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29 Shahrivar 1408

Wednesday 29 Shahrivar 1408 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 19 September 2029, and 10 Jumada al-Awwal 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

1916 (110 years ago) World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
1918 (108 years ago) The battle of Megiddo begins in which British forces attack the right flank of the Ottoman army during World War I.
1939 (87 years ago) World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
1946 (80 years ago) The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
1978 (48 years ago) The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
2022 (4 years ago) A strong earthquake kills 2 and injures over 30 in Mexico's state of Michoacán.
2022 (4 years ago) The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.
2023 (3 years ago) Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population.

86 (1940 years ago) Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (died 161)
1551 (475 years ago) Henry III of France,
1802 (224 years ago) Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary (died 1894)
1921 (105 years ago) Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (died 1997)
1922 (104 years ago) Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (died 2000)
1926 (100 years ago) Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
1948 (78 years ago) Jeremy Irons, English actor, winner of multiple accolades (Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe)
1985 (41 years ago) Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor

1710 (316 years ago) Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (born 1644)
1843 (183 years ago) Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1792)
1881 (145 years ago) James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (born 1831)
1935 (91 years ago) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (born 1857)
1985 (41 years ago) Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (born 1923)
2019 (7 years ago) Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936)
2020 (6 years ago) John Turner, Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1929)
2026 Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer (born 1942)