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6 Esfand 1396
Sunday 6 Esfand 1396 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 25 February 2018, and 8 Jumada al-Thani 1439 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian6 Esfand 1396
- Gregorian25 February 2018
- Islamic8 Jumada al-Thani 1439
- Imperial6 Esfand 2576
- Day of the year342 of 365
- Left in the year23 days
- ZodiacPisces
- YearHen
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On this day: February 25
Events
- 1912 (114 years ago) Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
- 1932 (94 years ago) Adolf Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
- 1941 (85 years ago) The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
- 1956 (70 years ago) In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
- 1980 (46 years ago) The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
- 1986 (40 years ago) People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first female president.
- 2015 (11 years ago) At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.
- 2026 Four people are killed and several more are injured when Cuban Border Guard Troops confront and open fire on a US-registered speedboat violating Cuban waters.
Births
- 1707 (319 years ago) Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer (died 1793)
- 1778 (248 years ago) José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (died 1850)
- 1841 (185 years ago) Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (died 1919)
- 1866 (160 years ago) Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (died 1952)
- 1871 (155 years ago) Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet and playwright (died1913)
- 1873 (153 years ago) Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. (died 1921)
- 1943 (83 years ago) George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and film producer (died 2001)
- 1950 (76 years ago) Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician; 51st President of Argentina (died 2010)
Deaths
- 1713 (313 years ago) Frederick I of Prussia,
- 1723 (303 years ago) Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (born 1632)
- 1852 (174 years ago) Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (born 1779)
- 1970 (56 years ago) Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (born 1903)
- 1971 (55 years ago) Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)
- 1983 (43 years ago) Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (born 1911)
- 1999 (27 years ago) Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
- 2017 (9 years ago) Bill Paxton, American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)