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21 Aban 1421

Wednesday 21 Aban 1421 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 12 November 2042, and 28 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1464 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

1940 (86 years ago) World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
1956 (70 years ago) Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
1971 (55 years ago) Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, U.S. President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
1975 (51 years ago) The Comoros joins the United Nations.
1977 (49 years ago) France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.
1979 (47 years ago) Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
1999 (27 years ago) The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured.
2017 (9 years ago) The 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake shakes the northern Iran–Iraq border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured.

1817 (209 years ago) Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith (died 1892)
1840 (186 years ago) Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (died 1917)
1842 (184 years ago) John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
1866 (160 years ago) Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (died 1925)
1929 (97 years ago) Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (died 1982)
1934 (92 years ago) Charles Manson, American cult leader (died 2017)
1948 (78 years ago) Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran
1982 (44 years ago) Anne Hathaway, American actress

607 (1419 years ago) Pope Boniface III,
1035 (991 years ago) Cnut the Great, Danish-English king (born c.995)
1865 (161 years ago) Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (born 1810)
1916 (110 years ago) Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (born 1855)
1969 (57 years ago) Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (born 1898)
1981 (45 years ago) William Holden, American actor (born 1918)
1994 (32 years ago) Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter and educator (born 1940)
2018 (8 years ago) Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher (born 1922)