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18 Shahrivar 1429

Friday 18 Shahrivar 1429 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 9 September 2050, and 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 1472 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.

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This day in four calendars

1923 (103 years ago) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
1926 (100 years ago) Yleisradio (YLE), the Finnish national public broadcasting company, begins its broadcasts.
1954 (72 years ago) The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
1993 (33 years ago) Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
2001 (25 years ago) Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
2016 (10 years ago) The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".
2025 (a year ago) Several Russian drones incur on Polish airspace and are subsequently shot down, marking the first time a NATO member has engaged Russian military assets.
2025 (a year ago) Six people are killed when Israel carries out an airstrike on Doha in a failed attempt to decapitate the Hamas leadership.

1585 (441 years ago) Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician (died 1642)
1828 (198 years ago) Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (died 1910)
1941 (85 years ago) Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (died 2011)
1949 (77 years ago) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian general and politician, 6th President of Indonesia
1960 (66 years ago) Hugh Grant, English actor and producer
1966 (60 years ago) Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1967 (59 years ago) Akshay Kumar, Indian actor and producer
1985 (41 years ago) Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer

1087 (939 years ago) William the Conqueror, English king (born c. 1028)
1569 (457 years ago) Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dutch painter (born 1525)
1898 (128 years ago) Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (born 1842)
1901 (125 years ago) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (born 1864)
1976 (50 years ago) Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1893)
1981 (45 years ago) Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (born 1901)
2001 (25 years ago) Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (born 1953)
2003 (23 years ago) Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1908)