French journalist and author (died 2017)

Jean d'Ormesson

Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson was a French writer and novelist. He authored forty books, was the director of Le Figaro from 1974 to 1977, as well as the dean of the Académie Française, to which he was elected in 1973, until his death, in addition to his service as president of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences within UNESCO (1992–1997). A major public figure in France, known for his art de la conversation, Jean d'Ormesson was saluted as "the best of the French spirit" by President Emmanuel Macron upon his death.

Born

1925

June 16

Died

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1920s

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1925 Born

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632 Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
1407 Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
1487 Battle of Stoke Field: King Henry VII of England defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
1632 The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, the first settler of Pejepscot, Maine, settling at the site of Fort Andross.

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The world in 1925

When Jean arrived

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Anna Cathcart 2003– Canadian actress Bill Cobbs 1934–2024 American actor (died 2024) Billy "Crash" Craddock 1939– American singer-songwriter Francisco León de la Barra 1863–1939 Mexican politician and diplomat (died 1939) Giacomo Agostini 1942– Italian motorcycle racer and manager John Cheke 1514–1557 English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (died 1557) Karen Dunnell 1946– English statistician and academic Kerry Wood 1977– American baseball player Mohammad Mosaddegh 1882–1967 Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (died 1967)

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Albert Bandura 1925– Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) Alexander Shulgin 1925–2014 American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) Allan Blakeney 1925–2011 Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925) Arkady Ostashev 1925–1998 Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925) Art McNally 1925– American football referee (died 2023) Carlos Castaneda 1925–1998 Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925) Carmine Infantino 1925–2013 American illustrator (born 1925) Chuck Bednarik 1925–2015 American lieutenant and football player (born 1925) Dominick Dunne 1925–2009 American journalist and novelist (born 1925)

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