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The Latest: Hollande opens Paris attacks commemorations

French President Francois Hollande and Saint-Denis mayor Didier Paillard, right, unveil a commemorative plaque outside the Stade de France stadium, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, during a ceremony held for the victims of last year's Paris attacks which targeted the Bataclan concert hall as well as a series of bars and killed 130 people. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP)
French President Francois Hollande and Saint-Denis mayor Didier Paillard, right, unveil a commemorative plaque outside the Stade de France stadium, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, during a ceremony held for the victims of last year's Paris attacks which targeted the Bataclan concert hall as well as a series of bars and killed 130 people. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP) French President Francois Hollande and Saint-Denis mayor Didier Paillard, right, unveil a commemorative plaque outside the Stade de France stadium, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, during a ceremony held for the victims of last year's Paris attacks which targeted the Bataclan concert hall as well as a series of bars and killed 130 people. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP)

PARIS (AP) – The Latest on the anniversary commemorations of the Paris attacks on Nov. 13, 2015 (all times local):

9:35 a.m.

French President Francois Hollande has opened a national day of commemoration in France, one year after the Paris attacks that killed 130.

Hollande unveiled a plaque covered by a small French flag at the national stadium in memory of the single person killed there, Manuel Dias, and the numerous wounded.

Hollande remained silent at the ceremony outside the Stade de France and he wasn’t expected to speak as he unveils plaques at the seven sites hit by Islamic extremists.