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16 Azar 1387

Saturday 16 Azar 1387 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 6 December 2008, and 7 Dhu al-Hijjah 1429 in the Islamic calendar.

This day in four calendars

1492 (534 years ago) After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola.
1534 (492 years ago) The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1790 (236 years ago) The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
1921 (105 years ago) The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.
1991 (35 years ago) Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.
1998 (28 years ago) in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
2017 (9 years ago) Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

1421 (605 years ago) Henry VI of England,
1778 (248 years ago) Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (died 1850)
1823 (203 years ago) Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (died 1900)
1898 (128 years ago) Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
1942 (84 years ago) Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
1947 (79 years ago) Geoffrey Hinton, British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and cognitive psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1979 (47 years ago) Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
1982 (44 years ago) Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist

343 (1683 years ago) Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (born 270)
1185 (841 years ago) Afonso I of Portugal,
1352 (674 years ago) Pope Clement VI,
1658 (368 years ago) Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (born 1601)
1889 (137 years ago) Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (born 1808)
1892 (134 years ago) Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (born 1816)
1956 (70 years ago) B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (born 1891)
1961 (65 years ago) Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (born 1925)