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13 Azar 1425
Tuesday 13 Azar 1425 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 4 December 2046, and 5 Safar 1469 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
- Persian13 Azar 1425
- Gregorian4 December 2046
- Islamic5 Safar 1469
- Imperial13 Azar 2605
- Day of the year259 of 365
- Left in the year106 days
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Occasions on 13 Azar 1425
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On this day: December 4
Events
- 1110 (916 years ago) An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade.
- 1917 (109 years ago) The Finnish Senate submits to the Parliament of Finland a proposal for the form of government of the Republic of Finland and issues a communication to Parliament declaring the independence of Finland.
- 1939 (87 years ago) World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
- 1945 (81 years ago) By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
- 1977 (49 years ago) Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
- 1982 (44 years ago) The China adopts its current constitution.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
- 1992 (34 years ago) Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
Births
- 1795 (231 years ago) Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (died 1881)
- 1835 (191 years ago) Samuel Butler, English author and critic (died 1902)
- 1875 (151 years ago) Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author (died 1926)
- 1892 (134 years ago) Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1975)
- 1949 (77 years ago) Jeff Bridges, American actor
- 1969 (57 years ago) Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, actor, and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records
- 1973 (53 years ago) Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
- 1996 (30 years ago) Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (died 2025)
Deaths
- 749 (1277 years ago) John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (born 676)
- 1131 (895 years ago) Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1048)
- 1334 (692 years ago) Pope John XXII,
- 1642 (384 years ago) Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (born 1585)
- 1679 (347 years ago) Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (born 1588)
- 1798 (228 years ago) Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1737)
- 1975 (51 years ago) Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (born 1906)
- 1993 (33 years ago) Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1940)