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4 Azar 1402
Saturday 4 Azar 1402 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 25 November 2023, and 11 Jumada al-Awwal 1445 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian4 Azar 1402
- Gregorian25 November 2023
- Islamic11 Jumada al-Awwal 1445
- Imperial4 Azar 2582
- Day of the year250 of 365
- Left in the year115 days
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Occasions on 4 Azar 1402
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On this day: November 25
Events
- 1915 (111 years ago) Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
- 1917 (109 years ago) World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
- 1936 (90 years ago) In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1984 (42 years ago) Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- 1986 (40 years ago) Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1987 (39 years ago) Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
- 1992 (34 years ago) The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
Births
- 1562 (464 years ago) Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet (died 1635)
- 1835 (191 years ago) Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1919)
- 1844 (182 years ago) Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (died 1929)
- 1881 (145 years ago) Pope John XXIII,
- 1915 (111 years ago) Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (died 2006)
- 1971 (55 years ago) Christina Applegate, American actress
- 1981 (45 years ago) Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
- 2002 (24 years ago) Pedri, Spanish footballer
Deaths
- 1185 (841 years ago) Pope Lucius III,
- 1950 (76 years ago) Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)
- 1970 (56 years ago) Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, actor, and director (born 1925)
- 1974 (52 years ago) U Thant, Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1909)
- 1997 (29 years ago) Hastings Banda, Malawian physician and politician, 1st President of Malawi (born 1898)
- 2005 (21 years ago) George Best, Northern Irish footballer (born 1946)
- 2016 (10 years ago) Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (born 1926)
- 2020 (6 years ago) Diego Maradona, Argentinian football player (born 1960)