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25 Azar 1385
Saturday 25 Azar 1385 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 16 December 2006, and 24 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1427 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian25 Azar 1385
- Gregorian16 December 2006
- Islamic24 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1427
- Imperial25 Azar 2565
- Day of the year271 of 365
- Left in the year94 days
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Occasions on 25 Azar 1385
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On this day: December 16
Events
- 1497 (529 years ago) Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River at the southern tip of Africa, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
- 1914 (112 years ago) World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
- 1960 (66 years ago) A United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
- 1971 (55 years ago) The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
- 1972 (54 years ago) The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is enacted.
- 1997 (29 years ago) Dennō Senshi Porygon: Over 600 kids in Japan suffer photosensitive epileptic seizures after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime.
- 2013 (13 years ago) A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
Births
- 1485 (541 years ago) Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess, Queen Consort of England (died 1536)
- 1770 (256 years ago) Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (died 1827)
- 1775 (251 years ago) Jane Austen, English novelist (died 1817)
- 1863 (163 years ago) George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (died 1952)
- 1866 (160 years ago) Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (died 1944)
- 1901 (125 years ago) Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (died 1978)
- 1917 (109 years ago) Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (died 2008)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (died 1982)
Deaths
- 705 (1321 years ago) Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou dynasty (born 624)
- 882 (1144 years ago) John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
- 1515 (511 years ago) Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (born 1453)
- 1774 (252 years ago) François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (born 1694)
- 1897 (129 years ago) Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1840)
- 1921 (105 years ago) Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1835)
- 1965 (61 years ago) W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (born 1874)
- 2009 (17 years ago) Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (born 1956)