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24 Esfand 1404
Sunday 24 Esfand 1404 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 15 March 2026, and 25 Ramadan 1447 in the Islamic calendar.
This day in four calendars
- Persian24 Esfand 1404
- Gregorian15 March 2026
- Islamic25 Ramadan 1447
- Imperial24 Esfand 2584
- Day of the year360 of 365
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On this day: March 15
Events
- 44 BC The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March.
- 1783 (243 years ago) In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful, and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
- 1823 (203 years ago) Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reports the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.
- 1907 (119 years ago) The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.
- 1922 (104 years ago) After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies.
- 1978 (48 years ago) Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Births
- 1767 (259 years ago) Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (died 1845)
- 1830 (196 years ago) Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
- 1854 (172 years ago) Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
- 1878 (148 years ago) Reza Shah, Iranian Shah (died 1944)
- 1933 (93 years ago) Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (died 2020)
- 1975 (51 years ago) Eva Longoria, American actress
- 1993 (33 years ago) Alia Bhatt, British actress
- 1993 (33 years ago) Paul Pogba, French footballer
Deaths
- 44 BC Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (born 100 BC)
- 220 (1806 years ago) Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesman
- 493 (1533 years ago) Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (born 433)
- 1937 (89 years ago) H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (born 1890)
- 1962 (64 years ago) Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
- 1975 (51 years ago) Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (born 1906)
- 1997 (29 years ago) Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (born 1906)
- 2004 (22 years ago) John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)