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22 Tir 1399

Sunday 22 Tir 1399 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 12 July 2020, and 20 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1441 in the Islamic calendar.

This day in four calendars

70 (1956 years ago) The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
1580 (446 years ago) The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
1920 (106 years ago) The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
1943 (83 years ago) World War II: Battle of Kursk: German and Soviet forces engage in the Battle of Prokhorovka, one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
1961 (65 years ago) Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
1961 (65 years ago) ČSA Flight 511 crashes at Casablanca–Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing 72.
1975 (51 years ago) São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
2026 A bar fire kills 33 people in Bangkok, Thailand.

100 BC Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (died 44 BC)
1817 (209 years ago) Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (died 1862)
1884 (142 years ago) Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1920)
1895 (131 years ago) Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (died 1983)
1904 (122 years ago) Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1937 (89 years ago) Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1991 (35 years ago) James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer
1997 (29 years ago) Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate

1536 (490 years ago) Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch priest and philosopher (born 1466)
1712 (314 years ago) Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (born 1626)
1804 (222 years ago) Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1755)
1926 (100 years ago) Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (born 1868)
1931 (95 years ago) Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
1935 (91 years ago) Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (born 1859)
2020 (6 years ago) Kelly Preston, American actress and model (born 1962)
2026 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (born 1952)