Clairac is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.
A marron glacé is a confection, originating in northern Italy and southern France consisting of a chestnut candied in sugar syrup and glazed. Marrons glacés are an ingredient in many desserts and are also eaten on their own.
Saint-Loubès is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The Assyriologist René Labat (1904–1974) was born in Saint-Loubès.
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret is a former professional tennis player from France.
The 1998 Páginas Amarillas Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Madrid in Spain that was part of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from May 18 through May 23, 1998.
Mary Joe Fernández and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
The 1999 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles was the doubles event of the sixth edition of the ANZ Tasmanian International. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions but only Ruano Pascual competed that year with Florencia Labat. Labat and Ruano Pascual lost in the first round to Nannie de Villiers and Eva Melicharová.
Bereck Kofman was a French Hasidic orthodox rabbi, independent from the consistory, born in Poland, deported and murdered in Auschwitz.
The 1999 Brasil Open – Doubles was the tennis doubles event of the first edition of the most prestigious tournament in Brazil. Argentinian team Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez won the title, in what was the team's second title of the year, defeating Janette Husárová and Florencia Labat in the final.
The Women's Doubles tournament at the 1993 French Open was held from 24 May until 6 June 1993 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva won the title, defeating Larisa Savchenko and Jana Novotná in the final.
Events from the year 1738 in France
René Labat was a 20th-century French Assyriologist.
Tony Labat is a Cuban multimedia and installation artist. He received his BFA (1978) and his MFA (1980) from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he has taught since 1985. He has exhibited internationally over the last 25 years, developing a body of work in Performance, Video, Sculpture and Installation. His work has dealt with investigations of the body, popular culture, identity, urban relations, politics, and the media. In 2005 Labat had a survey exhibition of his work in conjunction with the publication of "Trust Me." The artist is represented by Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, and Estudio Figueroa-Vives, Havana, Cuba.
The 2000 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2000 WTA Tour. The tournament took place at the Centre Sportif de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France, from 22 May until 27 May 2000. Sixth-seeded Silvija Talaja won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.
Jean-Baptiste de Gennes, comte d'Oyac was a French naval officer who is known as an early French explorer of the Straits of Magellan. He was the last governor of the French colony of Saint-Christophe on the West Indian island now called Saint Kitts. After he surrendered the island to the English during the War of the Spanish Succession he was tried and found guilty of cowardice. He died before his appeal to this verdict could be heard. He was also an inventor, and among other devices invented a power loom driven by a mill wheel.
Charles Auger de La Motte was a French colonial administrator. He was governor in turn of Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe and Saint-Domingue.
Events from the year 1663 in France
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