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14 Tir 1422
Sunday 14 Tir 1422 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 5 July 2043, and 27 Rajab 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.
Public holiday
This day in four calendars
- Persian14 Tir 1422
- Gregorian5 July 2043
- Islamic27 Rajab 1465
- Imperial14 Tir 2602
- Day of the year107 of 365
- Left in the year258 days
- ZodiacCancer
- YearPig
Occasions on 14 Tir 1422
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On this day: July 5
Events
- 1584 (442 years ago) The Maronite College is established in Rome.
- 1807 (219 years ago) In Buenos Aires the local militias repel the British soldiers within the Second English Invasion.
- 1945 (81 years ago) The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.
- 1950 (76 years ago) The Knesset of Israel passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to the Land of Israel.
- 1950 (76 years ago) Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
- 1962 (64 years ago) The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France.
- 1995 (31 years ago) Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2006 (20 years ago) North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
Births
- 1810 (216 years ago) P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (died 1891)
- 1853 (173 years ago) Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (died 1902)
- 1857 (169 years ago) Clara Zetkin, German theorist and activist (died 1933)
- 1889 (137 years ago) Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1963)
- 1891 (135 years ago) John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
- 1911 (115 years ago) Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (died 1974)
- 1946 (80 years ago) Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1975 (51 years ago) Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer and coach
Deaths
- 1826 (200 years ago) Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (born 1782)
- 1833 (193 years ago) Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (born 1765)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853)
- 1948 (78 years ago) Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (born 1888)
- 1966 (60 years ago) George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
- 1969 (57 years ago) Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (born 1883)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)
- 2024 (2 years ago) Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)