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23 Ordibehesht 1422

Wednesday 23 Ordibehesht 1422 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 13 May 2043, and 3 Jumada al-Thani 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.

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This day in four calendars

1830 (196 years ago) Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
1846 (180 years ago) Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
1940 (86 years ago) World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins, as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
1954 (72 years ago) The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
1996 (30 years ago) Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
1998 (28 years ago) Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
2005 (21 years ago) Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan: Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates.
2014 (12 years ago) An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.

1717 (309 years ago) Maria Theresa, Archduchess, Queen, and Empress; Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1780)
1792 (234 years ago) Pope Pius IX,
1840 (186 years ago) Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1897)
1857 (169 years ago) Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1932)
1950 (76 years ago) Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1968 (58 years ago) Scott Morrison, Australian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Australia
1986 (40 years ago) Robert Pattinson, English actor
1993 (33 years ago) Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer

1832 (194 years ago) Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (born 1769)
1930 (96 years ago) Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)
1938 (88 years ago) Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)
1961 (65 years ago) Gary Cooper, American actor (born 1901)
2019 (7 years ago) Doris Day, American singer and actress (born 1922)
2022 (4 years ago) Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (born 1948)
2024 (2 years ago) Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer (born 1931)
2025 (a year ago) José Mujica, Uruguayan politician, 40th President of Uruguay (born 1935)