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PORTFOLIO - On May 25, 2025, twenty years after his first victory on Parisian clay, the Spanish tennis player was honored by the Grand Slam tournament. An evening filled with emotion for the man who won 14 times at Porte d'Auteuil. An opportunity to open the archives in images

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Saint Kevin , died in 618. Kevin is second in popularity in Ireland only to Saint Patrick, founder of the monastery of Glendalough, near Dublin. Kevins are bold and lively. Their color: red. Their number: 2.

1943 Creation in Algiers of the French Committee for National Liberation (CFLN). 1959 Release of François Truffaut's film, "The 400 Blows". 1973 During the Paris Air Show, a Tupolev 144 crashes in Goussainville: 14 dead. 1989 Death of Ayatollah Khomeini, "Supreme Guide" of the Iranian Islamic Revolution. 2005 Death of the poet Bernard Manciet. 2005 Delivery of the first single-seater Rafale to Air Base 118 in Mont-de-Marsan . 2007 Inauguration of the Teste de Buch market . 2016 Death of legendary boxer Mohamed Ali.

2017 Attack on London Bridge in central London claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State, killing several people and injuring around fifty. 2023 UNESCO has just added a unique copy of Montaigne's "Essays" to the prestigious Memory of the World register .

Joséphine Baker, French singer and dancer (1906-1975). Alain Resnais, French filmmaker (1922-2014). Frédéric François, Belgian singer (1950). Louis Partridge, British actor (2003).