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31 Khordad 1408
Wednesday 31 Khordad 1408 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 20 June 2029, and 7 Safar 1451 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
- Persian31 Khordad 1408
- Gregorian20 June 2029
- Islamic7 Safar 1451
- Imperial31 Khordad 2588
- Day of the year93 of 366
- Left in the year273 days
- ZodiacGemini
- YearHen
Occasions on 31 Khordad 1408
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On this day: June 20
Events
- 1180 (846 years ago) First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Avro Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
- 1956 (70 years ago) A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
- 1960 (66 years ago) The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
- 1963 (63 years ago) Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow.
- 1990 (36 years ago) The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
- 1991 (35 years ago) The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.
- 1994 (32 years ago) The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
Births
- 1819 (207 years ago) Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (died 1880)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor (died 1959)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Martin Landau, American actor and producer (died 2017)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician (died 2025)
- 1949 (77 years ago) Lionel Richie, American singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
- 1952 (74 years ago) John Goodman, American actor
- 1967 (59 years ago) Nicole Kidman, American-Australian actress
- 1978 (48 years ago) Frank Lampard, English footballer
Deaths
- 840 (1186 years ago) Louis the Pious, Carolingian emperor (born 778)
- 1597 (429 years ago) Willem Barentsz, Dutch cartographer and explorer (born 1550)
- 1837 (189 years ago) William IV of the United Kingdom,
- 1958 (68 years ago) Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
- 1966 (60 years ago) Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (born 1894)
- 1995 (31 years ago) Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (born 1911)
- 2005 (21 years ago) Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
- 2024 (2 years ago) Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer (born 1935)