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10 Dey 1407

Saturday 10 Dey 1407 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 30 December 2028, and 13 Sha'ban 1450 in the Islamic calendar.

This day's Islamic date is not yet officially announced and is an astronomical estimate; it and the day's religious occasions may move by a day.

This day in four calendars

1066 (960 years ago) Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
1902 (124 years ago) The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.
1903 (123 years ago) A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
1922 (104 years ago) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.
1947 (79 years ago) Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
1997 (29 years ago) In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
2004 (22 years ago) A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.
2009 (17 years ago) A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.

39 (1987 years ago) Titus, Roman emperor (probable) (died 81)
1865 (161 years ago) Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
1884 (142 years ago) Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1948)
1930 (96 years ago) Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
1963 (63 years ago) Mike Pompeo, American diplomat and politician; 70th United States Secretary of State
1969 (57 years ago) Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
1975 (51 years ago) Tiger Woods, American golfer
1984 (42 years ago) LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman

1896 (130 years ago) José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (born 1861)
1916 (110 years ago) Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (born 1869)
1944 (82 years ago) Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
1947 (79 years ago) Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (born 1861)
1968 (58 years ago) Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1896)
2006 (20 years ago) Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (born 1937)
2009 (17 years ago) Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (born 1940)
2012 (14 years ago) Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)