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5 Tir 1421

Thursday 5 Tir 1421 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 26 June 2042, and 8 Rajab 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

1917 (109 years ago) World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat in the Battle of Hamel on July 4.
1934 (92 years ago) United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
1940 (86 years ago) World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
1944 (82 years ago) World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
1960 (66 years ago) Madagascar gains its independence from France.
1963 (63 years ago) Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
1991 (35 years ago) Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
1995 (31 years ago) Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.

1730 (296 years ago) Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (died 1817)
1824 (202 years ago) William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (died 1907)
1892 (134 years ago) Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1908 (118 years ago) Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (died 1973)
1937 (89 years ago) Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1963 (63 years ago) Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist
1968 (58 years ago) Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
1993 (33 years ago) Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

363 (1663 years ago) Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (born 332)
1274 (752 years ago) Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (born 1201)
1541 (485 years ago) Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (born c. 1471)
1830 (196 years ago) George IV of the United Kingdom,
1836 (190 years ago) Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (born 1760)
1856 (170 years ago) Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (born 1806)
1943 (83 years ago) Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)
2012 (14 years ago) Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)