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5 Esfand 1421
Tuesday 5 Esfand 1421 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 24 February 2043, and 13 Rabi' al-Awwal 1465 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
- Persian5 Esfand 1421
- Gregorian24 February 2043
- Islamic13 Rabi' al-Awwal 1465
- Imperial5 Esfand 2601
- Day of the year341 of 365
- Left in the year24 days
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Occasions on 5 Esfand 1421
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On this day: February 24
Events
- 1812 (214 years ago) Treaty of Paris between Napoleon and Frederick William III of Prussia against Russia is signed.
- 1920 (106 years ago) The Nazi Party (NSDAP) is founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: First large-scale protest march resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany.
- 1945 (81 years ago) Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
- 2004 (22 years ago) The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
- 2007 (19 years ago) Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
- 2022 (4 years ago) Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Births
- 1304 (722 years ago) Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer
- 1463 (563 years ago) Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494)
- 1500 (526 years ago) Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
- 1536 (490 years ago) Pope Clement VIII,
- 1944 (82 years ago) David Wineland, American physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- 1955 (71 years ago) Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
- 1961 (65 years ago) Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Norway
Deaths
- 1799 (227 years ago) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (born 1742)
- 1810 (216 years ago) Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (born 1731)
- 1815 (211 years ago) Robert Fulton, American engineer (born 1765)
- 1856 (170 years ago) Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1792)
- 1990 (36 years ago) Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (born 1896)
- 2001 (25 years ago) Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (born 1916)
- 2018 (8 years ago) Sridevi, Indian actress (born 1963)
- 2020 (6 years ago) Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (born 1918)