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26 Farvardin 1403
Sunday 26 Farvardin 1403 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 14 April 2024, and 5 Shawwal 1445 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian26 Farvardin 1403
- Gregorian14 April 2024
- Islamic5 Shawwal 1445
- Imperial26 Farvardin 2583
- Day of the year26 of 366
- Left in the year340 days
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On this day: April 14
Events
- 69 (1957 years ago) Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
- 1929 (97 years ago) The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
- 1978 (48 years ago) Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- 1988 (38 years ago) In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
- 1991 (35 years ago) The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1994 (32 years ago) In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
- 2002 (24 years ago) Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
- 2024 (2 years ago) Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.
Births
- 1126 (900 years ago) Averroes, Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher (died 1198)
- 1578 (448 years ago) Philip III of Spain,
- 1629 (397 years ago) Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1695)
- 1889 (137 years ago) Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic (died 1975)
- 1891 (135 years ago) B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 1956)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (died 1975)
- 1940 (86 years ago) Julie Christie, Indian-English actress and activist
- 1973 (53 years ago) Adrien Brody, American actor
Deaths
- 911 (1115 years ago) Pope Sergius III, pope of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1759 (267 years ago) George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (born 1685)
- 1917 (109 years ago) L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (born 1859)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1893)
- 1935 (91 years ago) Emmy Noether, German-American mathematician and academic (born 1882)
- 1950 (76 years ago) Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (born 1879)
- 1964 (62 years ago) Rachel Carson, American biologist and author (born 1907)
- 1986 (40 years ago) Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and philosopher (born 1908)