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14 Shahrivar 1423

Sunday 14 Shahrivar 1423 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 4 September 2044, and 11 Shawwal 1466 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

No occasion is recorded for this day. Next occasion: International Day of Charity, Monday 15 Shahrivar (tomorrow).

1827 (199 years ago) The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.
1886 (140 years ago) American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1912 (114 years ago) Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1919 (107 years ago) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1939 (87 years ago) World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
1951 (75 years ago) The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1970 (56 years ago) Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1989 (37 years ago) In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.

973 (1053 years ago) Al-Biruni, Persian physician and polymath (died 1048)
1768 (258 years ago) François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (died 1848)
1824 (202 years ago) Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (died 1896)
1896 (130 years ago) Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (died 1948)
1927 (99 years ago) John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (died 2011)
1969 (57 years ago) Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian academic and politician, 4th President of Georgia
1981 (45 years ago) Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter
1985 (41 years ago) Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer

422 (1604 years ago) Boniface I, pope of the Catholic Church
1907 (119 years ago) Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1843)
1963 (63 years ago) Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (born 1886)
1965 (61 years ago) Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
1989 (37 years ago) Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (born 1903)
2006 (20 years ago) Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (born 1962)
2014 (12 years ago) Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (born 1933)
2025 (a year ago) Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer (born 1934)