David Hockney "The Arrival of Spring, Normandy" #art
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UNESCO designated Normandy's D-Day landing beaches, Greece's Mount Olympus, and Japan's ancient capitals as World Heritage sites on July 26, 2026. The D-Day beaches stretch over 80 kilometers along the French coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944.
Kenneth Hay, a Normandy veteran who was captured weeks after D-Day and later dedicated years to educating children about World War II, died on September 21, 2026, at age 101. The British Normandy Memorial remembered him as an "extraordinary gentleman."
A regional train derailed near Rouen in Normandy on September 12, 2026, injuring 44 people with one serious injury. Investigators are examining evidence of possible sabotage, focusing on a piece of rail found on the track that may have caused the derailment.
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A regional train carrying 186 passengers derailed near Rouen in northwest France on September 11, 2026, injuring 44 people, one critically. French police suspected sabotage after finding a rail fragment on the Rouen-Caen line.
A passenger train operating the Rouen-Caen route derailed in Normandy, northwest France, on the evening of 11 September 2026, injuring at least 44 of 180 passengers on board. Initial suspicions of sabotage were ruled out by investigators.
At 128 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen.
Pope Leo XIV completed a four-day visit to France on 28 September 2026, his first papal visit to the country in 18 years. During the trip, the Chicago-born pontiff addressed sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Lourdes and paid tribute to European integration architect Robert Schuman, drawing an estimated 150,000 pilgrims to a candlelit rosary ceremony.
A shooting occurred on September 15, 2026, at approximately 2 a.m. on Jacksonville's Westside in the 5700 block of Normandy Boulevard; the victim declined to cooperate with police.