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15 Ordibehesht 1392
Sunday 15 Ordibehesht 1392 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 5 May 2013, and 24 Jumada al-Thani 1434 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian15 Ordibehesht 1392
- Gregorian5 May 2013
- Islamic24 Jumada al-Thani 1434
- Imperial15 Ordibehesht 2572
- Day of the year46 of 365
- Left in the year319 days
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Occasions on 15 Ordibehesht 1392
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Day (Red Dress Day)
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- fun
On this day: May 5
Events
- 1762 (264 years ago) Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
- 1789 (237 years ago) In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
- 1862 (164 years ago) Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
- 1930 (96 years ago) The 1930 Bago earthquake, the first of two major earthquakes in southern Burma, kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bago.
- 1980 (46 years ago) Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
- 1994 (32 years ago) The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
- 1994 (32 years ago) American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
- 2006 (20 years ago) The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
Births
- 1747 (279 years ago) Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1792)
- 1813 (213 years ago) Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (died 1855)
- 1818 (208 years ago) Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (died 1883)
- 1846 (180 years ago) Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
- 1864 (162 years ago) Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (died 1922)
- 1921 (105 years ago) Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
- 1983 (43 years ago) Henry Cavill, English actor
- 1988 (38 years ago) Adele, English singer-songwriter
Deaths
- 1705 (321 years ago) Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1640)
- 1821 (205 years ago) Napoleon, French general and emperor (born 1769)
- 1859 (167 years ago) Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (born 1805)
- 1921 (105 years ago) Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)
- 1959 (67 years ago) Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)
- 1977 (49 years ago) Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897)
- 1995 (31 years ago) Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (born 1911)
- 2010 (16 years ago) Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (born 1951)