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10 Mehr 1379
Sunday 10 Mehr 1379 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 1 October 2000, and 3 Rajab 1421 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian10 Mehr 1379
- Gregorian1 October 2000
- Islamic3 Rajab 1421
- Imperial10 Mehr 2559
- Day of the year196 of 366
- Left in the year170 days
- ZodiacLibra
- YearWhale
Occasions on 10 Mehr 1379
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On this day: October 1
Events
- 1779 (247 years ago) The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
- 1795 (231 years ago) More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
- 1827 (199 years ago) Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
- 1949 (77 years ago) The People's Republic of China is established.
- 1963 (63 years ago) On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.
- 1985 (41 years ago) Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
- 2017 (9 years ago) An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
- 2024 (2 years ago) Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.
Births
- 86 BC Sallust, Roman historian (died 34 BC)
- 1922 (104 years ago) Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
- 1924 (102 years ago) Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
- 1935 (91 years ago) Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
- 1945 (81 years ago) Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India
- 1956 (70 years ago) Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1966 (60 years ago) George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia
- 1989 (37 years ago) Brie Larson, American actress
Deaths
- 1404 (622 years ago) Pope Boniface IX,
- 1499 (527 years ago) Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (born 1433)
- 1684 (342 years ago) Pierre Corneille, French playwright (born 1606)
- 1959 (67 years ago) Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (born 1877)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (born 1917)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Tom Clancy, American author (born 1947)
- 2018 (8 years ago) Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)
- 2025 (a year ago) Jane Goodall, English primatologist (born 1934)