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6 Esfand 1425

Monday 6 Esfand 1425 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 25 February 2047, and 29 Rabi' al-Thani 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

1912 (114 years ago) Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
1932 (94 years ago) Adolf Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
1941 (85 years ago) The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
1956 (70 years ago) In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
1980 (46 years ago) The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
1986 (40 years ago) People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first female president.
2015 (11 years ago) At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.
2026 Four people are killed and several more are injured when Cuban Border Guard Troops confront and open fire on a US-registered speedboat violating Cuban waters.

1707 (319 years ago) Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer (died 1793)
1778 (248 years ago) José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (died 1850)
1841 (185 years ago) Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (died 1919)
1866 (160 years ago) Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (died 1952)
1871 (155 years ago) Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet and playwright (died1913)
1873 (153 years ago) Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. (died 1921)
1943 (83 years ago) George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and film producer (died 2001)
1950 (76 years ago) Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician; 51st President of Argentina (died 2010)

1713 (313 years ago) Frederick I of Prussia,
1723 (303 years ago) Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (born 1632)
1852 (174 years ago) Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (born 1779)
1970 (56 years ago) Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (born 1903)
1971 (55 years ago) Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)
1983 (43 years ago) Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (born 1911)
1999 (27 years ago) Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
2017 (9 years ago) Bill Paxton, American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)