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18 Mordad 1396
Wednesday 18 Mordad 1396 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 9 August 2017, and 16 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1438 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian18 Mordad 1396
- Gregorian9 August 2017
- Islamic16 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1438
- Imperial18 Mordad 2576
- Day of the year142 of 365
- Left in the year223 days
- ZodiacLeo
- YearHen
Occasions on 18 Mordad 1396
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- fun
On this day: August 9
Events
- 48 BC Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
- 1810 (216 years ago) Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
- 1814 (212 years ago) American Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
- 1892 (134 years ago) Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
- 1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
- 1969 (57 years ago) Tate–LaBianca murders: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
- 1971 (55 years ago) The Troubles: In Northern Ireland, the British authorities launch Operation Demetrius. The operation involves the mass arrest and internment without trial of individuals suspected of being affiliated with the Irish Republican Army (PIRA). Mass riots follow, and thousands of people flee or are forced out of their homes.
- 1995 (31 years ago) Aviateca Flight 901 crashes into the San Vicente volcano in El Salvador, killing all 65 people on board.
Births
- 1776 (250 years ago) Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist (died 1856)
- 1896 (130 years ago) Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (died 1980)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator (died 2001)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Ukraine
- 1939 (87 years ago) Romano Prodi, Italian academic and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Italy
- 1963 (63 years ago) Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (died 2012)
- 1968 (58 years ago) Gillian Anderson, American-British actress, activist and writer
- 1972 (54 years ago) Juanes, Colombian singer and songwriter
Deaths
- 378 (1648 years ago) Valens, Roman emperor (born 328)
- 1048 (978 years ago) Pope Damasus II,
- 1516 (510 years ago) Hieronymus Bosch, Early Netherlandish painter (born circa 1450)
- 1942 (84 years ago) Edith Stein, German nun and saint (born 1891)
- 1962 (64 years ago) Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)
- 1969 (57 years ago) C. F. Powell, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
- 1975 (51 years ago) Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (born 1906)
- 2008 (18 years ago) Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian author and poet (born 1941)