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Avignon, France
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.avignon.fr/
Population:
88,300
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| René Girard |
Historian |
25-Dec-1923 |
4-Nov-2015 |
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World |
| Bernard Kouchner |
Politician |
1-Nov-1939 |
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French Foreign Minister |
| Olivier Messiaen |
Composer |
10-Dec-1908 |
27-Apr-1992 |
Turangalla-Symphonie |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Alain Chartier |
Poet |
c. 1392 |
1449 |
La Belle Dame sans merci |
| Meister Eckhart |
Religion |
c. 1260 |
1327 |
German speculative mystic |
| Pope Innocent VI |
Religion |
? |
12-Sep-1362 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1352-62 |
| Pope John XXII |
Religion |
1249 |
4-Dec-1334 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1316-34 |
| John Stuart Mill |
Philosopher |
20-May-1806 |
8-May-1873 |
Liberal philosopher and essayist |
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