Today is not a Holiday
Tuesday, 4 September 2007 by Jacob TomawToday does not appear to be a National Holiday anywhere. It is the day a nation was founded though. Today in 1870, Napoléon III was exiled as his empire collapsed as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. This inaugurated La Troisième République. As the name suggests the third republic of France and as the name does not suggest the longest lasting government since the 1789 French Revolution. The Third Republic lasted 70 years until the Reich came marching in; The current Fifth Republic is the second longest and will only be 50 October next year.