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6 Shahrivar 1376

Thursday 6 Shahrivar 1376 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 28 August 1997, and 24 Rabi' al-Thani 1418 in the Islamic calendar.

This day in four calendars

No occasion is recorded for this day. Next occasion: International Day against Nuclear Tests, Friday 7 Shahrivar (tomorrow).

632 (1394 years ago) Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims.
1901 (125 years ago) Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1990 (36 years ago) Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1993 (33 years ago) The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina is transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
1998 (28 years ago) Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
1998 (28 years ago) Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
2017 (9 years ago) China–India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two-month-long stalemate over China's construction of a road in disputed territory.

1749 (277 years ago) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (died 1832)
1917 (109 years ago) Jack Kirby, Comic Book Artist and Writer (died 1994)
1938 (88 years ago) Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canada
1957 (69 years ago) Ivo Josipović, Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd President of Croatia
1957 (69 years ago) Ai Weiwei, Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist
1962 (64 years ago) David Fincher, American director and producer
1965 (61 years ago) Shania Twain, Grammy Award-winning Canadian Country Singer-Songwriter
1989 (37 years ago) César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer

430 (1596 years ago) Augustine of Hippo, Algerian bishop, theologian, and saint (born 354)
632 (1394 years ago) Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad (born 605)
1645 (381 years ago) Hugo Grotius, Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (born 1583)
1987 (39 years ago) John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)
1995 (31 years ago) Michael Ende, German scientist and author (born 1929)
2006 (20 years ago) Melvin Schwartz, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
2020 (6 years ago) Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (born 1976)
2026 Harald V of Norway,