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18 Azar 1418

Friday 18 Azar 1418 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 9 December 2039, and 22 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1461 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.

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This day in four calendars

1856 (170 years ago) The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
1935 (91 years ago) Student protests occur in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and are subsequently dispersed by government authorities.
1940 (86 years ago) World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
1992 (34 years ago) American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
2008 (18 years ago) Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
2013 (13 years ago) At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.
2017 (9 years ago) The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.

1608 (418 years ago) John Milton, English poet and philosopher (died 1674)
1842 (184 years ago) Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (died 1921)
1868 (158 years ago) Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)
1906 (120 years ago) Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL (died 1992)
1916 (110 years ago) Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2020)
1934 (92 years ago) Judi Dench, English actress
1946 (80 years ago) Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician
1954 (72 years ago) Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg

1437 (589 years ago) Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1368)
1565 (461 years ago) Pope Pius IV,
1641 (385 years ago) Anthony van Dyck, Belgian-English painter and illustrator (born 1599)
1669 (357 years ago) Pope Clement IX,
1916 (110 years ago) Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (born 1867)
1937 (89 years ago) Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
1971 (55 years ago) Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1996 (30 years ago) Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1913)