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10 Bahman 1385

Tuesday 10 Bahman 1385 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 30 January 2007, and 10 Muharram 1428 in the Islamic calendar.

Public holiday

This day in four calendars

1018 (1008 years ago) Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
1820 (206 years ago) Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
1902 (124 years ago) The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
1925 (101 years ago) The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
1939 (87 years ago) During a speech in the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler makes a prediction about the end of the Jewish race in Europe if another world war were to occur.
1948 (78 years ago) Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives". The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India.
1960 (66 years ago) The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
1972 (54 years ago) Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.

1882 (144 years ago) Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and statesman, 32nd President of the United States (died 1945)
1927 (99 years ago) Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1986)
1938 (88 years ago) Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (died 2016)
1941 (85 years ago) Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States (died 2025)
1951 (75 years ago) Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1962 (64 years ago) Abdullah II of Jordan,
1968 (58 years ago) Felipe VI, King of Spain
1974 (52 years ago) Christian Bale, British actor

1649 (377 years ago) Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600)
1730 (296 years ago) Peter II of Russia,
1948 (78 years ago) Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (born 1869)
1948 (78 years ago) Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1871)
1951 (75 years ago) Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (born 1875)
1991 (35 years ago) John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
2007 (19 years ago) Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (born 1917)
2026 Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress, comedian and screenwriter (born 1954)