Today we celebrate Emile. And also the Emil, Emilio,…
The saying of the day “In May, the beech flowers and sings the jay.”
May 22 is here World Biodiversity Day
On the front page of “Sud Ouest” on May 22, 2008
ETA. The Basque separatist organization was hit in the head with the arrest, in Bordeaux, of its presumed number one, Javier Lopez Peña, said Thierry, the man “who has the most weight” within it.
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In the calendar
Saint Emile 3rd century African martyr.
The Emile’s have humor and curiosity.
Their color: blue. Their number: The 8th.
It happened on May 22
1885 Dead of Victor Hugo.
1964 Triumph of Maria Callas at the Palais Garnier with “Norma” by Bellini.
1985 French kidnapping in Beirut Jean-Paul Kauffmann and Michel Seurat.
2004 The American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his anti-Bush pamphlet “Fahrenheit 9/11”.
2012 The American company SpaceX successfully launches from Florida its dragon capsule, for the first flight of a private spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
They were born on May 22
Gérard de Nerval, French poet (1808–1855), Richard Wagner, German composer (1813–1883), Herge, author of comics, Tintin’s father (1907–1983), Charles Aznavour, French author, composer, performer (1924), Irene Frain, French novelist, historian (1950), Novak Djokovic [site en anglais], Serbian tennis player (1987).
Have a good day ! And tomorrow, don’t forget to celebrate the Didiers.
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