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8 Azar 1387
Friday 8 Azar 1387 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 28 November 2008, and 29 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1429 in the Islamic calendar.
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This day in four calendars
- Persian8 Azar 1387
- Gregorian28 November 2008
- Islamic29 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1429
- Imperial8 Azar 2567
- Day of the year254 of 366
- Left in the year112 days
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- YearRat
Occasions on 8 Azar 1387
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On this day: November 28
Events
- 1443 (583 years ago) Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
- 1582 (444 years ago) In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 (equivalent to £13,818 in 2025) bond in lieu of posting wedding banns, which enables them to marry immediately.
- 1912 (114 years ago) Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1917 (109 years ago) The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
- 1920 (106 years ago) FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France.
- 1958 (68 years ago) First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
- 1965 (61 years ago) Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
- 1991 (35 years ago) South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
Births
- 1628 (398 years ago) John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (died 1688)
- 1757 (269 years ago) William Blake, English poet and painter (died 1827)
- 1820 (206 years ago) Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (died 1895)
- 1880 (146 years ago) Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright (died 1921)
- 1881 (145 years ago) Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1942)
- 1907 (119 years ago) Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author (died 1990)
- 1908 (118 years ago) Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)
- 1950 (76 years ago) Ed Harris, American actor and producer
Deaths
- 741 (1285 years ago) Pope Gregory III,
- 1680 (346 years ago) Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (born 1598)
- 1694 (332 years ago) Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (born 1644)
- 1859 (167 years ago) Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (born 1783)
- 1954 (72 years ago) Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
- 1962 (64 years ago) Wilhelmina of the Netherlands,
- 1968 (58 years ago) Enid Blyton, English author and poet (born 1897)
- 2010 (16 years ago) Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1926)