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3 Bahman 1394
Saturday 3 Bahman 1394 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 23 January 2016, and 12 Rabi' al-Thani 1437 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian3 Bahman 1394
- Gregorian23 January 2016
- Islamic12 Rabi' al-Thani 1437
- Imperial3 Bahman 2574
- Day of the year309 of 365
- Left in the year56 days
- ZodiacAquarius
- YearSheep
Occasions on 3 Bahman 1394
No occasion is recorded for this day. Next occasion: International Day of Education, Sunday 4 Bahman (tomorrow).
On this day: January 23
Events
- 1579 (447 years ago) The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
- 1719 (307 years ago) The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1941 (85 years ago) Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
- 1950 (76 years ago) The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
- 1958 (68 years ago) After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
- 1967 (59 years ago) Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
- 2018 (8 years ago) The China–United States trade war begins when President Donald Trump places tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.
Births
- 1783 (243 years ago) Stendhal, French novelist (died 1842)
- 1832 (194 years ago) Édouard Manet, French painter (died 1883)
- 1862 (164 years ago) David Hilbert, German mathematician and academic (died 1943)
- 1907 (119 years ago) Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
- 1918 (108 years ago) Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian politician, 5th president of Indonesia
- 1984 (42 years ago) Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
Deaths
- 1516 (510 years ago) Ferdinand II of Aragon,
- 1931 (95 years ago) Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (born 1881)
- 1944 (82 years ago) Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1863)
- 1989 (37 years ago) Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1904)
- 2002 (24 years ago) Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (born 1930)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Abdullah of Saudi Arabia,
- 2021 (5 years ago) Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (born 1925)
- 2021 (5 years ago) Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (born 1933)