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Birthdays

1771 - Marie François Xavier Bichat (French anatomist and physiologist)

1776 - Henri Dutrochet (French physiologist)

1840 - Claude Monet (French painter)

1898 - Benjamin Fondane (Romanian-French writer and filmmaker)

1916 - Roger Apéry (French mathematician)

1922 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egyptian Secretary-General of the United Nations)

1953 - Dominique de Villepin (French Prime Minister)

1954 - Bernard Hinault (French cyclist)

Deaths

1522 - Anne de Beaujeu (Princess and Regent of France)

1734 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (French-born mistress of Charles II of England)

1829 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (French pharmacist and chemist)

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