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11 Shahrivar 1424
Friday 11 Shahrivar 1424 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 1 September 2045, and 19 Shawwal 1467 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.
Friday
This day in four calendars
- Persian11 Shahrivar 1424
- Gregorian1 September 2045
- Islamic19 Shawwal 1467
- Imperial11 Shahrivar 2604
- Day of the year166 of 366
- Left in the year200 days
- ZodiacVirgo
- YearOx
Occasions on 11 Shahrivar 1424
On this day: September 1
Events
- 1529 (497 years ago) The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.
- 1831 (195 years ago) The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
- 1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta.
- 1939 (87 years ago) World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
- 1939 (87 years ago) J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.
- 1969 (57 years ago) A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
- 1983 (43 years ago) Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
Births
- 1875 (151 years ago) Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (died 1950)
- 1877 (149 years ago) Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
- 1896 (130 years ago) A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (died 1977)
- 1940 (86 years ago) Annie Ernaux, French author, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 (80 years ago) Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (died 2009)
- 1957 (69 years ago) Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1962 (64 years ago) Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1996 (30 years ago) Zendaya, American actress and singer
Deaths
- 870 (1156 years ago) Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (born 810)
- 1159 (867 years ago) Pope Adrian IV,
- 1557 (469 years ago) Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (born 1491)
- 1648 (378 years ago) Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (born 1588)
- 1715 (311 years ago) Louis XIV of France,
- 1970 (56 years ago) François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
- 1981 (45 years ago) Albert Speer, German architect and author (born 1905)
- 1988 (38 years ago) Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)