de Clisson (French soldier)

1794 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (French statesman)

1889 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (French writer)

2003 - Fernand Fonssagrives (French photographer)

Milestones/Events

1961 - Algerian War of Independence: Algiers putsch

1997 - Algeria: Omaria massacre, 42 people killed

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