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Birthdays

1652 - Michel Rolle (French mathematician)

1713 - Louis, 4th duc de Noailles (Marshal of France)

1774 - Jean-Baptiste Biot (French physicist)

1851 - Charles Barrois (French geologist)

1912 - Marcel Camus (French film director)

1963 - Roy Dupuis (Canadian actor)

Deaths

1142 - Pierre Abélard (French writer)

1329 - Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine

1699 - Jean Racine (French dramatist)

1719 - Philippe de la Hire (French mathematician and historian)

1720 - Antoine Hamilton (French writer)

1971 - François "Papa Doc" Duvalier (Haitian dictator)

1990 - Erté (French artist)

Milestones/Events

1918 - World War I: Vaux sur Somme, France - German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron", was shot down and killed

1944 - France: Women received the right to vote

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