2012 Event Following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers, Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps 1989 Death Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81 1987 Event Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record, 124.9 mph 1966 Event Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1965 Event Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens 1962 Event French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel 1917 Event French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700 1908 Birthday Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig 1882 Death Louis Blanc, French Politician 1816 Event French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas 1811 Birthday Louis Blanc, French Politician 1787 Event Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc 1786 Event Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc 1710 Death Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65 1644 Birthday Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV
