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21 Tir 1430
Wednesday 21 Tir 1430 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 12 July 2051, and 3 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1473 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
- Persian21 Tir 1430
- Gregorian12 July 2051
- Islamic3 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1473
- Imperial21 Tir 2610
- Day of the year114 of 365
- Left in the year251 days
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Occasions on 21 Tir 1430
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On this day: July 12
Events
- 70 (1956 years ago) The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
- 1580 (446 years ago) The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
- 1920 (106 years ago) The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: Battle of Kursk: German and Soviet forces engage in the Battle of Prokhorovka, one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
- 1961 (65 years ago) Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
- 1961 (65 years ago) ČSA Flight 511 crashes at Casablanca–Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing 72.
- 1975 (51 years ago) São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
- 2026 A bar fire kills 33 people in Bangkok, Thailand.
Births
- 100 BC Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (died 44 BC)
- 1817 (209 years ago) Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (died 1862)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1920)
- 1895 (131 years ago) Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (died 1983)
- 1904 (122 years ago) Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- 1991 (35 years ago) James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer
- 1997 (29 years ago) Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths
- 1536 (490 years ago) Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch priest and philosopher (born 1466)
- 1712 (314 years ago) Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (born 1626)
- 1804 (222 years ago) Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1755)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (born 1868)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
- 1935 (91 years ago) Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (born 1859)
- 2020 (6 years ago) Kelly Preston, American actress and model (born 1962)
- 2026 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (born 1952)