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19 Mehr 1383
Sunday 19 Mehr 1383 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 10 October 2004, and 24 Sha'ban 1425 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian19 Mehr 1383
- Gregorian10 October 2004
- Islamic24 Sha'ban 1425
- Imperial19 Mehr 2563
- Day of the year205 of 366
- Left in the year161 days
- ZodiacLibra
- YearMonkey
Occasions on 19 Mehr 1383
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On this day: October 10
Events
- 1492 (534 years ago) The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.
- 1846 (180 years ago) Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
- 1868 (158 years ago) The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
- 1957 (69 years ago) U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
- 1970 (56 years ago) Fiji becomes independent.
- 1975 (51 years ago) Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 2009 (17 years ago) Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
- 2018 (8 years ago) Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
Births
- 1731 (295 years ago) Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)
- 1813 (213 years ago) Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)
- 1830 (196 years ago) Isabella II of Spain,
- 1861 (165 years ago) Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
- 1900 (126 years ago) Helen Hayes, American actress (died 1993)
- 1913 (113 years ago) Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
- 1946 (80 years ago) Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
Deaths
- 680 (1346 years ago) Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)
- 1659 (367 years ago) Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603)
- 1827 (199 years ago) Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (born 1778)
- 1963 (63 years ago) Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)
- 1973 (53 years ago) Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)
- 1985 (41 years ago) Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)
- 2000 (26 years ago) Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)
- 2004 (22 years ago) Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)