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5 Mordad 1373
Wednesday 5 Mordad 1373 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 27 July 1994, and 17 Safar 1415 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian5 Mordad 1373
- Gregorian27 July 1994
- Islamic17 Safar 1415
- Imperial5 Mordad 2553
- Day of the year129 of 365
- Left in the year236 days
- ZodiacLeo
- YearDog
Occasions on 5 Mordad 1373
- national
- cultural
- countries
- fun
On this day: July 27
Events
- 1865 (161 years ago) Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
- 1880 (146 years ago) Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
- 1890 (136 years ago) Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
- 1917 (109 years ago) World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- 1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
- 1964 (62 years ago) Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
- 1995 (31 years ago) The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 1997 (29 years ago) About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
Births
- 1612 (414 years ago) Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (died 1640)
- 1824 (202 years ago) Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (died 1895)
- 1835 (191 years ago) Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
- 1853 (173 years ago) Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (died 1921)
- 1881 (145 years ago) Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
- 1929 (97 years ago) Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist and philosopher (died 2007)
- 1963 (63 years ago) Donnie Yen, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
- 1987 (39 years ago) Marek Hamšík, Slovak footballer
Deaths
- 1061 (965 years ago) Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church
- 1841 (185 years ago) Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (born 1814)
- 1844 (182 years ago) John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (born 1776)
- 1946 (80 years ago) Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1874)
- 1970 (56 years ago) António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1889)
- 1980 (46 years ago) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Shah (born 1919)
- 2003 (23 years ago) Bob Hope, English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (born 1903)
- 2015 (11 years ago) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (born 1931)