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22 Dey 1415
Sunday 22 Dey 1415 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 11 January 2037, and 24 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1458 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
- Persian22 Dey 1415
- Gregorian11 January 2037
- Islamic24 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1458
- Imperial22 Dey 2595
- Day of the year298 of 365
- Left in the year67 days
- ZodiacCapricorn
- YearWhale
Occasions on 22 Dey 1415
No occasion is recorded for this day. Next occasion: Yennayer (Amazigh New Year), Monday 23 Dey (tomorrow).
On this day: January 11
Events
- 1861 (165 years ago) American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1923 (103 years ago) Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1943 (83 years ago) Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
- 1962 (64 years ago) An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
- 1972 (54 years ago) East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 1994 (32 years ago) The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- 1998 (28 years ago) Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
- 2013 (13 years ago) One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
Births
- 347 (1679 years ago) Theodosius I, Roman emperor (died 395)
- 1755 (271 years ago) Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1804)
- 1842 (184 years ago) William James, American psychologist and philosopher (died 1910)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (died 2008)
- 1954 (72 years ago) Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1975 (51 years ago) Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy
- 1979 (47 years ago) Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman
- 1992 (34 years ago) Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
Deaths
- 140 (1886 years ago) Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (born 74)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (born 1840)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (born 1868)
- 1988 (38 years ago) Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
- 1991 (35 years ago) Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
- 2008 (18 years ago) Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (born 1919)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (born 1986)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)