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    • 27 July 1949
    • 27 July 2024
    • France joins the Atlantic Pact

    • France becomes one of the 12 members of NATO. General Eisenhower is its Supreme Commander.
    • 31 July 1944
    • 31 July 2024
    • Death of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    • After an aerial photo assignment over the Alps, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's plane was shot down by a German Focke-Wulf 190 as he was returning to Borgo in Corsica.
    • 01 August 2014
    • 01 August 2024
    • The launch of the Barkhane operation in the Sahel

    • Operation Barkhane is a military operation launched in the Sahel and the Sahara by the French army fighting armed Jihad Salafist groups throughout the Sahel region (Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad).
    • 03 August 2004
    • 03 August 2024
    • The death of Henri Cartier Bresson.

    • Henri Cartier Bresson (1908-2004) was a photographer, who made his name in street photography. He was one of the co-founders of the Magnum Photos agency.
    • 04 August 2014
    • 04 August 2024
    • The law on equality between men and women

    • The law on real equality between men and women aimed to counter the inequalities between the sexes. Professional equality and the fight against violence against women are among its main clauses.
    • 08 August 2014
    • 08 August 2024
    • The outbreak of war against the Islamic state.

    • The international coalition in Syria and Iraq – 22 countries – intervened against the Islamic state and the Al-Nosra front in Iraq and Syria. The first hits against positions in the Islamic state started on 8 August 2014 in Iraq.
    • 08 August 2019
    • 08 August 2024
    • The death of Jean Pierre Mocky

    • Jean Pierre Mocky (1929-2019) was a French film director, scriptwriter, actor and producer.
    • 10 August 1949
    • 10 August 2024
    • First Council of Europe

    • The Council of Europe met for the first time in Strasbourg. This new institution was set up from the desire of ten European states to join forces to defend values such as the rights of man and democracy.
    • 11 August 1999
    • 11 August 2024
    • The last total solar eclipse of the 20th century

    • Although relatively short-lived, this total eclipse – clearly visible from north-eastern France – was probably observed by more people than any other.
    • 11 August 2014
    • 11 August 2024
    • The death of actor Robin Williams

    • Robin Williams (1951-2014) was an American actor and comic. He won the Oscar for the best actor in a second role for his role in the film “Will Hunting” (1997).
    • 12 August 1949
    • 12 August 2024
    • Signature of the Four Geneva Conventions

    • The atrocities committed during the Second World War encouraged the representatives of some 50 countries to adopt four protocols, on 12 August 1949, forming an update or additions to the existing Geneva Conventions protocols.
    • 14 August 1994
    • 14 August 2024
    • Carlos, the terrorist, is arrested

    • llitch Ramirez Sanchez, aka Carlos, is arrested in Khartum (Sudan) and handed over to the French authorities. He had claimed responsibility for several pro-Palestinian attacks in Europe between 1973 and 1983. He was to be sentenced to life imprisonment for a triple murder committed in Paris in 1975.
    • 15 August 1944
    • 15 August 2024
    • The beginning of the landing in Provence

    • The landing in Provence, under the name Operation Anvil Dragoon, is a Second World War military operation led by the Allied troops in the southeast of France.
    • 18 August 1944
    • 18 August 2024
    • Liberation of the Drancy camp

    • The internment camp at Drancy was, as of 1941, a camp for the arrested Jewish population, then between 1942 and 1944, the main place of internment before deportation to Nazi extermination camps. It was “nicknamed“ th “antichamber of death”.
    • 19 August 2023
    • 19 August 2024
    • World Humanitarian Day

    • The day was established by the United Nations to honour all humanitarian personnel, as well as those who have lost their lives in the line of duty, and to raise awareness of humanitarian activities worldwide.
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