The ephemeris of June 9: in 1930, the birth of the French singer Barbara

Barbara was born in 1930 in Paris in the Batignolles district. The girl's childhood was disrupted by the Second World War, which began when she was about nine years old. Born into a Jewish family, Monique Serf, by her real name, constantly moved from city to city to escape the Nazi occupiers. A victim of incest until she came of age, she began her adult life with a heavy burden of baggage and trauma to work through.

In her early days, the artist sang funny and light-hearted pop songs, then began writing her own, encouraged by her friend Jacques Brel. She first came to public attention with "Nantes," a farewell song to her father, before tackling a more painful subject, incest, in her iconic track "L'Aigle noir." A tortured icon, she spent her life writing songs about love and loneliness, before passing away in 1997 at the age of 67.

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In the calendar

Saint Diana Dandalo, born in 1201 in Bologna, died in this city on June 10, 1236, Dominican, sister of the not very virtuous Loderingo Dandalo whom Dante puts in hell in the "Divine Comedy". The Dianas have simplicity and charm. Their color: red. Their number: 6.

The saying of the day: “Too wet weather in June makes farmers sad.”

It happened on June 9th

1660 Marriage of Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Austria. 1876 Publication in England of the first novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" written alone by the American Mark Twain. 1944 In Normandy 9 Hendayais were arrested by the Gestapo. 1998 Launch in France of the Football World Cup with a parade of the "World Cup Giants" crisscrossing the Parisian district of the Place de la Concorde. 1999 Discovery in France of the oldest human footprints in the world - those of a child aged 8 to 10 - 20,000 to 30,000 years old in the Chauvet cave (Ardèche).

2005 Renault markets the "Logan" in France, selling for 7,500 euros, it is the cheapest car on the French market. 2014 The jihadist group The Islamic State (IS, or Daesh) launches an offensive in Iraq that culminates in the capture of Mosul on June 10, followed by vast swathes of Iraqi territory. 2019 Hong Kongers begin a pro-democracy protest movement.

Johnny Depp, American actor (1963), Stéphane Plaza, French real estate agent and TV host (1970), Matthew Bellamy, leader of the British band Muse (1978), Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress (1981), Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer (1984).