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5 Mehr 1421

Saturday 5 Mehr 1421 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 27 September 2042, and 12 Shawwal 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

1066 (960 years ago) William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
1540 (486 years ago) The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
1810 (216 years ago) The French army under André Masséna fails to break British forces under the Arthur Wellesley in the battle of Bussaco.
1821 (205 years ago) The Army of the Three Guarantees triumphantly enters Mexico City, led by Agustín de Iturbide. The following day Mexico is declared independent.
1940 (86 years ago) World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
1988 (38 years ago) The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
1998 (28 years ago) The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
2020 (6 years ago) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians.

1601 (425 years ago) Louis XIII of France,
1871 (155 years ago) Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
1918 (108 years ago) Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
1972 (54 years ago) Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
1976 (50 years ago) Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1982 (44 years ago) Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor
1984 (42 years ago) Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
2002 (24 years ago) Jenna Ortega, American actress

1590 (436 years ago) Pope Urban VII,
1700 (326 years ago) Pope Innocent XII,
1891 (135 years ago) Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (born 1812)
1917 (109 years ago) Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (born 1834)
1940 (86 years ago) Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (born 1892)
2017 (9 years ago) Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (born 1926)
2024 (2 years ago) Maggie Smith, English actress (born 1934)
2024 (2 years ago) Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (born 1960)