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13 Aban 1396
Saturday 13 Aban 1396 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 4 November 2017, and 15 Safar 1439 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian13 Aban 1396
- Gregorian4 November 2017
- Islamic15 Safar 1439
- Imperial13 Aban 2576
- Day of the year229 of 365
- Left in the year136 days
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- YearHen
Occasions on 13 Aban 1396
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On this day: November 4
Events
- 1939 (87 years ago) World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
- 1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.
- 1979 (47 years ago) Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
- 1980 (46 years ago) Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
- 1993 (33 years ago) China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.
- 1995 (31 years ago) Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
- 2008 (18 years ago) Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.
Births
- 1933 (93 years ago) Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
- 1946 (80 years ago) Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
- 1951 (75 years ago) Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
- 1957 (69 years ago) Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1969 (57 years ago) Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
- 1969 (57 years ago) Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1972 (54 years ago) Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
- 1998 (28 years ago) Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer
Deaths
- 1847 (179 years ago) Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1809)
- 1918 (108 years ago) Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (born 1893)
- 1921 (105 years ago) Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1856)
- 1924 (102 years ago) Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1845)
- 1995 (31 years ago) Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1922)
- 1995 (31 years ago) Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (born 1925)
- 2008 (18 years ago) Michael Crichton, American medical doctor, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
- 2015 (11 years ago) René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)