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Birthdays

1773 - Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle (French statesman)

1907 - François Duvalier (Haitian politician)

1912 - Robert Doisneau (French photographer)

Deaths

1721 - Michel Chamillart (French statesman)

1912 - Henri Brisson (French statesman)

1986 - Simone de Beauvoir (French feminist writer)

Milestones/Events

1434 - Nantes, France: Foundation stone of Cathedral St.

Peter and St. Paul was laid

1962 - Georges Pompidou became Prime Minister of France

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