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9 Mehr 1421

Wednesday 9 Mehr 1421 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 1 October 2042, and 16 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

1779 (247 years ago) The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
1795 (231 years ago) More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
1827 (199 years ago) Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
1949 (77 years ago) The People's Republic of China is established.
1963 (63 years ago) On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.
1985 (41 years ago) Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
2017 (9 years ago) An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
2024 (2 years ago) Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.

86 BC Sallust, Roman historian (died 34 BC)
1922 (104 years ago) Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
1924 (102 years ago) Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
1935 (91 years ago) Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
1945 (81 years ago) Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India
1956 (70 years ago) Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1966 (60 years ago) George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia
1989 (37 years ago) Brie Larson, American actress

1404 (622 years ago) Pope Boniface IX,
1499 (527 years ago) Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (born 1433)
1684 (342 years ago) Pierre Corneille, French playwright (born 1606)
1959 (67 years ago) Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (born 1877)
2012 (14 years ago) Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (born 1917)
2013 (13 years ago) Tom Clancy, American author (born 1947)
2018 (8 years ago) Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)
2025 (a year ago) Jane Goodall, English primatologist (born 1934)