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26 Esfand 1399
Tuesday 26 Esfand 1399 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 16 March 2021, and 2 Sha'ban 1442 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian26 Esfand 1399
- Gregorian16 March 2021
- Islamic2 Sha'ban 1442
- Imperial26 Esfand 2579
- Day of the year362 of 366
- Left in the year4 days
- ZodiacPisces
- YearRat
Occasions on 26 Esfand 1399
On this day: March 16
Events
- 1898 (128 years ago) In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.[page needed]
- 1935 (91 years ago) Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
- 1968 (58 years ago) Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
- 1978 (48 years ago) A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
- 1988 (38 years ago) Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
- 2005 (21 years ago) Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
- 2014 (12 years ago) Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
- 2025 (a year ago) A fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.
Births
- 1751 (275 years ago) James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (died 1836)
- 1789 (237 years ago) Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (died 1854)
- 1839 (187 years ago) Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (died 2017)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2018)
- 1953 (73 years ago) Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
- 1959 (67 years ago) Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO
- 1965 (61 years ago) Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada
Deaths
- 37 (1989 years ago) Tiberius, Roman emperor (born 42 BC)
- 455 (1571 years ago) Valentinian III, Roman emperor (assassinated; b. 419)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1870)
- 1935 (91 years ago) John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1863)
- 1940 (86 years ago) Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)
- 1957 (69 years ago) Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (born 1876)