The ephemeris of June 24: in 1943, the birth of Jean-Louis Foulquier

On June 24, 1943, radio host, producer and actor Jean-Louis Foulquier was born in La Rochelle.

Jean-Louis Foulquier began his professional career as a radio host at France Inter in 1966. Until 2008, he hosted numerous programs, including "Pollen," one of the most famous, where he invited singers and musicians. During this period, he also worked as a television host, with André Blanc's show "Découvertes TF1," where he highlighted new figures in French song.

Passionate about music, it was in 1985 that Jean-Louis Foulquier founded the famous French-language music festival in La Rochelle: Les Francofolies, which today attracts more than 150,000 festival-goers. His most vivid memories of this festival are “the friends who helped launch the festival, Lavilliers, Renaud, Higelin, Souchon and Thiéfaine. And then, of course, the greats, like Léo Ferré in 1987, my spiritual father, and Barbara, who usually never sang outdoors. Finally, all those who started here, from Rita Mitsouko to Cali, including Patricia Kaas, M and Arthur H, who had no more than 14 paying entries. Let’s not forget some colossal carousing.”

Jean-Louis Foulquier died on December 10, 2013 in Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis (17) from lung cancer and leaves behind the image of a great enthusiast and lover of music.

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It happened on June 24th

1812 Start of the Russian campaign under Napoleon. 1859 Battle of Solferino. The Genevan Henry Dunant, horrified by the suffering of thousands of soldiers, founded in 1863 a committee which was the embryo of the current International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). 1876 The first railway convoy set off between Saujon and La Tremblade on June 24, 1876. Next year, the Trains & Traction association will celebrate a century and a half of history linked to this now tourist line . 1943 Rally of Martinique to Free France. 1947 First testimony of a UFO by the American K. Arnold who is said to have seen one from his plane in the Rocky Mountains (United States).

1982 Jean-Loup Chrétien becomes the first French astronaut in space. 2007 Michel Polnareff visits Odile Duberger in Nérac, who had provided her father, a Jew of Russian origin, with false papers in the name of Léo Pol. 2011 New York State recognizes the right to same-sex marriage. 2018 The ban on women driving, in force for decades in Saudi Arabia, is lifted. 2022 Following the attempted illegal crossing of the border between Morocco and Spain, around thirty migrants die in a stampede in Melilla. 2023 The 120th anniversary of JAB, the Pau football club .

They were born on June 24th

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian racing driver (1911-1995), Claude Chabrol, French film director and director (1930-2010), Mick Fleetwood, English drummer of the rock band Fleetwood Mac (1947), Florence Thomassin, French actress and sculptor (1966). Erin Moriarty, American actress (1994).